[time-nuts] antennas

shalimr9 at gmail.com shalimr9 at gmail.com
Mon Sep 27 15:15:08 UTC 2010


Last time I checked, the HP/Symmetricom HP58532A GPS antenna was cheaper than a GPS splitter (I paid $50 for my HP58532A, with shipping, and it was brand new).

Of course, with two antennas, you will need two feed lines which, depending how long they are, could cost you more than the antenna itself...

Didier KO4BB

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Rather than put up two antennas, why not use one, and pick up a HP/Symmetricom GPS splitter? (Mini-Circuits makes a similar unit). You can find them on eBay for various prices. The Symmetricom one, the 58535A, supports 2 GPS receivers. It has a built-in amplifier and filters, so it provides high isolation between the GPS units. It's powered from the GPS units, and passes power to the antenna. 

The downsides are that it costs more than a pair of cheap antennas, it's heavy (heavier than the Thunderbolt!), and uses type N connectors. 

But it's low noise, and you only have one antenna and feedline to worry about. 

73 bob k6rtm 
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Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2010 15:56:47 -0400 
From: "Heathkid" <heathkid at heathkid.com> 
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] DS1620 Variants in the Thunderbolt 
To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" 
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Thanks for all the information on the DS1620. 

As it turns out, both of the TBolts (remember I got the from two different 
sellers and appear identical) have the Trimble OCXO, v3.00 firmware, but the 
DS1620's are marked as follows: 

DS1620 
0415E2 
531AD 

DS1620 
0239D1 
690AB 

Interestingly, the first one appears to have been swapped out at some point 
(flux residue all over the chip / had to clean it off to read the markings). 
I've already ordered another "D1" to swap out the "E2" but really need to 
get them both up and running (still trying to figure out how to mount the 
antennas!) and see how much difference there really is. 

73 Brice KA8MAV 

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