[OSM-talk-ie] Gilsson active antenna

Donal Diamond donal.diamond at gmail.com
Sun Nov 23 20:39:18 GMT 2008


2008/11/23 Patrick Casey <pcasey at compuserve.com>

>
> Hi Christian,
>
> I'm not sure whether it is available OTC in IE. I cannot remember where I
> ordered mine - it was some Gilsson website - but it was delivered by post
> from Gilsson Germany (possibly their European warehouse).
>  You might like to take a look at
> http://www.gilsson.com/resellers/europe.htm
>
> It's important to get the one with the right connector for your GPS - mine
> was a BNC, for example.


I got mine from Fis4her.com -  only $20 vs $49 direct from Gilsson.com

link below is for right angled connector:

http://www.fis4her.com/store-products-MCX1MxxB090-Amplified-GPS-External-Remote-Antenna-Aerial-Garmin-GPSMap%2C-Nuvi%2C-StreetPilot%2C-Lowrance-iFinders%2C-AirMap-GPS%2C-Navman-iCN_40915395.html

D



>
>
> Paddy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: talk-ie-bounces at openstreetmap.org
> [mailto:talk-ie-bounces at openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Christian van den
> Bosch
> Sent: 23 November 2008 20:13
> To: Discussion of Open Streetmap in Ireland
> Subject: Re: [OSM-talk-ie] L-roads terrible signing or the lack thereof.
>
>
> Hi Paddy,
>
> Is this available over the counter in Ireland? I've been considering
> getting an antenna for my 76C for a while, but was put off by the
> mindboggling cost of Garmin's ones.
>
> Cheers
>
> Christian
>
> Patrick Casey wrote:
> >
> > Re. the quality of the receiver, I use a Garmin 295 and improved its
> > accuracy very considerably by using a Gilsson active antenna. The Gilsson
> > has a magnet base so that it can be clamped onto the car roof and easily
> > removed. It takes its negligible power from the GPS. Cost €25.90. It's an
> > alternative to buying a new GPS in order to have improved accuracy.
> >
> > Paddy
>
>
> --
> Christian / cjb
>
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>
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