[time-nuts] Lucent 40 dB Antenna

paul swed paulswedb at gmail.com
Wed Apr 11 12:25:27 UTC 2012


Unless there is a real reason to open it don't. Weather seals can be a
devil to get sealed again. If it isn't seal moisture seeps in overtime and
destroys the unit.
Regards
Paul.

On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 1:57 AM, Chris Albertson
<albertson.chris at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 10:02 PM, Charles P. Steinmetz
> <charles_steinmetz at lavabit.com> wrote:
>
> > ... Deployed in the same location,
> > they all give very similar signal reports from the Tbolt and track the
> same
> > number of satellites (remember, the Tbolt reports the carrier/noise
> ratio,
> > not raw signal strength, and c/n is closely correlated with the signal
> > environment at the antenna location unless an antenna has way too little
> > gain or a very noisy preamp).  This suggests that they all have
> sufficient
> > gain and low enough noise to work properly with a Tbolt.
>
> That is what I think too.   That location matters so much more than
> any other factor.  Even a few feet difference matters.   I see a
> difference between laying the antenna on the roof and placing it three
> feet above the roof on a pole.
>
> Where are you placing your antenna?  I'm curious because you say the
> choke ring helps.  Is it close to the ground, near a building?  What
> might be the cause of the muiltipath that the choke ring is helping
> with
> Chris Albertson
> Redondo Beach, California
>
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