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Rolf Ekstrand
With the recent upgrades of WD (thank you Rob) it is clear that the Kiwi will be more accurate/stable with more GPS locks. This means that better reception is needed, at least so is the case at my site.
I need to upgrade and put up a different antenna and higher in the clear. Thus to those that have already done so, any suggestions? Rolf K9DZT |
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Rolf
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I already had an outside antenna with 40 dB gain and have been powering it from the Kiwi using a CATV splitter. I never worked very well. Per Rob’s suggestion that the diode drop in the splitter and the kiwi only providing 3.3 volts I added a bias tee and dc block to the feed and now power the antenna with 5 volts from a wall wart. It works much better now. Steve KD2OM . On Oct 24, 2022, at 19:46, Rolf Ekstrand <rekstrand@...> wrote:
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Hi Rolf
I have one of these: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/33025913043.html When I bought mine it came as a kit with a small metal outdoor mounting stand/pole, and cable. It feeds my three KiwiSDRs via a standard domestic satellite TV splitter. It is powered from the Kiwis and works fine for me - currently my main WSPR Kiwi shows tracking 12 satellites, with 10-12 showing "good". Cheers, Chris (ZL2005SWL) On 2022-10-25 12:46, Rolf Ekstrand
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With the recent upgrades of WD (thank you Rob) it is clear that the Kiwi will be more accurate/stable with more GPS locks. This means that better reception is needed, at least so is the case at my site. -- Chris Mackerell, 217 Sandy Bay-Marahau Road, Marahau RD 2, Motueka 7197, New Zealand chris@... |
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