Trimble Outdoors SPSX51 - Manual (Page 50)

5 Setting up the Receiver
48 SPSx51 Modular GPS Receivers User Guide
Figure 5.4 Fixed height tripod setup
Common ways to set up a rover receiver
You can set up a rover receiver in different ways depending on the application. The
components that make up a rover receiver are:
• GPS receiver
• GPS antenna
• controller/computer
• rod mounting equipment, including a rod, receiver bracket, and controller
bracket
• vehicle mounting equipment, including a suction cup and ball joint, extension
arm, controller bracket, magnetic antenna mount, and necessary cables.
• backpack equipment, including backpack and antenna-mounting rod
• marine vessel mounting equipment, including receiver bracket, cables, antenna,
and radio antenna brackets
SPSx81 with an internal 450 MHz Tx
radio on a fixed height tripod SPSx51 with an external
high-gain radio antenna SPSx51 with a low-gain “rubber
duck” antenna
Radio antenna bracket