GPS Antenna Ground Plate

Want to improve your GPS antenna multipath convergence time performance to near survey-grade GNSS levels? Just using this simple steel plate effectively improves simple patch antenna performance to near professional level antenna setups.

The steel disc provides a ground plane for a low cost patch antenna (such as the u-blox ANN-MB-00) that when coupled with the u-blox NEO-M8P or ZED-F9x receiver allows for centimeter-level positioning. This plate is not needed with larger L1/L2 antennas that have a plane incorporated in their design.

The ⅛” thick steel plate has been tapped to fit onto the standard ¼-20 UNC camera mounting screw. While it is not the cleanest piece of steel and weighs in at a hefty 0.4211 lbs, it does provide a solid base to allow a magnetic mounted antenna to sit flat on the ground plane while mounted to a tripod.

  • Diameter -- 4 Inches
  • Thickness -- 1/8"
  • Weight -- 0.4211 lbs
  • Center Thread -- 1/4-20 UNC Thread
  • Finish -- Industrial

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  • j.tilghman / about 6 years ago / 1

    Can this be used with normal NON-RTK GPS, and does it improve the performance ?

  • jack2838 / about 6 years ago / 1

    wonder if this can be used as a heatsink? Its a big mass of metal with a moderately high heat capacity.

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