[ntp:questions] Re: Good and cheap GPS receivers (was: Reference clocks - which?)
m.marien
mmATRiverCityCanadaDOTcom
Sat Oct 30 15:30:08 UTC 2004
>
> As the only possibility in my location is to mount a small, weatherproof
> antenna/receiver to the _vertical_ frame of window, giving a view of
> approximately 60 by 80 degrees to sky, covered around 50% by trees, I am
> not sure, how good the GPS signals will be.
>
Somebody else mentioned that they ran their GPS from inside. A widow sill
location works in a lot of cases. I mounted mine outside but had a little
trouble protecting it from the environment:
http://www.digitalmapping.sk.ca/Networks/NTP/Update_Oct.2004.htm
> Buying a GPS mouse first, to avoid waste of money, will be a possibility,
> because I could use a GPS mouse for other purposes. But which one? Is
> there any known GPS mouse/chip set working "plug and play" with ntp?
>
> As my location is in Austria/Europa shipment from US and other additional
> costs are not unimportant.
>
> TIA
>
> Helmut Wollmersdorfer
More information about the questions
mailing list