You will need a “GPS antenna” with an LNA in it for decent (perhaps at all) reception.
F connector is/was common for GPS antenna connections. I doubt the receiver is anything close to 50 ohms, or 75 ohms 73, K6TD > On Jun 5, 2020, at 4:24 PM, Robert DiRosario <ka3...@comcast.net> wrote: > > I have a Trimble ThunderBolt GPSDO that I just received. It has an F > connector for the antenna input, and BNC connectors for the 1 pps and 10 MHz > outputs. Is the receiver input impedance really 75 Ohms, or is it 50 Ohms and > they just used the F connector to distinguish it from the others? What do > people do, just use a 50 Ohm antenna? > > Thanks > > Robert DiRosario > > KA3ZYX > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com and follow the instructions there.
