I need an active GPS antenna with a very short SMA connector for high altitude ballooning. The GPS Embedded Antenna SMA (GPS-00177) looks perfect, but does not state max altitude. Can it exceed 60k ft?
If the 00177 can’t, can the GPS/GNSS Embedded Antenna - 1m (SMA) (GPS-14987) do so? Thank you!
I need an active GPS antenna with a very short SMA connector for high altitude ballooning. The GPS Embedded Antenna SMA (GPS-00177) looks perfect, but does not state max altitude. Can it exceed 60k ft?
If the 00177 can’t, can the GPS/GNSS Embedded Antenna - 1m (SMA) (GPS-14987).
A more fundamental question is whether the logic to stop reporting over 60kft is in the antenna or the gps. If it is in the gps itself, then I assume the antenna doesn’t matter.
The antennas themselves have no altitude or speed limits, it’s the receiver you attach to them that has the limit.
Thank you! That was what I hoped was the case.
It does have a [-40° lower temperature threshold. It gets [cold up there. I’m not sure how air temps colder than the spec would affect performance or operation.](U.S. Standard Atmosphere vs. Altitude)](https://www.sparkfun.com/datasheets/GPS/embeddedsma.pdf)