[time-nuts] Trimble recommends RG-59 Antenna Cable.

bg at lysator.liu.se bg at lysator.liu.se
Mon Apr 30 08:40:13 UTC 2012


Hi Ken,

> Hi Time-Nuts guys,  I was reading the Trimble Thunderbolt manual section
> 2.1.3 (Antenna Cable).  Trimble recommends using RG-59 cable which is 75
> ohm coax.  Is this a typo or is this correct?  I thought that the Trimble
> Thunderbolt would use a 50 ohm cable and antenna.
>
> Thankyou
>
> Ken Kubick
>
> kenkubick at hotmail.com

That is correct. That is also why the companion Trimble Bullet antenna is
available with F-connector. However the Tbolt runs very well on 50ohm
cables/connectors as well.

--

    Björn




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