The downconverter was used for long runs of cable typical use case was a high rise with data center in basement As I recall it converted the signal to a high level baseband and amplified that whic was good for a thousand feet or so of cable
Content by Scott Typos by Siri > On Feb 27, 2015, at 5:14 AM, "Al Wolfe" <alw.k...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have an XL-DC and it has an internal GPS receiver in it. It supplies and > monitors 5 volts to a BNC antenna jack for an external amplified GPS > antenna. I don't know what the internal GPS engine is but doubt if it is > anything special. > > The manual describes the down converter system as an option. > > Al, k9si > > >> Boy I ran out to mr google and did a search and now I am wondering if some >> versions of the xl-dc just used a plain old GPS antenna. It sure looks like >> that could be the case. The manual does say down converter. Maybe it >> changed over time. >> Regards >> Paul >> WB8TSL > > _______________________________________________ > 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.