[time-nuts] GN-GGB0710 GNSS Antenna

[Ben Hall]

Good evening all,

After almost a month in transit, my GN-GGB0710 GNSS antenna arrived from 
the auction site "we all know and love."  ;)

Unit was not tapped to a proper 5/8"-11 TPI thread.  A standard 5/8-11 
bolt went in maybe two full threads.  I modified an old tap I had in the 
drawer into a 5/8"-11 bottom tap and cleaned it up.  Best I can tell, 
the thread cut by the manufacturer was slightly tapered.

I wasn't thrilled with the seal around the edge.  Because it's flat, 
some water might wick in, so I ran a quick bead of seal around both the 
top and bottom end of the blue rubber seal.

Unit seems to work well.  It's not mounted to the top of my antenna 
pole, about 16 feet up from the ground, where it can see a pretty much 
unobstructed view of the sky.  All the GPS units on it thru the splitter 
are getting excellent signal.

Now to wait until uBlox releases the ZED-F9T dev board.  I did get a 
response back from uBlox sales to my work e-mail address (which is a 
very large organization) saying it's still in development with a target 
release date of May or so...

thanks much and 73,
ben