[time-nuts] Do reflections up/down the antenna cable cause a problem with GPS?

Hal Murray hmurray at megapathdsl.net
Mon Nov 21 18:16:04 EST 2016


phk at phk.freebsd.dk said:
> I think the installation manual for Trimbles timing products say you can use
> either 75 or 50 Ohm cable... 

I think they suggest using RG-6, the classic cable TV and/or satellite dish 
cable.  It's widely available at low cost.

The loss due to impedance mismatch is much less than the gain from the 
reduced attenuation when compared to equivalent size 50 ohm cable.


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