RE: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Waterproof controls

["Alec Smyth" <Asmyth@changepoint.com>]

I don't mean to get your hopes up, this is nothing fancy. They are just
little antennas with a magnetic base, intended to be stuck on the roof
of a car. I'm putting one in a composite mast that's just 3 feet tall,
so I have not experimented to see how many feet of coax I can add before
degrading the signal. I guess this would be the first thing to try if
you wanted to float it behind your sub. 

Alec

-----Original Message-----
From: DJACKSON99@aol.com [mailto:DJACKSON99@aol.com] 
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2003 3:07 PM
To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Waterproof controls

Cool! Can you test from 100ft under water? :)

In a message dated 4/21/2003 10:26:59 AM Eastern Standard Time,
Asmyth@changepoint.com writes:

> Actually you will find these GPS antennas readily available on eBay
for
> only a few bucks. I bought one recently and it seems to be a
> manufacturer who is selling them as they are new and the 
> item is listed
> over and over.