Our antennas are amplified external GPS antennas. Garmin's built in antennas are not amplified, and when tested side by side with Garmin's external antenna, ours significantly outperform the Garmin antenna, yielding an average of 28 dB signal gain compared to about 16 dB gain from Garmin's antenna.
First of all it is hard to determine if a cervix is ripe or not. Different people observing can have very different opinions on the ripeness of a same cervix. There is the Bishop system for evaluating the cervix, but even this one isnât very accurate.
Both Bosc and Comice pears need between five and seven days to ripen. The days indicated for ripening are a guide but not law. Pears ripen faster when they get a longer chill period and take longer if the chill period was cut short. The best way to tell is to press your finger into the flesh near the stem. When it's slightly soft, the fruit is ripe.