Re: [time-nuts] how to find low noise transistors

2015-07-20 Thread Charles Steinmetz
Rick wrote: Base spreading resistance can be overcome by using a sufficiently high source impedance This sounds like the all-too-common noise figure fallacy (increasing input impedance to get a lower NF). All this does is raise the source impedance's contribution to the total noise -- it

[time-nuts] LORAN on the air at 0900 local 1300 UTC 89700

2015-07-20 Thread paul swed
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Re: [time-nuts] Isolation and insertion loss of Minicircuits splitters

2015-07-20 Thread Bob Camp
Hi They may be designed to be as close as you can get to a 50 ohm splitter. The sum port is where that is most likely to fall apart. Bob On Jul 19, 2015, at 10:51 AM, Dr. David Kirkby (Kirkby Microwave Ltd) drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk wrote: On 19 July 2015 at 13:39, Bob Camp

[time-nuts] Would this work as a frequency standard? Would it damage the Stanford Research function generator?

2015-07-20 Thread Dr. David Kirkby (Kirkby Microwave Ltd)
I had a plan to construct an off-air frequency 10 MHz standard based on the 198 kHz from the Droitwich radio 4 transmitter, just by hooking up various bits of test kit and writing a computer program to control the equipment via GPIB. No electronics, apart from an antenna, would need to be built at

Re: [time-nuts] Would this work as a frequency standard? Would it damage the Stanford Research function generator?

2015-07-20 Thread Alan Melia
Hi David I live a little to the North of you and I have used R4 a number of years ago...In fact I spotted and reported to NPL breathing or hunting on the output compared to my two Austron 1250As the period was about 100secs. I was emailled a couple of months later to say the exciter had

Re: [time-nuts] how to find low noise transistors

2015-07-20 Thread Richard (Rick) Karlquist
On 7/20/2015 8:12 AM, Charles Steinmetz wrote: Rick wrote: Base spreading resistance can be overcome by using a sufficiently high source impedance This sounds like the all-too-common noise figure fallacy (increasing input impedance to get a lower NF). All this does is raise the source

Re: [time-nuts] Would this work as a frequency standard? Would it damage the Stanford Research function generator?

2015-07-20 Thread Attila Kinali
On Sun, 19 Jul 2015 15:49:33 +0100 Dr. David Kirkby (Kirkby Microwave Ltd) drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk wrote: Does this seem viable, or have I overlooked something? I'm not looking to build a lab standard - just have a bit of fun. This should work. At least I don't see a reason why it

[time-nuts] LORAN on the air 89700 been a good day so far

2015-07-20 Thread paul swed
The system came up at 9 am and has been working well the austrons and SRS fs 700 are doing very well. Some static crashes and such. This test has however revealed something I did not want to know. The HP z3801 seems to have a problem of jumping phase. So the trusty box is finally showing its age.

[time-nuts] HP 3581A question

2015-07-20 Thread cdelect
Hi, I have an HP 3581A and I need to replace the top right hand frequency pot. My unit has a dual pot with a concentric shaft. The only manual I have shows a single pot. If anyone has a manual that shows the dual pot could you let me know the values of the pots? Thanks, Corby Dawson

[time-nuts] Would this work as a frequency standard? Would it damage the Stanford Research function generator?

2015-07-20 Thread Mark Sims
If the SRS stores the CALBYTES info in EEPROM, continuously updating it will wear out the EEPROM in a relatively short time. There were some proposals about interfacing the freq adjust up/down buttons in the FEI Rb modules to steer the device... I calculated that the EEPROM would be

Re: [time-nuts] LORAN on the air 89700 been a good day so far

2015-07-20 Thread billriches
Thanks for your report Paul, What is your QTH? 73, Bill -Original Message- From: time-nuts [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of paul swed Sent: Monday, July 20, 2015 4:50 PM To: Time-nuts Subject: [time-nuts] LORAN on the air 89700 been a good day so far The system came up

Re: [time-nuts] LORAN on the air 89700 been a good day so far

2015-07-20 Thread Alex Pummer
Hi Paul where could I find the frequency of our Loran [the Californian Loran ] I have an old HP3586 radio receiver 73 Alex On 7/20/2015 1:50 PM, paul swed wrote: The system came up at 9 am and has been working well the austrons and SRS fs 700 are doing very well. Some static crashes and such.

Re: [time-nuts] LORAN on the air 89700 been a good day so far

2015-07-20 Thread Bob Camp
Hi Before you *assume* the 3801 is the problem, check and see if the Loran signal is hopping around. Who knows what they might be doing on the transmit end …. Exactly *how* you check the Loran other than finding somebody else on the list … no idea. Bob On Jul 20, 2015, at 4:50 PM, paul

[time-nuts] TBolt 10 MHz output ~1.7v rms / HP 8656B FG

2015-07-20 Thread M. George
I picked up an HP 8656B from the usual place and have been cleaning it up... got around to testing the output which looks good on a cheap frequency counter etc... I'm wanting to use the 10 MHz output from my TBolt for the reference input on the HP 8656B and my Elecraft K3. So I started digging