[time-nuts] "Better" gps antennas than a Symmetricom 58532A

Hal Murray hmurray at megapathdsl.net
Mon Jan 21 21:59:06 EST 2013


albertson.chris at gmail.com said:
>  The Heliax will only do good if the length of the run is long. 

I don't understand that.  What does the type of antenna have to do with the 
length of the run?

Do Heliax antennas have a couple of dB gain over other antennas?  I can fix 
attenuation in coax with an amplifier.  So the more interesting question is 
probably something like:  Do Heliax antennas have better signal/noise ratio 
than other antennas?



> Another good use of excess funds is to improve the ground system.  Do you
> have a #8 wire going from the mast to a ground rod using the most direct
> route and is this rod tied to the building ground system? 

Is that part of the antenna, or just lightning protection?


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