externalizing GPS antenna

Apr 21, 2005 2 Replies

Got a Garmin Etrex - I want to put it on a goat's collar. Track where they go all day. Since satellite acquisition through body parts is poor I want to extend the antenna to the top of the collar. Needless to say the unit does not have a jack to connect an external antenna, so I'll have to go in there and hack. Unless something could be "inducted"... Assuming I find a point for an antenna to connect to (with a corresponding "ground") - I'd run coax to the device of my making which looks like... what?


Fritz Oppliger

Put a counterweight on the collar, on the opposite side from the receiver, to keep the receiver on top of the goat. :-)

Good Luck! Rich

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