Thanks Scott - I will look into getting one of those. And noted re. the roofline!
On Sun, 4 Nov 2018 at 07:26, Scott McGrath <[email protected]> wrote: > For timing use ideally it should be above the roofline by at least several > feet otherwise satellites close to the horizon will be not be visible. > > The generally preferred antenna is the Agilent/Keysight/Symmetricom. > 58504A antenna also any outdoor antenna made by Trimble or TrueTime as long > as antenna does not use a downconverter. > > > > On Nov 3, 2018, at 5:26 PM, Toby Riddell <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I want to fit a GPS antenna on our house (the attic is being renovated and > it just occurred to me that if I move fast I can get it done before the > walls are closed up again!) > > I was planning on having it mounted on a south-facing wall but below the > roofline - does this sound okay for picking up satellites? It can poke > above the roofline if needed as long as the mounts are on the wall (not the > top of the roof). > > Is there a recommended antenna? I am planning on feeding it into an Oncore > GPS module which will then interface to a Soekris net4501 running nanoBSD > and ntpns. > > Thanks! > > Toby > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com > and follow the instructions there. > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com and follow the instructions there.
