[time-nuts] Any Isotemp OCXO107-10 Info?

2014-03-12 Thread Arthur Dent
Sounds kind of like this oscillator. I found it to be very low power but it took about a week for it to really settle down and until then I was continually adjusting the EFC. http://i906.photobucket.com/albums/ac262/rjb1998/Oscillator_zps63a30a2f.jpg -Arthur

[time-nuts] Any Isotemp OCXO107-10 Info?

2014-03-12 Thread Arthur Dent
The photo looks like one of the 2 units I have but the info on one if my oscillators says: CTS Knights 970-2074-0    5 Mhz  0410-2540     8947 I'm pretty sure the last numbers are the date code. If more than one company made these units they could have been in some piece of equipment made

[time-nuts] WWVB for Time Nuts

2014-08-13 Thread Arthur Dent
On August 10th Dale J. Robertson wrote: How does patent infringement litigation get started anyway? I would think that the infringement claim would have to be specific i.e. you are infringing on our patent number blah, claims blah, blah, blah blah. not just you are infringing on our patent. you

[time-nuts] Cutler NAA on 24.0kHz....

2014-08-15 Thread Arthur Dent
Not sure whats up with the link when I click it I get the download. Its a 2.5MB file http://www.glkinst.com/test-equipment/manuals/Tracor900A.pdf. The problem with the above link is the period is included as part of the link when you click on it. It will work without the period. -Arthur

[time-nuts] Old 500 kHz oscillator

2014-08-30 Thread Arthur Dent
One of these was my first frequency standard that I used as a marker for checking the calibration of an old Collins TCS-12 receiver I used around 1959. I built a small power supply for the oscillator and used it for a few years until the filament opened and it died. Even way back then I felt that

[time-nuts] Lucent KS-24361, HP/Symmetricom Z3809A, Z3810A, Z3811A, Z3812...

2014-10-22 Thread Arthur Dent
GandalfG8 at aol.com GandalfG8 at aol.com Wed Oct 22 04:35:40 EDT 2014 Similarly, with this RFTG-u kit I'd be more inclined to look for ways of routing the native 5MHz from the GPS conditioned Milliren 260 series oscillator to the outside world, and to just treat any other use found for the

[time-nuts] Lucent KS-24361, HP/Symmetricom Z3809A, Z3810A, Z3811A, Z3812...

2014-10-22 Thread Arthur Dent
Oops, photo link didn't make it in my last post http://i906.photobucket.com/albums/ac262/rjb1998/RFTG-uREF1photo1_zps87c505ca.jpg -Arthur ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to

[time-nuts] Lucent KS-24361, HP/Symmetricom Z3809A, Z3810A, Z3811A, Z3812...

2014-10-24 Thread Arthur Dent
Anthony Roby aroby at antamy.com wrote: My curiosity got the better of me so I ordered these earlier this week and received them today. I've powered both up and quickly measured the 10MHz output. I don't yet have a GPS antenna feed that I can connect, so couldn't check that out. And I need to

[time-nuts] Lucent KS-24361/Z3812A GPSDO initial setup

2014-10-25 Thread Arthur Dent
I can't remember when I initially powered up my RFTG-u REF 1 how long it took to give me the green light but I *believe* it was a long time, maybe the better part of 24 hours. I think after testing and being fustrated I forgot to turn it off one night and the next day things looked normal. I have

[time-nuts] Lucent KS-24361, HP/Symmetricom Z3809A, Z3810A, Z3811A, Z3812A GPSDO system

2014-10-31 Thread Arthur Dent
….” ++ Reposting what I had posted over a week ago, in case you missed it…. Arthur Dent golgarfrincham at gmail.com Wed Oct 22 13:59:48 EDT 2014 “…Way back on Fri Jun 11 16:48:43 UTC 2010 I posted about using one of these units I had modified but at the time there wasn't a single person who

[time-nuts] Lucent KS-24361, HP/Symmetricom Z3809A, Z3810A, Z3811A, Z3812...

2014-11-01 Thread Arthur Dent
Keep in mind that I made the modifications to my RFTG-u REF 1 almost 4 years ago and the details of why I did what I did are kind of foggy today. It was a pure hack but I *believe* that the circuitry as well as the jumpers were required, or at least I thought so. The big problem with getting

[time-nuts] Lucent KS-24361, HP/Symmetricom Z3809A, Z3810A, Z3811A, Z3812...

2014-11-03 Thread Arthur Dent
GandalfG8 at aol.com GandalfG8 at aol.com Sun Nov 2 09:08:30 EST 2014 wrote: Ooh err, whoops, and oh dear !! Arthur, I've only just had a chance to look at your latest photos, and unless I've really got my wires crossed, if you'll pardon the expression:-), your links on J5 are not shown on pins

[time-nuts] NPR Story I heard this morning

2014-11-04 Thread Arthur Dent
Lester Veenstra lester at veenstras.com Tue Nov 4 16:56:29 EST 2014 wrote: And you can get a I climbed Mt. Washington sticker for your clock. +++ It may be a little OT but I actually worked on the summit for the Mount Washington Weather Observatory for 4 winters as well as climbing

[time-nuts] Lucent KS-24361, HP/Symmetricom Z3809A, Z3810A, Z3811A, Z3812...

2014-11-05 Thread Arthur Dent
Could someone who has both the REF 0 and REF 1 units check to see if the REF 0 unit has U1 missing. U1 is an AD7849 serial input, 14-Bit/16-Bit DAC on my REF 1 units but is missing on an old REF 0 I just dug out of the to-do pile. Someone may have already mentioned this and I missed it. -Arthur

[time-nuts] Z3801 question on EFC at 81000 but stable

2014-11-15 Thread Arthur Dent
I also seem to recall pix of the Z3801 oscillator and there were not any adjustments. I sure hope I missed something. Thanks Paul WB8TSL + There is an adjustment on the inner 10811 oscillator but it isn't easy to get to. Here is a description.

[time-nuts] Yet another GPSDO

2014-11-18 Thread Arthur Dent
I just noticed this on Ebay. The seller has several other related items but the pricing is kind of confusing. No a lot of info. http://www.ebay.com/itm/GPS-DISCPLINED-CLOCK-GPSDO-10M-OUTPUT-SQUARE-WAVE-/111514491254 -Arthur ___ time-nuts mailing list

[time-nuts] Yet another GPSDO

2014-11-18 Thread Arthur Dent
You can see a similar product by this seller direct - http://www.cart100.com/seller/bg7tbl/ http://www.cart100.com/Product/38848104218/ Looks like a similar product at almost 3 time the Ebay price. There are more photos at the second link under 'specifications' and you can read MV89A on the

[time-nuts] Lucent KS-24361 Web Page

2014-11-21 Thread Arthur Dent
If you refer to the picture of the microprocessor board, you will notice that the locations marked D1, D2 and D3 are populated by zero ohm resistors. That means that the 3 V microcontroller was powered from 5V. I am actually amazed that they worked at all, let alone worked for a while. It is a

[time-nuts] GPSDO Alternatives

2012-12-06 Thread Arthur Dent
On Mon, Dec 4, paul swed wrote: Yes sir $139. But boy I have not seen cheap tbolts in  bit. As I recall $260 these days? On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 9:12 PM, Bob Camp lists at rtty.us wrote: Hi The gotcha is that you go from paying surplus prices to paying new prices. New price to new price,

[time-nuts] Thunderbolt oven / non-stable operating temperature

2012-12-10 Thread Arthur Dent
I feel like shouldn't need to fuss with ambient conditions this heavily for an OCXO, and find myself researching construction / design for a DIY outer-oven to wrap the thunderbolt in. Anyone have experience with non-stable temperature on a trimble thunderbolt? The temperature you see is not from

[time-nuts] Thunderbolt oven / non-stable operating temperature

2012-12-10 Thread Arthur Dent
I believe that the high temperature alarm you see is triggered at 50 degrees C.  If that is what you're seeing without artificially raising the temperature of the Thunderbolt by insulating it so it can't radiate the heat, what I said about replacing the chip is correct but if it is staying

[time-nuts] Nortel NTPB15AA (Trimble) GPSDO

2012-12-11 Thread Arthur Dent
I picked up one of the  Nortel NTPB15AA (Trimble) GPSDO from the common auction site and decided adding a monitor display to the front panel would be a good idea. The entire unit draws about 300ma at 48vdc at power up and there is room inside the case for a small AC power supply. There is

[time-nuts] time-nuts Digest, Vol 101, Issue 152

2012-12-30 Thread Arthur Dent
Bob Camp- A quartz crystal in insensitive to magnetic field. This being Time Nut's that's not the whole story. Ferrite core inductors can indeed exhibit a bit of static mag field sensitivity. Your OCXO may or may not have some in it. Precision crystals have clips made from nickel. The posts

[time-nuts] Interval Timer Recommendation

2013-01-14 Thread Arthur Dent
The manual states that loosing the settings on a 6680 is no big problem , but on the 6681 you loose the interpolator calibtation. And it sounds like that's not a good thing. I didn't know you had to watch out for Battery on a PM6680/81. CFO - Tnut-Beginner Denmark The battery in the 6680

[time-nuts] Serial port / Mouse issue (was mentioned inThunderbolt Monitor)

2013-01-25 Thread Arthur Dent
Besides the previous mentioned Time-Nuts reference in this thread to the so-called psychomouse problem on November 1, 2010 there was a thread on November 29, 2011 entitled Unplug T-bolt before booting up...?? that had most of the information covered here. Although this problem has been known

[time-nuts] MTI 260 Stability Plot

2013-01-27 Thread Arthur Dent
Has anyone run a stability plot (0-100 or 1000 seconds) on the MTI 260.. There are several sub-models of the 260 in either AT or SC cuts with widely different characteristics. It might help to know which one you have. The ones on the popular auction site may be custom built units. Try checking

[time-nuts] Low noise power supplies?

2013-01-30 Thread Arthur Dent
But the only NiCd I know about are the AA sized ones. I have some of the wet NiCd batteries that are capable of putting out 200A continuously. I'm assuming the internal resistance is pretty low. ;-) Arthur ___ time-nuts mailing list --

[time-nuts] altinex switches

2013-02-11 Thread Arthur Dent
I just bought the last one at 11:30PM. -Arthur ___ 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.

[time-nuts] GPStar Plus: Rubidium, anyone?

2013-02-13 Thread Arthur Dent
Despite what has been previously posted I’ve found my 565s to be very good frequency references for my counters and they seem to compare well to the Thunderbolts. I haven’t run any long term checks but comparing Tbolts to 565s on my scope from time to time I’ve never seen any jumps or

[time-nuts] altinex switches

2013-02-21 Thread Arthur Dent
I haven't looked any further but the daughter boards in the unit have 75 ohm resistors which I'm guessing determines the input/output impedance of the unit. If that's the case it should be easy to switch it to 50 ohms although it may not make any real difference. -Arthur

[time-nuts] Lady Heather numbers

2013-02-27 Thread Arthur Dent
There has been a lot of speculation about the innards of the OXCO in the Thunderbolt so here is what I found inside a dead one that I opened. I didn’t trace the circuit out so most of the description that follows is just from a cursory look and may not be totally correct. Below are links to a

[time-nuts] Nortel EBSCTM-C / NTPB15AB-05

2013-03-02 Thread Arthur Dent
Has anybody traced out the connections on the DB-37 connector on the back of this beast yet? I never looked at the 37-pin connector on the back of the unit but back in December, 2012 I did post that I had added a display and an A.C. supply to the one I had and it seems to be working fine. I

[time-nuts] Interesting looking crystal on ebay

2013-03-07 Thread Arthur Dent
This style of crystal was quite common at one time, and yes, it fits  a valve base but it's for a B7G 7 pin base, not B6G as suggested in the auction. The XTAL is a Bliley BG6 which has nothing to do with the number of pins. The link below is a photo I just took of a Bliley BG6 series with 2

[time-nuts] nteresting looking crystal on ebay

2013-03-07 Thread Arthur Dent
That's one of the better ones - clip mounted. Here's a better view of the innards where you can see the wire from the XTAL to the green support soldered at both ends. Below the support the wires are spot welded. http://i906.photobucket.com/albums/ac262/rjb1998/Blileyxtal2_zps9c0dacb1.jpg

[time-nuts] Lady Heather numbers

2013-03-12 Thread Arthur Dent
Garren Davis garren.davis at qlogic.com Tue Mar 12 12:55:48 EDT 2013 I found the 1 ohm resistor from the 12 volt pin to the heater circuit popped off its solder pads and was laying between the insulation and the metal enclosure. ++ You might want to check the 2 photos and

[time-nuts] 9390 GPS RX

2013-05-24 Thread Arthur Dent
I have owned a similar 9390-5588A with the FRK Rb inside for a few years now. Although the Rb is quite old, the unit locks in just 3 minutes and finds the GPS time (off by 1024 weeks, 16 sec, UTC) in four minutes and displays an initial PDOP 03. I have reset the time to the correct UTC time but

[time-nuts] No 1 PPS output on a Tbolt

2010-02-12 Thread Arthur Dent
An easy way to see the 10 microsecond pulse On the Tbolt is to use a pulse stretcher. I Used this circuit on the 25 microsecond wide Pulse on the HP Z3801 to add a true 1 second pulse indication to the front panel and also output the pulse through a 51 ohm resistor to a BNC on the back

[time-nuts] Fluke1 Monitor

2010-02-17 Thread Arthur Dent
I posted this photo before but I built the display, P.S., dist. amp, and Tbolt into a small case with the Tbolt supplying power and data to the display. I can still use the external RS-232 unmodified for Lady Heather. Seemed like a good simple way to do it.  

[time-nuts] Fw: Re: Fluke1 Monitor

2010-02-17 Thread Arthur Dent
I'm not finding the Fluke1 monitor on eBay. Any leads? Try  http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=300373959536 ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to

[time-nuts] Q-Bit QBH-367 Amplifiers

2010-02-17 Thread Arthur Dent
Don't know where to get QBH-367s but you will see I'm using 3 in this photo. I got the board with them on it from another piece of equipment. http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2715/4307285530_4222e414ff_o.jpg ___ time-nuts mailing list --

[time-nuts] Phase Noise of 74AC gates

2010-02-19 Thread Arthur Dent
I picked up a used 10 Mhz distribution amplifier made by an English company. The input uses a LT1016 10ns comparator as the input stage that drives several CD74AC00E quad nand gates. The output from each AC00 I.C. is fed through filters to recreate a pretty good sinewave.

[time-nuts] Phase Noise of 74AC gates

2010-02-20 Thread Arthur Dent
I wrote: “The input uses a LT1016 10ns comparator as the input stage that drives several CD74AC00E quad nand gates” and got this response. “This is a terrible design.  The comparator will add considerable jitter.  What were they thinking? Rick Karlquist N6RK“ While my post was to show that

[time-nuts] Primary Standards...

2010-02-23 Thread Arthur Dent
“If you wish to converse with me, define your terms.” -Voltaire Part of the problem is the multiple meanings of the word primary. In the 'normal' world, primary can mean main, as in my primary mode of transportation. In the world of time it is pretty much defined as not needing to be adjusted to

[time-nuts] Achieving maximum performance when driving 5370A/B inputs

2010-02-27 Thread Arthur Dent
R-390 or S/390? The R-390 receiver (designed by Collins) is probably worth more today than an S390. ;-) ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow

[time-nuts] Fluke1 Monitor

2010-03-19 Thread Arthur Dent
Actually this thread title should be Fluke.l (lower case L) Richard W. Solomon-Link does not seem to work ?? My original post got messed up when it was quoted to become:  The display is a HY-2002A-803 http://www.ciahk.net/upload/docs/HY-2002A.pdf; When My reference was quoted the end quote

[time-nuts] Fluke.l Monitor

2010-03-19 Thread Arthur Dent
Mark Sims-Doesn't answer the question about what LCD controller chip it uses... some more digging around implies it's a Sunplus SPCL780. http://www.ciahk.net/upload/docs/HY-2002A.pdf   The above link has this information on the chip in the block diagram: “control LSI SPLC780A or KS0066”  

[time-nuts] GPS antenna splitters

2010-03-26 Thread Arthur Dent
Dan Rae-When I only had two gps units in the dim and distant past, I used a passive splitter made from a Minicircuits (MCL) ZAPD-2 unit bought at the swap meet for $1, with a 100 pF series blocking cap in one of the output ports.  If the receiver connected to the other port complains, you can

[time-nuts] OT Question - Surplus Places

2010-03-31 Thread Arthur Dent
Lester Veenstra-I guess this means Eli's is gone ! I used to go to Eli Heffron Sons when Eli ran it and also after the two sons took over the business. There was always something of interest to be found. I never knew I 'needed' an item until I saw it at the bottom of a pile of other

[time-nuts] iCruze Monitor Dead

2010-04-02 Thread Arthur Dent
Probably the chips have a maximum supply voltage of 5.5vdc. I assume you had one of the older monitors from Fluke.l and the +5vdc went directly to the chips. The newer units he is selling now have a 78M05 regulator and will work from about 7 volts to maybe 15. Good luck.  

[time-nuts] Symmetricom 5115A Phase Noise Allen Deviation TestSet on ePay

2010-04-07 Thread Arthur Dent
DARN, posted this originally in the wrong thread. My wife has a very simple rule: she doesn't care what I buy as long as it's smaller than what I sell. ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to

[time-nuts] lunatic fringe time standards

2010-04-14 Thread Arthur Dent
Bob Camp: There are a couple of European sources that pop up from time to time selling Thunderbolts. It appears that 99% of the supply comes from China. At least here in the US, it's significantly cheaper to ship them in from China than to buy from a local source.

[time-nuts] Thunderbolt temperature anomaly

2010-04-18 Thread Arthur Dent
I had a thunderbolt that displayed a temperature reading of -54.99°C, which I was pretty sure wasn't correct. ;-)   Apparently the reference in the DS1620 chip either shorted or opened so this D revision chip was outputting its lowest possible reading. I replaced it with a C revision chip that

[time-nuts] Trimble Thunderbolt 10MHz amplitude jitter

2010-04-19 Thread Arthur Dent
Chris Smith-  I only joined this list a few hours ago and hadn't searched the archive for which I apologise. --  No need to apologize. I didn't intend my post to sound like that. this list has lots of good information but it isn't that

[time-nuts] lunatic fringe time standards

2010-04-20 Thread Arthur Dent
jimlux-And you can probably still buy 709 and 714 op-amps.. I'm old enough to know that it is 741 op-amps, not 714. ;-) ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to

[time-nuts] lunatic fringe time standards

2010-04-20 Thread Arthur Dent
Bob Camp-ua714  =  tough to find when it was brand new Yes, but for years the 709 and 741 were ubiquitous and the 741 is still alive and doing well today. The 714 is an asterisk, much like the GAP Scientific K2-Ws I probably still have lying around. I once owned a complete GAP analog computer

[time-nuts] Thunderbolt Power Supply Question

2010-04-26 Thread Arthur Dent
The +12VDC supply (internal to the sealed oscillator) supplies both the oven and the oscillator circuits. I think you'll find that internally this +12VDC goes to the heater circuit as well as through a regulator to the oscillator which is running on something like +7VDC. This is speculation at

[time-nuts] Thunderbolt Power Supply Question

2010-04-26 Thread Arthur Dent
Ed Palmer-Where did you find that 10% spec?  I looked in the Tbolt book and the data sheet but didn't see it. You can find the information on the 38th page (page 3-4) at the manual link below: http://trl.trimble.com/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-10001/ThunderBoltBook2003.pdf

[time-nuts] Thunderbolt Power Supply Question

2010-04-26 Thread Arthur Dent
Ed Palmer-Every oscillator has a spec for frequency shift due to power supply variation, but maybe you'd see a big change when you lost regulation.  Have to think about that. I have done this a few times with oscillators that contain internal regulators and the output level remains constant

[time-nuts] Thunderbolt Power Supply Question

2010-04-26 Thread Arthur Dent
Bob Camp-In addition to the influence of the voltage on the oscillator, the voltage change also impacts the temperature control circuit. Most OCXO's control current through the heater rather than power in the heater. As you drop voltage, the power being controlled drops. The net effect is a

[time-nuts] Thunderbolt Power Supply Question

2010-04-27 Thread Arthur Dent
Bob Camp-The point is that you can indeed get into trouble before the internal regulator drops out. How much trouble depends on the design of the heater. I'm not disputing that there might be other effects of dropping the supply voltage close to the point where the regulator will lose

[time-nuts] Which voltage regulator chips offer good performance...?

2010-04-27 Thread Arthur Dent
Neville Michie-The whole aim of this exercise was to be able to support the Tbolt with a 12 volt lead acid battery (20AH) and so have an uninteruptable power supply. I chose a different route. I bought a small DC-DC converter that runs from +9 to +18 in and has 3 outputs of +5/+12/-12. The

[time-nuts] Fluke monitor

2010-05-05 Thread Arthur Dent
I mean when I remove the power from the monitor and let it cool down the after about 1Hrs it starting to work again normal, the later on displaying garbled msg.. like something is overheating?? Fluke.L has sold 2 versions of the monitor.

[time-nuts] Fluke monitor

2010-05-06 Thread Arthur Dent
But now here is the finding. The monitor board has the 7805 SMD version and I was feeding from +12Volt and after a while the SMD voltage regulator overheated and started to drop the voltage and it was the reason to receive/display garbled msg.the display is built into the same box as

[time-nuts] neon/nixie clock

2010-05-08 Thread Arthur Dent
Poul-Henning Kamp- Can't recall this clock been mentioned on timenuts before: http://wwwhome.cs.utwente.nl/~ptdeboer/ham/neonclock/; __ Actually the idea isn't that unique and anyone who remembers the decatron tubes have seen the entire decade built into a single

[time-nuts] Data sheet for the old version of Dallas DS18S20 used in TBolts?

2010-05-25 Thread Arthur Dent
http://datasheets.maxim-ic.com/en/ds/DS18S20.pdf I have a 2001 Thunderbolt and it uses the DS1620 chip which is nothing like the DS18S20. Did you double check the number? http://datasheets.maxim-ic.com/en/ds/DS1620.pdf   -Arthur

[time-nuts] Data sheet for the old version of Dallas DS18S20 used in TBolts?

2010-05-25 Thread Arthur Dent
Hal, At least with Lady Heather there seems to be a problem with the temperature graphing with the newer chips. The DS1620s that give the temp in steps have an 'E2' or whatever as the last two characters on the second line. The chip most Thunderbolts have has a 'D2' as the last two

[time-nuts] A philosophy of science view on the tight pll discussion

2010-06-04 Thread Arthur Dent
This out-of-control thread has been a total waste of bandwidth for some time now. I feel that I should be embarrassed for some of the posters here because they appear to have no sense of shame. this thread reminds me of a Robert Frost poem about choices that isn't any more off topic than some

[time-nuts] Comments on Tbolt deal?

2010-06-05 Thread Arthur Dent
I've noticed a U.S. seller on Ebay with 100% positive feedback selling a Thunderbolt package deal that isn't too pricey, actually quite a bit less than the one you mention. Apparently they have several and have been listing them over the last few weeks. the latest item (120576511516) ends in a

[time-nuts] Comments on Tbolt deal?

2010-06-05 Thread Arthur Dent
After about mid 2004 the DS1620 thermometer chip was the E version that displays the temperature in steps of maybe 1 degree. I've replaced a few of these chips with C versions that correct the graphing problem and make the T-bolts work properly. Unless you want to find and replace the surface

[time-nuts] Comments on Tbolt deal?

2010-06-06 Thread Arthur Dent
On 6 June 2010 09:42, Arthur Dent golgarfrincham at yahoo.com wrote: After about mid 2004 the DS1620 thermometer chip was the E version that displays the temperature in steps of maybe 1 degree. I've replaced a few of these chips with C versions that correct the graphing problem and make the T

[time-nuts] Thunderbolt not seeing satellites

2010-06-10 Thread Arthur Dent
It may or may not tell you what's wrong but a quick check of the Thunderbolt would be to put a tee in series with the antenna and see if the unit is supplying +5 volts under load to the antenna.You have verified that the antenna works with a second unit so you can rule that out. Where you are

[time-nuts] Z3815A

2010-06-11 Thread Arthur Dent
Hi The 260's are better for  environmental  than a 10811, same / worse than a 1938. The  typical 260 beats the typical 10811 or 1938 on short term / medium  term stability. There are some 10811's and 1938's that will indeed   beat some 260's for short term stability.   Bob

[time-nuts] LCD monitor for TBolt

2010-08-07 Thread Arthur Dent
For Lady Heather, do I have to add a switch between the monitor and the PC, or does the monitor have an additional RS232 port to feed through the PC communication automatically? ++ I just soldered the monitor lead to the transmit pin on the T-bolt's RS232

[time-nuts] On Finding Things

2010-08-07 Thread Arthur Dent
it unless you know precisely what it is. Your only hope is to catch it by surprise out of the corner of your eye. -Arthur Dent ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo

[time-nuts] Source of Maxim/Dallas DS1620 rev D chips (was High resolution temperatur sensor ?

2010-08-31 Thread Arthur Dent
Alternately, I have a large quantity of DS1620S rev C chips.  $1.99 ea + shipping. -Pete --- I have used the rev C chips for replacement of the E chips in the later T-bolts and they work great.

[time-nuts] LPRO101 orientation vs lock

2010-09-16 Thread Arthur Dent
d.seiter-...Both then and now, it takes about 45 seconds to lock from cold, and will stay locked for about 45 minutes ++ I'm surprised that it locks in 45 seconds, I would expect it to take about 3-4 minutes. All the units I have lock in 3-5 minutes if

[time-nuts] Upgrading old Thunderbolt?

2010-09-24 Thread Arthur Dent
If you're planning on a pin for pin replacement that fits inside the package, I would be careful and make sure that any replacement Trimble OCXO has the part number 37265 on it.  -Arthur ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com

[time-nuts] DS1620 Variants in the Thunderbolt

2010-09-25 Thread Arthur Dent
Heathkid:What is the higher resolution variant of the DS1620 and how can one tell the difference from the chip markings?”   If you read the middle line on the DS1620 temperature chip you may see 0310D1 where the 5th character is a capital D. The 03 is the year and the 10 may be the month of the

[time-nuts] Thunderbolt PPS Modification

2010-09-26 Thread Arthur Dent
Here is a link to a photo of the 5V 10uS wide pulse. It is there but catching it on some scopes can be a problem because of its narrow width and low repetition rate.   http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4013/4339027385_0d9f2bc055.jpg  +++ Hal Murray: “The problem

[time-nuts] MCL Antenna Splitter

2010-09-27 Thread Arthur Dent
I am using one of the MCL-ZAPD-3DB units I bought new on Ebay and it was easy to change the input antenna connector from an “N” to the “TNC” connector that I needed, eliminating an adaptor and probably a little loss. One of the outputs from the ZAPD is connected to a 40-2400MHz 4–way splitter

[time-nuts] 60kHz Loop antenna

2010-10-03 Thread Arthur Dent
Years ago I built a modification of the double shielded WWVB loop antenna described by Don Lancaster in a 1973 magazine. http://www.swtpc.com/mholley/RadioElectronics/Aug1973/RE_Aug1973.htm I have been using that same antenna ever since with good results in NH where the signal is pretty weak

[time-nuts] 60kHz Loop antenna

2010-10-03 Thread Arthur Dent
John-…”HP's loop for the 117A is not tuned, as I rember, but it is followed with a narrow band amp.“ Both the nuvistor and FET versions of the loop show capacitors across the loop winding to tune it. http://www.leapsecond.com/museum/10509a/ -Arthur

[time-nuts] 60kHz Loop antenna

2010-10-03 Thread Arthur Dent
John,-My concern with tuning the loop is that as the tuned circuit drifts with temperature, or other things, an extraneous phase shift will be intoduced to the received signal. Remember, the phase of a complex pole pair tuned circuit goes from +90 to -90 degrees as you sweepo through resonance.

[time-nuts] 60 KHz Receiver

2010-10-03 Thread Arthur Dent
My RMS Engineering receiver is quite old and in fact was designed to only receive 18 or 20 KHz signals. All the transistors are 2N404 Ge. Way back someone was selling a conversion kit to make this unit operate on 60KHz for WWVB. The way it works is the 100KHz from an external standard is fed

[time-nuts] Alternative to GPS?

2010-10-06 Thread Arthur Dent
Jim-“You could look at the data from things like OTH-B radar (Over the Horizon-Backscatter) to get a feel for this.” Zoom in on N45° 10.300 W069° 51.600 on GoogleEarth. I’ve driven to this area on some of the dirt roads that run through this area. As I understand it, this project isn’t dead,

[time-nuts] 60 KHz Receiver

2010-10-08 Thread Arthur Dent
Lester Veenstra-“No, Andover Maine.” The white Dacron fabric dome of the station in Andover, Maine, really stood out and could be seen by hikers on the tops of mountains miles away. Somewhere I have photos I took looking down at that white speck in the

[time-nuts] HP 5090B

2010-10-14 Thread Arthur Dent
The info I’ve included below appears to be from 1969 and sounds like it was the scheme to broadcast standard frequency on the TV channels, or to synchronize the broadcasting stations. I have removed the number references scattered in the text because they refer to a drawing that isn’t

[time-nuts] Fleamarket find

2010-10-18 Thread Arthur Dent
I went to the Flea at MIT (Cambridge, MA) yesterday and picked up a new (nos) HP 00105-6013, which is the XTAL oscillator assembly for the HP 105 frequency standard. The seller was asking $10 but took $5. It works great although it does take a little longer to get to operating temp where I

[time-nuts] Fleamarket find

2010-10-18 Thread Arthur Dent
On my HP 00105-6013 fleamarket find, paul swed wrote: I think thats actually a 10544 or 10811 I have a 105. So would be a good one for GPS locked source etc. I have the 105 manual hardcopy, but seem to recall thats what it is. No, you're thinking of a different revision. The HP 105 A/B

[time-nuts] Fleamarket find

2010-10-18 Thread Arthur Dent
Ed Palmer wrote: I have an HP105B e/w a 10811-60109 oscillator. It has the same physical configuration as all other plug-in 10811s. It's plugged into the 00105-6044 board that you mentioned. This combination was also apparently used in the 5061B Cs standard. You can see it in the

[time-nuts] Fleamarket find

2010-10-18 Thread Arthur Dent
Ed Palmer wrote: The second board is 05061-6165. It includes frequency divider, amplifier, and level adjust circuitry to make it plug-compatible with the older oscillator. Here's a picture of that board. Notice the 4 SMB connectors and the four single lead connectors - just like the older

[time-nuts] 9390 GPS RX

2013-05-31 Thread Arthur Dent
On May 24th Mark C. Stephens asked: Does the 9390-5588A have the 16.618 Mhz Vectron oscillator externaly located on one of the wire wrap boards? Well I had to dig it out and open it up to see. Actually I mispoke when I said my 9390 had an FRK, it turned out that was another unit I was thinking

[time-nuts] Thunderbolt GPS APP updates?

2013-06-14 Thread Arthur Dent
The two apparently were manufactured within 3 months of one another. I'd say 9 months. The firmware revision from 2.2 to 3.0 is the 3 months you mentioned and from what I could gather ( which may or may not be correct) mainly changed the algorithm for handling carryover and unless you're

[time-nuts] GPS receivers W/timing outputs greater than 1PP

2013-06-26 Thread Arthur Dent
But do they have a actual website. I did not find one or a webstore? How is it you even knew they had the items?? Thanks Paul I have bought many items from them and have always been satisfied with the items I've bought and their service. They sell on Ebay and that is where their 'store' is. Try

[time-nuts] +12 Volts 1A (plus a bit) supply?

2013-06-27 Thread Arthur Dent
The OCXO in the TBolt has a linear controller. It drops back to about 150 to 250 ma on the +12 line after warmup. It's been at least 40 years since I saw an on/off oven control in production …. Remember that the +12 feeds the oscillator circuit. The more crud on the 12 volts, the worse the

[time-nuts] GPS antenna splitter

2013-06-29 Thread Arthur Dent
The amp/splitter I've bought from seller RDR-electronics on Ebay have been Minicircuits ZAPD-3DB-1575-3, 2-way GPS Antenna Splitter N-f. I didn't see any for sale right now but they show up from time to time. See item # 300915251060 to see what they look like. -Arthur

[time-nuts] Z3801 replacement

2013-06-29 Thread Arthur Dent
To answer the question of whether the Nortel/Trimble units will work with Lady Heather, here is a photo of my modified NTPB15AA with the T-bolt monitor built-in. This version I bought from RDR-electronics works fine. http://i906.photobucket.com/albums/ac262/rjb1998/NTPB15AA05.jpg -Arthur

[time-nuts] New NTBW50AA

2013-09-09 Thread Arthur Dent
I have a slightly earlier version, or a close cousin, of the NTBW50AA that I modified and I've posted photos of it on this list before: http://i906.photobucket.com/albums/ac262/rjb1998/NTPB15AA05.jpg The LH plot from the NTBW50AA by quartz55 doesn't look quite right. Here is a LH plot from my

[time-nuts] New NTBW50AA

2013-09-10 Thread Arthur Dent
Mark Sims holrum at hotmail.com Tue Sep 10 09:03:24 EDT 2013 Again,  THE TEMPERATURE SENSOR IS NOT BROKEN!!  The firmware in some of these units (those from NTPX modules) does NOT  read the temperature sensor in high-res mode. I have sold over 200 T-bolts and had to replace about

[time-nuts] New NTBW50AA

2013-09-10 Thread Arthur Dent
I would say the temp sensor is working, but still why those jumps? Ah, that new temp plot looks like the 'normal' staircase steps I was talking about. The previous plot didn't look right with all the little steps in between. As I mentioned before, and Bob mentioned, any problem with the

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