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If it's at the end of a cable, probably not. Unless the device is creating a lot of it's own heat, soldering shouldn't be any different whether the device is on or not. Obviously you should try and do it with the device off though...
How were you getting coordinates before the antenna was attached?
yoshy-
Tnx. Basically the software is the same I have been using for a while and worked all along, getting a gps fix in a minute or so. Then it started not fixing anymore and realised the antenna and its cable were almost coming apart. After adding some metal to reattach the 2 it worked again for a moment. So bought a soldering kit and got on soldering, forgetting to turn the module off (idiot). Just realised it when a small spark came out as soon as pen touched the cable. Guess that meant something went wrong as now the gps does not fix, as if the antenna isn't there.
Bugno
Could soldering a GPS antenna to its cable while still attached to an arduino shield and still powered on, have broken the shield? Everything still works but not getting gps coordinates anymore. :(
Anyone knows? Tnx