Chuck I have 3 TBs here at the moment. The other two were group buys, therefore more recent than the red box. The two group buys use magnet puck antennas. One is a Trimble (small but heavy, all metal, looks well made) the other a no name Chinese model. Both are inside the house in my upstairs shop and seldom go in holdover but do so on occasion.
I have bought a splitter to put everybody on the good Symmetricom but have not gotten roundtuit yet. Didier Chuck Harris <[email protected]> wrote: >Hi Didier, > >I don't quite know what to say about that. Trimble seems to think that >bullet >antenna is the right thing to use. Somehow, I would think they should >know. >It is possible that they are prone to failure, I guess... > >It is surprising to me that the only antenna I can get to work is a >Motorola >puck that is supposed to be too low gain (and is). > >-Chuck Harris > >Didier Juges wrote: >> Chuck, >> >> I have one of the original red box TB. It came with the Trimble >Bullet antenna >> that is specified in the TB datasheet. >> >> The antenna works but gives extremely poor results. The TB works >much better with >> the Symmetricom antenna that is sometimes available on eBay. >> >> The Bullet antenna is usable with other GPS receivers, so I know it >is not bad. >> Its just a poor match for the TB. >> >> Didier KO4BB > >_______________________________________________ >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. -- Sent from my Motorola Droid Razr phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. _______________________________________________ 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.
