This BBS was so attractive to me that I became one of them, and this was my first post, a little bit nervous, but it's ok.

According so much research, I've found out that GPS modules have so many factors that depend their performance on.

But I was initially under the impression that GPS devices with active antennas are always much better at receiving in harsh environments. But there are some companies that do not make GPS devices to support active antennas yet! have sensitivity levels higher than the ones with Active Antennas.

I'm truly confused.

 SIM908 even with an Active Antenna has lower acquisition sensitivity than this one does with only passive Antenna! Even the UBlox and my other Linx GPS module has far less efficiency than this.

Is it that these people have put so much effort and this device is actually better than any of those I mentioned later? I meant better in the sense of obtaining faster fix times. I mean the same throughout.

Does this mean I can dump all these active antenna devices and start using this passive Antenna device (linked above & which I would love to do!) and expect higher performance? it even has inbuilt jamming protection and many other important features including A-GPS, online ephemeris download, client generated ephemeris down etc.

If you can shed some light, it would be so much helpful.

Thanks all guys.

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  • Ok, thanks for your help.

    Chris Anderson said:

    There's no need for an active antenna if you're using a passive antenna with a well-designed ground plane. Even the high-end RTK GPSs typically use passive antenna

  • 3D Robotics

    There's no need for an active antenna if you're using a passive antenna with a well-designed ground plane. Even the high-end RTK GPSs typically use passive antenna

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