mounting external gps antenna
Submitted: Tuesday, Aug 26, 2008 at 18:38
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Member - BUNDY BOY (WA)
Evening all.
have just got a external antenna for my nuvi ..wanting to mount it on top of the
snorkel head.............what's the best way to do this ....double sided tape...silicone....quik grip...????..all help apreceated.................also nuvi 760......ive noticed while driving round the state...that there's a number of main roads that don't show up ...is this normal.......and also ....towns city's don't show up .....my old g map with map source on it every town no matter how small is sown on the main screen........is there something im overlooking with the nuvi......yes i can go into the menu n find them that way but i thought they would show on the main screen as im driving........
everyone's talking about oztopo v2 ..or oziexplorer.........what i want is something with more tracks and dirt roads...and maybe off-road tracks ......are these any good for me or is there something else
Bundy the novice
Reply By: Eric Experience - Tuesday, Aug 26, 2008 at 19:10
Tuesday, Aug 26, 2008 at 19:10
Bundy
The loses in the coax from your antenna is high so make it as short as possible.
I have found the Navway made by Melway has bush tracks on it. A few days ago it took me up a track along a pipe line that was very challenging. Eric
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Reply By: Member - Roachie (SA) - Tuesday, Aug 26, 2008 at 19:14
Tuesday, Aug 26, 2008 at 19:14
On the Chev, when I bought it, the Safari
snorkel head had a metal plate glued (Sikaflex or similar) to it. The remote antenna are usually magnetised, so it was a great place to mount it I suppose. Unfortunately, I never thought I'd need it, so swapped the head for the one I already had on my old Patrol and off it went with the new buyer.
I've since bought a Nuvi 660 and recently found I needed an external antenna too. I've just run it out of the driver's door and sat it on the metal bit in front of the windscreen , just beside the guard, behind the bonnet. Still get good reception there.
Roachie
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Follow Up By: Member - BUNDY BOY (WA) - Tuesday, Aug 26, 2008 at 22:39
Tuesday, Aug 26, 2008 at 22:39
Roachie...............thought about just putting up on the roof ....but with my luck some little sod will cut the coax ...so thought outa sight outa mind
Cheers Bundy
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Follow Up By: Grungle - Wednesday, Aug 27, 2008 at 07:28
Wednesday, Aug 27, 2008 at 07:28
Hey Bundy,
I had an external GPS antenna on 2 different vehicles over eight years and never had a problem. Its a Garmin Magnetic low profile one that sits on the roof just in from the drivers door. Has RG174 cable (very thin) that runs under then down the rubber door seal.
Works great and although the cable has formed to some tight bends, it still works perfectly.
Regards
David
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Reply By: Member - Doug T (NT) - Tuesday, Aug 26, 2008 at 20:37
Tuesday, Aug 26, 2008 at 20:37
BUNDY
Try this.....
Press TOOLS / SETTINGS / MAP / MAP DETAIL ....and set it to MOST.
Now go and check your email...??
.
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Reply By: Louie the fly (SA) - Tuesday, Aug 26, 2008 at 22:23
Tuesday, Aug 26, 2008 at 22:23
Years ago we used Trimble GPS', back in the 'GPS dark ages'. We had the external antenna mounted on a bracket that was screwed to the front edge of the roof rack with cable exiting via the door opening. If you have no roof rack the top of the
snorkel sounds like a good spot. 3M make a really good double sided tape in various widths. Not sure of the tape model or name but I've used it in the past to tape tooling board & wood to the tables of our CNC machining centres for machining models. Its a pig to clean off afterward.
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Reply By: Member - BUNDY BOY (WA) - Tuesday, Aug 26, 2008 at 22:37
Tuesday, Aug 26, 2008 at 22:37
Thanks for that everyone.............yer Louie was thinking the same have a stone guard on bonnet held down with the same stuff
Cheers BUNDY
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Reply By: Von Helga - Wednesday, Aug 27, 2008 at 13:29
Wednesday, Aug 27, 2008 at 13:29
I had a Garmin winscreen mount where the actual antenna was screwed to a small plate. This enabled me to screw the mounting plate direct to the
snorkel and ditch the suction cups and run the cable down the back of the
snorkel and in via the door seal.
I have had a little
water follow the cable down past the seal but no real drama, works fine.
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