[time-nuts] Best location for a GPS antenna...?

Attila Kinali attila at kinali.ch
Thu Apr 12 16:57:53 UTC 2012


On Thu, 12 Apr 2012 12:41:51 -0400
"Bob Camp" <lists at rtty.us> wrote:

> GPS is pretty close to the noise "as received". A fully passive system with
> significant cable loss and low / no gain antennas does not sound like it's
> going to do a very good job.

GPS is pretty much under the noise "as received" :-)

At least in urban regions with lots of noise around, the GPS signal is
burried deep within the noise. In rural areas the signal of a single
satelite is still below thermal noise. The combined signal of all satelites
can be above noise though.

			Attila Kinali
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