Philip M. White wrote: > Today I looked at J-Track 3D[1] to determine where the satellites are, > but to the best of my understanding, the satellites cover the entire > world pretty evenly. Is that correct? If so, then any direction for a > window should work equally well. Or are there other aspects to > consider? > Yes, that is true. However, what you want to consider is that a window in an office building usually has metalized glass. This is done to keep out (and in) the heat, and allow the light to pass. This can best be recognized when opening a window. The glass will look considerably darker than the open window (brownish, greenish). Such a window will not pass radio signals very well, and the GPS reception will be very poor when the antenna is mounted behind it. So, at least mount the antenna outside. When you use the typical magnetic antenna meant to be stuck to a car roof, you can stick it to a strip of metal that you attach to the window frame, which holds the antenna out maybe 30cm (1 foot).
Of course a location with all-around coverage is always best, but for time synchronization it matters less than for positioning. Rob _______________________________________________ timekeepers mailing list [email protected] https://fortytwo.ch/mailman/cgi-bin/listinfo/timekeepers
