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News Release from: Sarantel | Subject: GeoHelix
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 16 June 2003
GPS antenna to the fore
US-based SkyHawke Technologies has incorporated the GeoHelix miniature GPS antenna into the latest version of its market-leading SG2 personal digital golf caddie.
US-based SkyHawke Technologies has incorporated Sarantel's miniature GeoHelix GPS (global positioning system) antenna into the latest version of its market-leading SG2 personal digital golf caddie The SG2 provides instant range information for multiple golf targets per hole for over 3000 golf courses in eight countries spanning North America, Europe and Asia
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 23 Apr 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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In the last four months four companies have designed the Sarantel ultra-small GeoHelix GPS antenna into CompactFlash GPS modules in current production.
The Sarantel antenna reduces the size of the SG2 without compromising performance.
About the size of a cel phone, the SG2 personal digital caddie clips unobtrusively onto a golfer's belt or bag and computes position data via 24 GPS satellites.
Ranges are computed automatically to within a couple of meters for preprogrammed locations on each hole, such as bunkers, water hazards, and any point on the green.
The SG2 also computes the length of golf shots with the simple touch of a button.
SkyHawke selected Sarantel's GeoHelix GPS antenna for the SG2 product due to its size and proven efficacy in small, handheld GPS receivers.
The GeoHelix does not detune when held by or near the golfer, causing the receiver to lose accuracy - a problem suffered by conventional GPS antennas.
Richard Edmonson, CEO of SkyHawke, commented, "Sarantel's GeoHelix antennas gave us a great opportunity to reduce the size of the SG2.
We're very excited about the response we've gotten from both the golf industry and the golfer community".
Brad Hurte, President of Sarantel, said: "The SG2 product represents a very demanding application for GPS.
Golfers need very high accuracy from the receiver in order to make good club selections, and the SG2 unit provides that accuracy very quickly - SkyHawke has done an impressive job".
GeoHelix antennas are manufactured at Sarantel's automated, state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Wellingborough, UK.
The SG2 personal digital caddie may be purchased directly from SkyHawke through the SkyGolf website at http://www.SkyGolfGPS.com and from selected golf shops.
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