[email protected] wrote: > > I would check the antenna types to be tested at home with a new Garmin to > see if the antennas work with below spec DC voltage. >
Hi Bjorn, thats a good suggestion and as a test I just tried my TomTom vehicle unit which supplies just fractionally over 3v at the antenna connector. When attached to my two fixed antennas here, a Motorola and a Garmin, both 5V antennas worked fine. I'll run up to a local site with a long feeder run and re test > > Perhaps a bias-T and a small chargeable batterypack can give the right > antenna voltage? > That's also a good move and could also implement a little diagnostics capability by monitoring the volts/current, but if a standard gps will do the go /no go test its less to carry (and break) in the field. Again, thanks. -- 73 de Paul GW8IZR IO73TI http://www.gw8izr.com _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
