2023-03-13, 05:31
to answer your headline question:
No.
i use the cheapest GPS stuff i can find. the "radio/decoder" side usually stops working long before the antennas do.
clean the connector with a contact cleaner. Ignore the OM Elmer advice to "just use whisky". IPA, at least 75%, will do.
GPS works indoors if you know where the wires and other metal in your house are.
It just needs a cone straight up to the sky to get a clear enough view of the sky;
maybe 30x30cm with only fiber and oil in the way.
I use an old pizza pan, put the magnetic GPS antenna in the middle.
Put that someplace where i get ~11ns absolute (0.1ns current) on gps fix
No issues with noname brand gps antennas with the system blue i have. <3
No.
i use the cheapest GPS stuff i can find. the "radio/decoder" side usually stops working long before the antennas do.
clean the connector with a contact cleaner. Ignore the OM Elmer advice to "just use whisky". IPA, at least 75%, will do.
GPS works indoors if you know where the wires and other metal in your house are.
It just needs a cone straight up to the sky to get a clear enough view of the sky;
maybe 30x30cm with only fiber and oil in the way.
I use an old pizza pan, put the magnetic GPS antenna in the middle.
Put that someplace where i get ~11ns absolute (0.1ns current) on gps fix
No issues with noname brand gps antennas with the system blue i have. <3