I'm sure many are considering options for obtaining a base receiver that will track GPS+Glonass+Galileo+Beidou.
As things are situated on March 19, 2020, for most customers, I recommend the Triumph-3 as a base because it has the new Triumph-3 chip which will track. The chip in the Triumph-LS and Triumph-1M is the Triumph-2 chip (not to be confused with the Triumph-2 which actually has the Triumph-1 chip in it). The Triumph-2 chip (in the Triumph-LS and Triumph-1M) does not track the Galileo E5 AltBoc and E6 signals or the Beidou B2 AltBoc or B3 signals, even though it does track Galileo E1, E5B, and E5A and Beidou B1, B2B, B2A, and B1C. The Triumph-LS Plus with the new Triumph-3 chip will track these additional signals and use them if the signals are present in the correction stream, which within the Javad family will require a base with a Triumph-3 chip.
But there are other considerations. You may be looking to just get your current Triumph-LS up to multi-constellation by adding a base that tracks Galileo and Beidou. The options are Triumph-3, Triumph-1M and Triumph-LS. I've hesitated to suggest the Triumph-LS as a base for various reasons, the main one being it is limited to the internal 1-watt radio or TCP over cellular. For my customers in rural areas with poor cell coverage needing the long range of the HPT435BT radio, the Triumph-LS just wasn't a good option. But many like the Triumph-LS as a base because:
An instructional how-to can be found here:
I'm not particularly recommending this setup, but for some this will be a good option.
As things are situated on March 19, 2020, for most customers, I recommend the Triumph-3 as a base because it has the new Triumph-3 chip which will track. The chip in the Triumph-LS and Triumph-1M is the Triumph-2 chip (not to be confused with the Triumph-2 which actually has the Triumph-1 chip in it). The Triumph-2 chip (in the Triumph-LS and Triumph-1M) does not track the Galileo E5 AltBoc and E6 signals or the Beidou B2 AltBoc or B3 signals, even though it does track Galileo E1, E5B, and E5A and Beidou B1, B2B, B2A, and B1C. The Triumph-LS Plus with the new Triumph-3 chip will track these additional signals and use them if the signals are present in the correction stream, which within the Javad family will require a base with a Triumph-3 chip.
But there are other considerations. You may be looking to just get your current Triumph-LS up to multi-constellation by adding a base that tracks Galileo and Beidou. The options are Triumph-3, Triumph-1M and Triumph-LS. I've hesitated to suggest the Triumph-LS as a base for various reasons, the main one being it is limited to the internal 1-watt radio or TCP over cellular. For my customers in rural areas with poor cell coverage needing the long range of the HPT435BT radio, the Triumph-LS just wasn't a good option. But many like the Triumph-LS as a base because:
- it tracks GPS, Glonass, Galileo, and Beidou in standard configuration
- allows for a user to have two LS's that can be split using their current base (i.e. Triumph-2) or an RTN to double production when appropriate
An instructional how-to can be found here:
I'm not particularly recommending this setup, but for some this will be a good option.