HP58532A The manual is on my web site Www. KO4BB.com/Manuals
The Bullet antenna specs are also on my site. Didier Didier Steve <stev...@suddenlink.net> wrote: >Didier, > >What is the model number of the Symmetricom antenna? Do you happen to >know the difference in gain between it and the Trimble Bullet antenna? > >Steve K8JQ > >On 7/30/2012 2:46 PM, 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 >> >> >> Chuck Harris <cfhar...@erols.com> wrote: >> >>> Ok, I'm getting a little puzzled. I have a TB that came from one of >>> the early groups sold by John Ackermann and TVB as part of the TAPR >>> buy. >>> It works nicely, but like all TB's, it is deaf as a post, and needs >a >>> high gain antenna.... When I first got the TB, I tried it with a >>> Motorola >>> hockey puck antenna, with about 17db gain, and if it is outside in >the >>> clear, it works nicely... but LH shows the satellites signals are >all >>> down in the mud. >>> >>> ...So... >>> >>> I bought the active antenna that the TB data sheet said belonged >with >>> the TB, a 24045-10 bullet antenna, and *NO* satellites are visible.. >>> the antenna is dead. >>> >>> I'm no stranger to getting cheated on things I buy, so I chalked it >up >>> to bad luck, and put my Motorola hockey puck antenna back on my TB. >>> >>> ...Then.... >>> >>> A couple of days ago another active antenna became available, a >>> Micro Pulse 1934NW/C 50db antenna from a DATUM INC GPSDO. I checked >>> its data sheet, and it powers off of +5V @ 38ma, so I bought it, >>> hooked it up to my TB, and again *NO* satellites are visible... the >>> antenna is dead. >>> >>> I put a "T" in the line, and the voltage heading up to the antenna >is >>> around +4.5V... The spec sheet says it will work down to +3V. >>> >>> Am I doing something wrong here? Or am I just unlucky? >>> >>> -Chuck Harris >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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. -- Sent from my Motorola Droid Razr phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. _______________________________________________ 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.