Military GPS Antenna

[jscusmcvet]

REcently, I bought a land rover that has a military grade, external GPS antenna mounted on the roof rack. Does anyone know of a commercially available GPS for use on road and trail that has the ability to use this external antenna?

Thanks,

John

 

[jwhutch]

Could you post pics please

 

[shogun]

These folks can probably sort you out;

http://gilsson.stores.yahoo.net/index.html

 

[teotwaki]

I'll wager that with the proper connector the "military" antenna will work just fine with any commercial GPS unit. In general they all have a low noise amplifier and run off of 2.7v to 5v that is fed up the center of the coax from the GPS unit

 

[jscusmcvet]

Hey John,
When I got the antenna I was going to use it with my Garmin Quest...the antenna has a fitting for a "N" plug, but the Garmin Quest had a tiny MCX plug. Looking on Ebay they had the adapters to convert the one on the GPS antenna down to what I needed. I think I was going to have to use N to BNC then BNC to MCX. I never hooked it up because I couldn't decide how to run the cable and you know how I am about drilling holes in my vehicles!!!

take care,
Andy

Sorry to say I have NO idea wha all this means.. Good thing you are close by. I might need some help here...

 

[teotwaki]

Sorry to say I have NO idea wha all this means.. Good thing you are close by. I might need some help here...

Inside the truck you should be able to find the end of the antenna cable. Post a picture of the connector.