From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jan 6 21:25:40 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id VAA11827 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 6 Jan 1998 21:25:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from parkplace.cet.co.jp (parkplace.cet.co.jp [202.32.64.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id VAA11811 for ; Tue, 6 Jan 1998 21:25:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from michaelh@cet.co.jp) Received: from localhost (michaelh@localhost) by parkplace.cet.co.jp (8.8.8/CET-v2.2) with SMTP id FAA23242; Wed, 7 Jan 1998 05:24:28 GMT Date: Wed, 7 Jan 1998 14:24:28 +0900 (JST) From: Michael Hancock To: Nate Williams cc: FreeBSD Hackers Subject: Re: GPS for xntpd Stratum 1 servers In-Reply-To: <199801070357.UAA29123@mt.sri.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Tue, 6 Jan 1998, Nate Williams wrote: > If that's too much, you can get a Garmin 12 for around $180 (Cabela's > Spring catalog) which has less 'features', but that's not important for > doign time-clocks, unless you *need* an external antenna which the 12 > doesn't support and the 12XL does. The antenna for the 12XL runs about > $90 according to Cabelas, and the power supply is $19.. In what situations would you need an external antenna? Would I need one if the Garmin was put into a room on the 15th floor of a 30 floor building in the middle of the floor farthest away from all windows? BTW, the radio geeks at http://www.tapr.org/tapr have a low-cost kit that looks pretty easy to assemble for use in your home network. Mike