Customer Reviews

Gilsson Universal Amplified GPS Antenna with 4 Adapters for Garmin Magellan TomTom Mio Navigon Mio Lowrance

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Antenna works very well. Multiple connector/adapters provided in package allows for use with both older and newer GPS models.

By the time I walked upstairs after connecting the antenna, the green (Sat Lock) LED was glowing on an ESE ES-185A GPS Master Clock. Had to kludge some adapters to connect the antenna's FME connector to a BNC cable, but the key adapter came with the antenna! Perfect. I assume that the +5 VDC on the center conductor of the coax to power the LNA is more or less standard.

I am very pleased with this antenna. I bought it to move the receiving location of my Garmin, so for example I could put the antenna under my hat and still get good satellite signal with the GPS on my belt. For this use this antenna works very well, but I was very pleased to find out that this antenna outperforms the built-in antenna to a remarkable degree. With this Gilsson antenna the strength of the satellite signals jumps up, usually to the maximum; also the accuracy estimate improves by a meter or two, and the position fix under trees is vastly improved.
The universal adapters work well, allowing me to use this antenna with my handheld Garmin as well as a PCMCIA GPS card in my laptop. The adapters are a little bulky but better than buying multiple antennas.

The product came very quickly. I am using this on an AT&T micro cell tower. The cell tower was not pulling in a GPS signal at all before the external antenna. After I plugged it in took 2 min to aquire a signal. Book says could take over 30 min. Works great. Great price. Really fast shipping.

i've had more problems with my garmin 60csx since i've dropped it on some bike crashes. the unit takes 15-20 minutes to find a location, doesn't matter if it is a wide open spot or in trees, which would take much longer if at all. inhouse, no way to get a signal.

since applying this, inhouse takes less than 1 second to register a location. the range drops from +/- 105 ft to +/- 17 ft (inhouse). i get better readings outside: +/- 45 ft down to +/- 10-25 ft.

wish the wire was shorter for my needs, but velcro straps help.

this antenna looks a lot like my auto gps unit which is a garmin, but that unit had a much smaller and thinner end unit. both, however work well so comparision is apples to oranges, though.

the different adapters are great for options on different units. i'm solely using the garmin adapter. it tends to rotate around the insert on the gps, guess that is good for my needs, but wish it had threads and a swivel that you could lock down and not worry if it will come off, but allow for some play. again, not a deal breaker.

This antenna is small and powerful. Inside my home I was able to get a GPS connection. For the price you can't really go wrong.

I bought this antenna for a special GPS application that had its own amplified antenna that had failed after several years of service.

The Gilsson kit worked perfectly to replace the older antenna. The supplied adapters will connect the Gilsson to virtually any receiver and we had no problem connecting it to ours.

The built in magnetic base in the Gilsson strongly kept the antenna in place so you don't need to be concerned about it staying in place in an outdoor setup.

Without this product we would have had to hunt down the original amplified antenna which we discovered was going to cost over $300! The Gilsson is a bargain in comparison and I am glad that this product is available. It was only one of two amplified antennas that I could find and that is worrisome given the size of the GPS marketplace. I am sure glad that this product was available.