[time-nuts] Re: GPS antenna distribution???

2021-07-03 Thread Stewart Cobb
The companies "GPS Source" and "GPS Networking" make so-called "networked" splitters which have very high isolation between ports and which, as a bonus, do not require unused outputs to be terminated. How does this work? The incoming signal is amplified by roughly 25 dB, then split several ways

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2021-06-29 Thread Dana Whitlow
A resistive splitter has essentially no useful port-to-port isolation, in addition to the excess splitting loss problem. For this reason, resistive splitters are usually used only when very broad frequency ("DC to daylight") coverage is needed. Many RF splitters are of the Wilkinson variety, or

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2021-06-29 Thread Bob kb8tq
Hi Pretty much *any* splitter will have issues with outputs being un-terminated. Resistive splitters are really no worse that others. The problem that they have is 6db of loss per split rather than 3db. The Symmetricom units are not immune to this. They have a single amplifier that drives a

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2021-06-29 Thread Julien Goodwin
I keep forgetting to do a thread about this. I recently (er, perhaps a year ago) picked up a Microlab unit, and was very disappointed, notably the output simply isn't built to handle being plugged into units that provide antenna power, with each port ending up having a DC path to ground (at 200

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2021-06-28 Thread David Taylor via time-nuts
On 28/06/2021 21:56, lstosk...@cox.net wrote: Thanks guys. Opened a lot of things to think of. Makes me wonder how I get any results from a north facing window with the UV coating! Will work out something. N0UU Maybe an antenna in the loft might produce better results? Check it with

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2021-06-28 Thread Dana Whitlow
Or, it could be that the UV coating is really a multi-layer dielectric coating, not metal at all, in which case it would have negligible impact on L-band signals. Dana On Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 6:17 PM Dana Whitlow wrote: > Could be that north-facing window/reflector is actually helping you a

[time-nuts] Re: GPS antenna distribution?

2021-06-28 Thread Dana Whitlow
Could be that north-facing window/reflector is actually helping you a bit with signals from the south coming through the house. Stranger things have happened ... Dana On Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 4:03 PM wrote: > Thanks guys. Opened a lot of things to think of. Makes me wonder how I > get any

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2021-06-27 Thread Bob kb8tq
Hi One significant thing to consider: How many GNSS bands do you want / need / wish to cover? A while back, you would be fine just grabbing GPS and Glonass on one band. These days widening things out to two or three bands may make sense. There are an ever increasing number of devices that

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2021-06-27 Thread John Miller via time-nuts
I have a couple of these and they work wonderfully well: https://timemachinescorp.com/product/4-way-gps-splitter/ They also have an option that you can power with an external supply, which is a nice feature if you need it. John Original Message Subject: [time-nuts] Re: GPS

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2021-06-27 Thread djl
4-port: ttps://www.sv1afn.com/en/gnss-gps/-7.html 99euro I have one works fine Don On 2021-06-27 15:06, Georg Sauthoff wrote: Hello, On Sat, Jun 26, 2021 at 11:49:26PM -0400, lstosk...@cox.net wrote: I seem to have an gathering of GPS antenna on my window ledge. I seem to have missed info

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2021-06-27 Thread Georg Sauthoff
Hello, On Sat, Jun 26, 2021 at 11:49:26PM -0400, lstosk...@cox.net wrote: > I seem to have an gathering of GPS antenna on my window ledge. I seem > to have missed info on building a splitter/amp to take one signal and > distribute it. Quick reference? N0UU Sysmocom has a 16-channel GPS

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2021-06-27 Thread Bob kb8tq
Hi It’s well worth getting an antenna into a good location before you play with splitters. Things like the amount of gain needed may change as coax runs get longer. Bob > On Jun 26, 2021, at 11:49 PM, lstosk...@cox.net wrote: > > I seem to have an gathering of GPS antenna on my window ledge.

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2021-06-27 Thread Björn
Sending something like this to google ”gps splitter site:febo.com” is a good start to search the archives. /Björn Sent from my iPhone > On 27 Jun 2021, at 06:47, wb...@gci.net wrote: > > A DuckDuckGo or Goggle searco on "gps antenna split" will give you more than > you want to know >

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2021-06-26 Thread wbeam
A DuckDuckGo or Goggle searco on "gps antenna split" will give you more than you want to know - Original Message - From: lstosk...@cox.net To: time-nuts@lists.febo.com Sent: Sat, 26 Jun 2021 23:49:26 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [time-nuts] GPS antenna distribution??? I seem to have an