[dorkbotpdx-blabber] Radio Gurus!

[dave madden]

Any radio gurus in the community?  A bad, bad person told me some 
interesting stuff about GPS, and now I'm wondering if it'd be possible 
for me to learn more on my own, or if it's Black Magic that only old 
ham-radio guys can understand.

For example, if I bought a MAX2654 amplifier and hooked it up to an 
antenna, would I get anything interesting on the output?  What 
subsequent devices or equipment would I need to see the interesting 
thing?  How many steps from there to, say, a highly-accurate PPS clock? 
  (I don't mind dropping a do-it-all chip in, but I'm kind of interested 
in having access all along the signal chain, too.)

Thanks!
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