GPS antennea seems to die, is this typical of inexpensive units?
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to answer your headline question:

No.

i use the cheapest GPS stuff i can find. the "radio/decoder" side usually stops working long before the antennas do.

clean the connector with a contact cleaner. Ignore the OM Elmer advice to "just use whisky". IPA, at least 75%, will do.

GPS works indoors if you know where the wires and other metal in your house are.
It just needs a cone straight up to the sky to get a clear enough view of the sky;
maybe 30x30cm with only fiber and oil in the way.

I use an old pizza pan, put the magnetic GPS antenna in the middle.
Put that someplace where i get ~11ns absolute (0.1ns current) on gps fix

No issues with noname brand gps antennas with the system blue i have. <3
-genewitch

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RE: GPS antennea seems to die, is this typical of inexpensive units? - by genewitch - 2023-03-13, 05:31

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