Re: [time-nuts] Finally acquired a 5370B

2008-06-12 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
Jim Palfreyman wrote: Hi all, Well getting a second hand 5370B will be no big deal for those of you in the US, but in Australia getting one of these units is very expensive due to rare local availability and cost of postage from the US. I was recently quoted US$350 - more than the unit

Re: [time-nuts] Auston 2100F

2008-06-12 Thread Jeroen Bastemeijer
Dear Dan, Is the 2100 manual you mention available as a PDF? I think the time-nuts community is very interested in this kind of material. If you have an electronic version, would it be possible to make it available for download? Thank you, best regards, Jeroen Dan Rae schreef: Stanley

[time-nuts] Operating temperatures of rubidium oscillators

2008-06-12 Thread Mark Sims
I recently measured the operating (baseplate) temperatures of several different rubidium standards. These are all in free air without heatsinks. Results are as follows (degrees C over ambient, warmest point found on device): FRK-L:+21C M100: +18C LPRO: +24C 5650A: +35C PTB100:

[time-nuts] Fw: Austron 2100F

2008-06-12 Thread Stanley Reynolds
If I divide one of the phase corrected outputs to PPS and use it instead of a gps receiver to discipline the input reference crystal oscillator would this system have any advantage over the corrected outputs? I did find a web reference where NASA was using a 2100 receiver to discipline a

[time-nuts] OSA 5540 Base Station Timing System

2008-06-12 Thread Rob Kimberley
Have just listed the following on EBay at a start price of GBP 0.99. Oscilloquartz Model 5540 Base Station Timing System Item number: 320262915765 Cheers Rob Kimberley ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to

Re: [time-nuts] thunderbolt for ntpd or gpsd

2008-06-12 Thread Tim Cwik
Chris Kuethe wrote: On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 3:40 PM, Tim Cwik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are there timekeeping preferences between using the thunderbolt as a ref clock for ntpd or connecting it to gpsd and using the gpsd to ntpd capability? Running gpsd is one more process to manage but does

Re: [time-nuts] thunderbolt for ntpd or gpsd

2008-06-12 Thread Chris Kuethe
On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 5:32 PM, Tim Cwik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: gpsd: TSIP pkt_id = 0x8f, packetlen= 0x15 gpsd: packet sniff finds type 4 gpsd: switch_driver(Trimble TSIP) called... gpsd: selecting Trimble TSIP driver... gpsd: ntpd_link_activate: 0 gpsd: speed 9600, 8O1 gpsd sees

Re: [time-nuts] thunderbolt for ntpd or gpsd

2008-06-12 Thread Tim Cwik
Chris Kuethe wrote: On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 5:32 PM, Tim Cwik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: gpsd: TSIP pkt_id = 0x8f, packetlen= 0x15 gpsd: packet sniff finds type 4 gpsd: switch_driver(Trimble TSIP) called... gpsd: selecting Trimble TSIP driver... gpsd: ntpd_link_activate: 0 gpsd: speed

Re: [time-nuts] thunderbolt for ntpd or gpsd

2008-06-12 Thread Chris Kuethe
On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 8:05 PM, Tim Cwik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a way to have gpsd use 8N1 for TSIP? The manual says teh thunderbolt uses 8N1, the windows support program says it and the thunderbolt are using 8N1. I can not find a way to tell the thunderbolt to use 8O1. If you're

Re: [time-nuts] Thunderbolt PS

2008-06-12 Thread Tom Van Baak
I have a ThunderBolt GPS from a different source than TAPER. Can someone tell me where I can get a TAPER like power supply for my thunderbolt. I have checked Allelectronics without success. Any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks, Bruce W1GBS Thanks all who responded to my inquiry