On Wed, Jun 2, 2021 at 5:21 AM W7SLS <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, > > Looking for group wisdom to avoid newbie mistakes with a GPS splitter. > > For context, I’m a home- not National- or University-Lab. > That said, I have a non-zero budget. > > Today: > Antenna > 1- CORS RTK GNSS Survey Antenna high gain measurement GNSS GPS > GLONASS BDS <https://www.ebay.com/itm/253786590956> > 2 - patch antenna - works really well with Time Hat, even a few > meters way from window > > Splitter > 1 - Symmetricom 58536A > > Devices > 1 - Auction Site GPSDO > 2 - Leo Bodnar GPSDO > 3 - Time Hat <— wow! a fan! > 4 - (on the way) 2nd Time Hat > > Site > - suburban, forest to the S, hill to the N > > Challenge: > > Existing splitter is L1 only (I think), which blocks the many newer > GPS satellites. > With my compromised (for GPS) location, that’s not so good. > > I need / want a wider band GPS Splitter > > 1 - some posts talk about removing the bandpass filters in an > existing splitter > OK, but (a) it nukes any value of that splitter, and (b) > those filters also eliminate other interference (yes?) > > 2 - new choices seem to be in the $1000 and way above, outside of my > budget > > 3 - more interested in ‘ready to use’ than ‘have to add on bypasses' > to power the antenna (e.g., Cable TV splitter) > > 3 - auction site has numerous options, but I’m not sure how to > 'separate wheat from chaff’ > > LOL, some of you may be the sellers :) > > several items $500+ <— more than I want to spend > several items $30 - <— I’d rather not get aTV antenna > splitter and a hobby to make it work > > 324575653743 GPS Source S14 $175 > > 153359161105 GPS Antenna Splitter GPS/GLONASS L1 GALILEO E1 > BEIDOU B1- FedEx Fast Ship SV1AFN $120 > > > Thoughts? Thanks for the group bandwidth. > > Scott W7SLS > > PS: yes the Symmetricom 58536A will be for sale after I replace it. > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] -- To unsubscribe send an > email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to and follow the instructions there.
One might consider something like https://www.ebay.com/itm/402528611114 combined with SMA _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] -- To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to and follow the instructions there.
