[time-nuts] GN-GGB0710 GNSS Antenna

[djl]

Probably tapped for 1/2" pipe thread.
Don

On 2019-02-24 12:40, Ben Hall wrote:
> 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
> 
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