GIS Equipment

Last updated 07 June 2025

GPS Base

Toolik Field Station maintains a continuous GPS base station for use by the Toolik community and the general public. The base station runs continuously year-round with files permanently archived and available for download. Learn more about TLK2 on the NGS NCN Station Pages site: . 

 TLK2 antennaTLK2

Receiver: Trimble NetR8 Survey Grade w/internal batteries, external power, internal storage, web interface

Receiver Antenna: Trimble Zephyr Geodetic 2 ROHS  (TRM57971.00)

Radio: Pacific Crest RFM96W, 2 watt and 35 watt toggle, Astron 12V 2.5A power supply, broadcast frequency: 464.500MHz, broadcast antenna: Base Omni 5dB

Computer: Dell PowerEdge 2400, Pent III, 1GHz, 1Gb RAM, Linux Fedora

Software: Custom File Conversion Script - UNAVCO

Mobile GPS Base

Toolik Field Station provides mobile GPS base stations with radio link for RTK for use by the Toolik community on an as needed basis. The base stations can be set up over known benchmarks or post-processed for base coordinate solution. Additional mobile base stations are made available to TFS during the summer field season by Earthscope (formerly UNAVCO). 

   Mobile base deployment

Receivers: Trimble NetR9 | Trimble R9s

Receiver Antenna: Trimble Zephyr Geodetic Model 2, w/ 30m cable. Solar panel charging available. 

Radio: Pacific Crest RFM96W, 2 watt and 35 watt toggle, Astron 12V 2.5A power supply, broadcast frequency: 464.500MHz, broadcast antenna: 1m 5dB Whip or 10cm rubber

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