2018-01-12, 04:47 AM
(2018-01-11, 02:48 PM)abarrow Wrote: Wouldn't the SO329 take up too much space and require more physical structure to hold securely? Most commercial AIS systems use a BNC connector anyway. This is what the provider of the dAISy Hat does, he provides an SMA female onboard and offers a few different pigtails.
What about just providing options for pigtails to provide a conversion from SMA to SO239, PL259 or a BNC connector?
Pigtails are OK. aside from the dAISy I haven't seen other AIS units with BNC connectors! not sure why you'd use a BNC anyway as the antenna system for AIS is VHF and UHF (SO239) connectors are universally used.