[time-nuts] GPS ceramic patch in what plastic housing?

George n4ua.va at gmail.com
Mon Sep 6 19:01:26 UTC 2010


I have perhaps a dozen dead Trimble "Bullet" antennas, allegedly done in 
by near-by lightning. Inside looks like  the same ceramic patch as the 
mobile antennas, with different electronics on the back side of the 
"ground plane". The radome is gasketed, and the whole assembly can be 
disassembled and reassembled; they have TNC female connectors. $10 plus 
shipping, US only. They weigh nothing, so I'll see how cheaply they can 
ship.

73,

geo - n4ua

bg at lysator.liu.se wrote:
>> On 09/05/2010 06:12 PM, Peter Krengel wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I just did some experiments using a ceramic patch antenna inside a
>>> small plastic (80 x 30 x 20mm) screw box and experienced much bader
>>> signals at lower elevations.
>>> The plastic is marked as PS (I guess polystyrole ?). Further experiments
>>> covering a GPS with the same kind of box seemed to effect the signals
>>> too. On the other hand covering the patch with a flat pcs of the same
>>> material didnt effect the antenna.
>>>
>> Finding a suitable top for that gps module/patch/.. that is both the
>> right material and the right shape is hard. Just the right shape is
>> much easier. So:
>>
>> I have had good success with vacuum forming such a beast. One particular
>> glass cup I have in the kitchen is flat top conical, of just the right
>> size. I put it on top of the ground plane, a 1mm sheet of
>> clear polycarbonate above that, and with an air pump and heat gun I
>> pulled the PC down around it. A bit of white paint on the inside, and
>> it looks really good.
>>
>>
>> /Kasper Pedersen
> 
> Many swedish reference stations have a snow cone made of (iirc) Plexiglass
> - Polymetylmetacrylic (PMMA). It should be formable using Kaspers above
> method.
> 
>    http://swepos.lmv.lm.se/stationer/hjo.htm
> 
> --
>   Björn
> 
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