[time-nuts] IF output buffer amplifier

2018-05-14 Thread Martin VE3OAT
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Re: [time-nuts] Hat Creek observatory

2018-04-27 Thread Martin VE3OAT
. Post more pictures! 73, ... MartinVE3OAT ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.

Re: [time-nuts] Better quartz crystals with single isotope ?

2018-04-23 Thread Martin VE3OAT
I always thought crystals with dislocations were used to mark the band edge frequencies. ... MartinVE3OAT - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - On Sun, 22 Apr 2018 11:34:30 -0600 djl wrote : > > Darn. maybe not grain boundaries, but dislocations? or both?

Re: [time-nuts] WWVB information

2018-04-12 Thread Martin VE3OAT
Hi, Doug, How is your 8161 doing now? Still synced properly? Should I bring my 8164 up from the basement? I was so disappointed when WWVB changed their modulation. Thanks for any encouragement. 73, ... MartinVE3OAT On Wed, 11 Apr 2018 16:28:41 Doug Millar wrote : > Hi, My Spectra

Re: [time-nuts] TV Signals as a frequency reference

2018-03-31 Thread Martin VE3OAT
the network timing information was in "line 6", though I might not remember accurately. There was all kinds of other information in those lines at the top, although only technical people knew about it because most TV sets were adjusted so you couldn't see them. 73, ... Marti

Re: [time-nuts] Outdoor GPS Antenna Selection

2018-01-08 Thread Martin VE3OAT
ost always at least 7 birds in view at any time and the setup seems to work fine. You can engineer your solution for optimum results but I would guess that, as long as you are above a certain minimum level of signal for the receiver, you will get reasonably good performance. ... Martin

Re: [time-nuts] Time-nut going England!

2017-04-26 Thread Martin VE3OAT
Attila, Have you thought of visiting the Greenwich observatory just south of London? I don't know if they have tours or when they might be open, but it is the birthplace of GMT. I would join you if I could but I am in Canada. Have a good visit there! ... MartinVE3OAT On Wed, 26 Apr

Re: [time-nuts] The ultraAtomic clock for home

2017-04-06 Thread Martin VE3OAT
Bob, if you had your watch set to European time, could the fact that Europe changes to daylight time about two weeks after we do in North America have anything to do with it? ... Martin VE3OAT Bob (KB8TW) wrote : On a side note, my Citizen WWVB watch missed the change to DST this year. I

Re: [time-nuts] Lavoie WWV Frequency Comparator available

2017-01-08 Thread Martin VE3OAT
the ellipse and marvelling at the sudden changes of direction as the phase of the received signal changed. It was my introduction to Doppler shifting of ionospherically propagated HF signals. 73, ... Martin VE3OAT On 08/01/2017 01:36, Bill Hawkins wrote: Had one of those before downsizing. Very

[time-nuts] Lavoie WWV Frequency Comparator available

2017-01-07 Thread Martin VE3OAT
). And it could probably benefit from a proper RF/IF alignment (I have never bothered to do this). The unit is too big and heavy to ship by any normal means, so "local pick up only". However, I could meet you "half-way", provided it is within 200 km of Ottawa, Ontario. Free to a goo

Re: [time-nuts] Cable length calibration (Brooke Clarke)

2016-07-02 Thread Martin VE3OAT
Hi, Brooke, Very interesting stuff. Thanks for the link. Question - Is any of the older chirp sounder equipment now available on the surplus market?? Thanks. ... MartinVE3OAT On 02/07/2016 12:00, time-nuts-requ...@febo.com wrote: Hi Mike: For quite a while I was heavily

Re: [time-nuts] KS-24361 NO GPS - again

2015-05-30 Thread Martin VE3OAT
OK at least. Are you using an active antenna and does the unit provide the required voltage for it? Sorry if you have already checked that. ... MartinVE3OAT Ulli wrote : At least, i saw 1 or 2 satellites from time to time. ___ time-nuts

Re: [time-nuts] VLF Phase-tracking receivers.

2014-08-10 Thread Martin VE3OAT
the instantaneous phase of the signal very carefully. As a result the spectrum of an MSK signal is quite distinct from that of an ordinary FSK signal. As I recall. 73, ... MartinVE3OAT Ken W7EKB wrote : As I understand it from back in the 1970s when I was first working on this sort of thing

Re: [time-nuts] Dephasing WWVB

2014-06-30 Thread Martin VE3OAT
which receiver it was, but I think one of the old commercial WWVB receivers used a crystal as the tuning element. ... Martin VE3OAT ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman

Re: [time-nuts] Weather/units question for European members

2014-05-24 Thread Martin VE3OAT
to the official unit. Sounds like you have a really neat project. ... Martin VE3OAT ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.

Re: [time-nuts] Phase noise and geomagnetism

2014-05-01 Thread Martin VE3OAT
effects were noted, probably due to minor disturbed geomagnetic conditions. 73, ... Martin VE3OAT Antonio I8IOV wrote : Hi all,thanks for your replies.Geomagnetic storms are known to produce easily detectable effects at earth, sometimes dramatic ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

Re: [time-nuts] Rb vs.Crystal OCXO

2014-04-27 Thread Martin VE3OAT
Bert Kehren wrote : The thunderbolt is one of the best timing devices but not for frequency, if you want high resolution. Bert, Would my old HP Z3801A be better for frequency than the Thunderbolt? Could you put some quantitative difference to it? Thanks, ... MartinVE3OAT

Re: [time-nuts] GPS antenna in silicon/RTV encapsulation

2014-04-15 Thread Martin VE3OAT
Bert, I don't know about 1.6 GHz but I can tell you with some authority that before RTV/silicone is fully cured it is highly conductive to energy at 60 Hz. ... Martin VE3OAT Bert wrote : Am experimenting with small low cost GPS antennas and am considering as an alternative RTV/silicon