Equipment Power Usage Testing The following power tests were conducted on GPS receivers, GPS antennas, and select communications devices using an A-D device on a computer, using LabView sampling at a rate of 20mSec. Most receiver tests were conducted... Read More

The following power tests were conducted on GPS and GNSS antennas using an Agilent N6705 DC Power Analyzer. The following tests show short, 1-minute averages of measured power consumption. The power use of each antenna was tested at two separate... Read More

The mean power consumption during a 12 hour test of the Javad Sigma receiver was: 3.97 WTesting Procedure:Input: 12 VAgilent N6705B DC power analyzerPower sampling rate: 10 HzTest was conducted at room temperatureTracking: GPS L1/L2 onlyLogging one... Read More

The mean power consumption during a 12 hour test of the Leica GR10 receiver was: 3.51 WTesting Procedure:Input: 12 VAgilent N6705B DC power analyzerPower sampling rate: 10 HzTest was conducted at room temperatureTracking: GPS L1/L2 onlyLogging one 15... Read More

Wind Power Testing at UNAVCO through 2005 Alternative Power Source for Continuous GPS Stations With an increasing number of GPS site installations in locations such as Antarctica and Alaska, it is important to examine renewable energy alternatives.... Read More

Wind Power Testing at UNAVCO through 2005, Phase 1 The purpose of phase one of the wind generator testing is to become familiar with the general setup and power characteristics of the system. This includes tower construction, cabling, regulation and... Read More

Wind Power Testing at UNAVCO through 2005, Phase 2 This phase of the test will concentrate on answering the following questions: How will the wind generator perform in a realistic wind/solar hybrid GPS station? Assume a load of 15-20 Watts. What is... Read More

Wind Power Testing at UNAVCO through 2005, Phase 3 Status as of 6 Nov 2002: The wind system is up, running and charging, but not generating as much power as before. We are investigating.   The University of Colorado Mountain Research... Read More

Power Draw Profile for a Trimble NetRS and Iridium System Test Summary UNAVCO performed a benchtop test to record a high-resolution time history of power consumed by a Trimble NetRS GPS system with Iridium communications. The test system consisted... Read More

Power Draw Profile for Trimble NetRS and Iridium System Test Summary UNAVCO performed a benchtop test to record a high-resolution time history of power consumed by a Trimble NetRS GPS system with Iridium communications. The test system consisted of... Read More