External Antennas

locksmith · Lifetime Member Joined: Aug 16, 2005 Posts: 221

Looking for an external antenna for my Quest. Whats the difference (apart from the price), with an antenna £12 delivered on ebay to a genuine garmin £73 delivered?[/url]

DPL · Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2005 7:29 am Post subject:

I have used a Garmin external antenna with my Quest for a while now and find it well worth the money - start up time is quick as of course the Quest is looking at the total sky. However, I can't answer your question as I've not tried other antennas. The £12 eBay job could be just the same internals as the Garmin and made by the same people. But it might not be. In fact it probably isn't, but I don't know. Best I can offer is - you get what you pay for - and in this case the thing you'd certainly get if you bought the Garmin antenna is Garmin technical support if you had any questions or if anything went wrong.
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Garmin C320 & Garmin Quest

locksmith · Lifetime Member Joined: Aug 16, 2005 Posts: 221

Thanks for the reply, pretty much what I,m thinking but I just had to try the cheap one !
Let you know what it's like when I get it Question

DPL · Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2005 10:19 am Post subject:

Thanks. I'm sure many people would be interested. £12 is a good price. Smile

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Garmin C320 & Garmin Quest

rossb · Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2005 5:27 pm Post subject:

do you get the same mounts with the £12 unit?
I wonder if there are differences in power consumption?

Usually with the garmin you get both a suction mount for windows AND a magnetic mount.

DPL · Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2005 5:30 pm Post subject:

locksmith · Lifetime Member Joined: Aug 16, 2005 Posts: 221

Got the antenna and tried it. Works really well, It's ready to navigate in seconds and didn't lose satellite reception once today on a 40 mile trip through different roads/terrains in apalling weather. Bought two, one for the van and one for the car. Both have coated windscreens, but the car was terrible for losing the signals and getting us lost?. Thats all cured now. I bought 5 mtr lengths and will semi permanent install them by leaving the antenna in the boot ,with enough lead to stick it on the roof, and route the cable under the carpet to a convienient exit point close to where the quest is mounted!
Paid £27 for two here http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5798024208&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1

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