Polar Services - Palmer Station GPS System - Specifications

Specifications and Technical Information
Base GPS receiver type	Trimble NetRS
Base receiver memory	850 MB, partitioned for low-rate (15 sec) and high-rate (1 sec) data logging
Base antenna type	Ashtec Choke Ring with Radome (ASH700936D_M SCIS)
Radio transmitter type	Pacific Crest RFM96W
Radio transmitter frequency	470 MHz
Radio transmitter power	2 W
Rover GPS receiver type	Trimble R7
Rover antenna type	Trimble Zephyr Geodetic and Compact L1/L2
Rover radio type	Pacific Crest RFM96W
RTK survey range	~ 5 km
Kinematic survey accuracy (horizontal)	1cm + 1ppm (x baseline length)
Kinematic survey accuracy (vertical)	2cm + 2ppm (x baseline length)
Static survey accuracy (horizontal)	5mm + 0.5ppm (x baseline length)
Static survey accuracy (vertical)	5mm + 1ppm (x baseline length)
GPS rover external battery life	24 hours
GPS receiver memory	512 Mb compact flash card (24 months continuous at 30 sec logging rate)

Last modified Thursday, 12-Oct-2006 17:01:20 UTC