HI On Aug 17, 2013, at 2:38 PM, Alan Kamrowski II <ala...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Hi Bob, > >> All the UT cards that I have ever seen use the small push on antenna > connector. >> I have never seen one that directly takes anything "normal" like an SMA or > a BNC. >> You buy the card and then a bit of coax with the push on on one end and >> (normally) an SMA on the other end. >> The antenna for the UT is a normal 5V powered GPS antenna. Just about > anything >> other than a +12V survey antenna will work. > > Thanks, I'll look for one of these. > >> If you go shopping, go for one of the later cards. They work a lot better > than the early ones. > > I saw a couple on eBay, but don't know anything about them, which ones are > the later ones? > You sort of have to know what you are looking at. The newer boards are based on an iLotus(?) chip set. The older boards are Motorola parts. Some of them are approaching 20 years old. The technology behind this stuff has improved over the years. Somebody else on the list may have a magic decoder ring / pictures to help figuring out the progression of parts over the years. Bob > Thanks for your help! > > Alan > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
