Possible Triumph LS purchase - Advice Request

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Mike Niven

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Hi,

I've been lurking here for a little while trying to gather info on the Triumph LS for a possible purchase.

I'm based in the Scotland and the only dealer in the UK is in the south of England, but they don't have a Triumph LS and don't seem keen on getting one to demo to me - they said they've only sold one unit to a land surveyor in quite a few years.
I've got a few questions and wondered if the collective knowledge could help me out :-

From the point of view of warranty, using a Triumph LS as base and rover would be the most benficial scenario since the LS has a 3 year warranty. The LS also has more satellite constellations as standard so the Triumph 1-M ends up around the same price if you add everything.
Is this a recommended scenario - I think I've read of slight issues with using an LS as a base and rover, so just wanted to check - or is the preferred base/rover solution a Triumph 2/Triumph LS or Triumph 1-M/Triumph LS (I'd prefer the radio to be built-in rather than an external but could live with it being external)

Is the spread spectrum radio better than the standard UHF radio for RTK applications, especially beast mode?

Is the LS/J-Field fully setup for use in the UK for Ordnance Survey grid coordinates?
Is the DPOS facility setup for use in the UK for processing OS grid coordinates?

Thanks in advance,
Mike
 
Adam

Adam

Well-Known Member
5PLS
Mike Niven said:
Hi,

I've been lurking here for a little while trying to gather info on the Triumph LS for a possible purchase.

I'm based in the Scotland and the only dealer in the UK is in the south of England, but they don't have a Triumph LS and don't seem keen on getting one to demo to me - they said they've only sold one unit to a land surveyor in quite a few years.
I've got a few questions and wondered if the collective knowledge could help me out :-

From the point of view of warranty, using a Triumph LS as base and rover would be the most benficial scenario since the LS has a 3 year warranty. The LS also has more satellite constellations as standard so the Triumph 1-M ends up around the same price if you add everything.
Is this a recommended scenario - I think I've read of slight issues with using an LS as a base and rover, so just wanted to check - or is the preferred base/rover solution a Triumph 2/Triumph LS or Triumph 1-M/Triumph LS (I'd prefer the radio to be built-in rather than an external but could live with it being external)

Is the spread spectrum radio better than the standard UHF radio for RTK applications, especially beast mode?

Is the LS/J-Field fully setup for use in the UK for Ordnance Survey grid coordinates?
Is the DPOS facility setup for use in the UK for processing OS grid coordinates?

Thanks in advance,
Mike
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Hi Mike, The Triumph LS with Triumph 1M is really nice combo with the radio built internal in the 1M. You can go with UHF or FHSS with the 1M. I have a Triumph 2 with an external 35 watt radio. So if you need more than 1 watt radio the Triumph 2 is a nice route, or you could go with the 1M and get an external radio later if you end up needing it. Wes Cole has been getting up to a mile in the mountains and lots of vegetation to push thru here in the North Carolina Mountains with the FHSS. With the 35 watt, the range increases but if you are trying to push thru a mountain it's not going to work with any radio I have seen. There is an option to broadcast corrections via a mobile hotspot that works like a champ if you have cell coverage. We have these systems for UK in Jfield. I am not sure about DPOS.

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Nate The Surveyor

Nate The Surveyor

Well-Known Member
As this world changes.... Local support becomes less and less important.

Having somebody available by Telephone, is important.

RAMS is real neat.
It is a product still in development. Most of the problems I've had are related to 2 things.
1.) Javad keeps changing, and adding goodies. In this process, sometimes stuff breaks, or does not work.
2.) Javad gear is light years ahead of all the other gear.
It comes with a day of training.
And it is work to learn.
But, it's good gear.
Nate
 
Shawn Billings

Shawn Billings

Shawn Billings
5PLS
In the Great Britain onshore tab that Adam shows, we have OSGB 1396/ British National Grid. I don't see support for the Ordnance Survey Geoid models though.
 
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