Re: [time-nuts] HP5065A environmental sensitivities
>>> I got a slope of 3.86E-14/hPa frequency difference versus pressure. > > Did you also control for temperature ? > > Air pressure, in particular at high relative humidities changes the > thermal properties of air so there is bound to be some cross coupling > were temperature sensitivities appear as pressure sensitivity. What are time-nuts using for monitoring the environment? I have been playing a little with the Bosch BME280 - doing air pressure, temp and relative humidity in a small form factor. Easy to interface to Raspberry Pi or Arduino. https://www.bosch-sensortec.com/bst/products/all_products/bme280 https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_Python_BME280 http://www.satsignal.eu/raspberry-pi/monitoring.html#BME280 -- Björn ___ 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] Last Call Group Buy Ublox LEA-6T
Bert wrote: Our first tests are with a 500 ps DS chip because I did have them, but 200 ps will work with a T5 or 6. We are also considering using two Micrel SY 89295UTG in series with 10 ps resolution, but with the limitation of a single frequency GPS receiver and ionosphere delay variations one has to ask does it make sense? Think first about what the GPS engine has to work with -- nothing but the timing generated by its current GPS timing solution. It seems very doubtful that sub-nS accuracy is possible. This provisional conclusion is supported if we look at commercial GPSDOs using single-frequency GPS engines and sawtooth correction (or using local oscillators that divide evenly by 100nS, like the Tbolt). The best commercial units seem to place the PPS within 5nS or so on a routine basis. So, even 500pS appears to be considerably better than necessary, given the limitations imposed by the timing engine, atmospheric dispersion, and the GPS system. Best regards, Charles ___ 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] New Product Release - GPSDO Frequency Standard
Hi guys, It's time I got off the dime and did a product release of my GPSDO. My mission in creating this unit was to provide a stable and accurate frequency reference with 10Mhz, 5Mhz, and 1Mhz outputs. It does have a PPS output, but that is directly from the Ublox receiver, and is not corrected for sawtooth error. More information can be found in the brochure and quick start guide in the link below. I have a few built and tested that I can sell to time-nuts at the introductory price of $250 for units with LEA-6T receivers and $275 for units with LEA-M8T receivers. My costs have gone up, so these prices are very time-limited. If interested in more information or in purchasing please contact me OFFLINE at bob at evoria dot net. www.evoria.net/AE6RV/GFS-6A Thanks, Bob - AE6RV ___ 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] Last Call Group Buy Ublox LEA-6T
Hi While it may not be the only parameter worth considering: The standard deviation of the delta between adjacent pps outputs goes down to below 500 ps on the LEA-6T when sawtooth is applied. Bob > On May 18, 2016, at 7:23 PM, Charles Steinmetzwrote: > > Bert wrote: > >> Our first tests are with a 500 ps >> DS chip because I did have them, but 200 ps will work with a T5 or 6. We >> are also considering using two Micrel SY 89295UTG in series with 10 ps >> resolution, but with the limitation of a single frequency GPS receiver and >> ionosphere delay variations one has to ask does it make sense? > > Think first about what the GPS engine has to work with -- nothing but the > timing generated by its current GPS timing solution. It seems very doubtful > that sub-nS accuracy is possible. This provisional conclusion is supported > if we look at commercial GPSDOs using single-frequency GPS engines and > sawtooth correction (or using local oscillators that divide evenly by 100nS, > like the Tbolt). The best commercial units seem to place the PPS within 5nS > or so on a routine basis. > > So, even 500pS appears to be considerably better than necessary, given the > limitations imposed by the timing engine, atmospheric dispersion, and the GPS > system. > > Best regards, > > Charles > > > ___ > 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 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] GENIUS by Stephen Hawking (PBS TV), with 5071A cesium clocks
Congratulations Tom, I'm a lurker here and learn something every day. I'm also in Tucson and have spent a lot of time on Mt. Lemmon so that hook is really cool. My recorder is all set. Locally on PBS at 9PM. Wes N7WS On 5/17/2016 7:50 PM, Tom Van Baak wrote: The TV show is tomorrow, Wednesday evening. 8/9 PM, or something like that. Here are fresh web pages with background information, photos, and plots: http://leapsecond.com/great2016a/ http://leapsecond.com/great2016a/photos.htm I have no idea how minor my role is in the actual TV episode, but if nothing else, the above two pages will share some time nuts sort of details of the clock experiment itself. If you have any questions let me know. /tvb - Original Message - From: "Tom Van Baak"To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" Sent: Friday, May 13, 2016 12:00 PM Subject: [time-nuts] GENIUS by Stephen Hawking (PBS TV),with 5071A cesium clocks Fellow time nuts, Here in the US, a new six-part TV series on National Geographic / PBS starts next Wednesday, May 18th, 2016. The title is "Genius by Stephen Hawking" and episode 1 is: Can We Time Travel? Having not seen it yet, I can't make a promise of its "SNR" (Science to Nonsense Ratio). It might be quite educational, or at least, very entertaining. And I'm definitely going to watch it with my family. So why do I mention this? Well, I spent most of December 2015 and January 2016 working with the UK-based producers of the show -- in order to pull off another Einstein 100th anniversary, general relativity, cesium atomic clock, gravitational time dilation experiment. The location chosen was 9000+ foot Mt Lemmon, near Tucson, Arizona. The Hawking series covers a wide variety of topics, and this atomic clock bit is just one very small part. They were inspired by the DIY experiment I did ( http://leapsecond.com/great2005/tour/ ) and they wanted to create and film something similar. So I offered to help. Scenes with (me? and) my 5071A cesium clocks and hp 53132A / SR620 time interval counters are in episode 1. The PR link to the episode is: http://www.pbs.org/genius-by-stephen-hawking/episodes/episode-1/ Attached is a photo. I will post lots of technical info, plots, photos and FAQ here next week: http://leapsecond.com/great2016a/ /tvb ___ 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 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] HP5065A environmental sensitivities
In message, James Flynn writes: >> I got a slope of 3.86E-14/hPa frequency difference versus pressure. Did you also control for temperature ? Air pressure, in particular at high relative humidities changes the thermal properties of air so there is bound to be some cross coupling were temperature sensitivities appear as pressure sensitivity. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 p...@freebsd.org | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. ___ 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] HP5065A environmental sensitivities
writes: > I also have a weather station at 6 km distance away, which records barometric pressure at time intervals of > 10 minutes. Out from these measurements, I divided > my phase measurements into 10 minute intervals, calculated the 10 min average frequencies and made a > linear regression with the 10 minute pressure measurements. > I got a slope of 3.86E-14/hPa frequency difference versus pressure. Did you notice or calculate any time delay/offset in the correlation between your pressure data and the frequency data? That is, anything much larger than the 10 minute interval of your data, say, on the order of an hour. Whether there is a time delay or not may help point to the actual mechanism causing the frequency change. ___ 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] HP5065A environmental sensitivities
Nice data Wulf. Once I finish reducing the temp effects I'll post a couple long term AD plots with and without the Barometric pressure compensation and with and without the temperature modifications. Will be interesting to see what kind of difference I get. Cheers, Corby ___ 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] Last Call Group Buy Ublox LEA-6T
Attached is a picture of our ublox board that we plan on making available to time-nuts once we have the FE 5680/50 GPSDO under control so it does not wipe out under any circumstances the memory. We will if any one is interested in a board also make the board only available for less than $ 10 shipping and handling included. With out saw tooth error correction I see no reason to get a T version. We are also debating what delay chip to use. Our first tests are with a 500 ps DS chip because I did have them, but 200 ps will work with a T5 or 6. We are also considering using two Micrel SY 89295UTG in series with 10 ps resolution, but with the limitation of a single frequency GPS receiver and ionosphere delay variations one has to ask does it make sense? Any thoughts on that subject? In a message dated 5/18/2016 2:00:35 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, hol...@hotmail.com writes: https://oshpark.com/shared_projects/8QR7ymk8 ___ 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] GENIUS by Stephen Hawking (PBS TV), with 5071A cesium clocks
Congratulations, Tom, on a successful experiment. You should feel very proud. I have seen the promotions for the BBC episode and was looking forward to it, but now, ... I am really excited! I continue to learn and be educated from your Time-Nuts site (and you!). I thank you for your ownership and leadership of the Group. Job well done. Don N5CID -Original Message- From: Tom Van Baak Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2016 9:50 PM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] GENIUS by Stephen Hawking (PBS TV),with 5071A cesium clocks The TV show is tomorrow, Wednesday evening. 8/9 PM, or something like that. Here are fresh web pages with background information, photos, and plots: http://leapsecond.com/great2016a/ http://leapsecond.com/great2016a/photos.htm I have no idea how minor my role is in the actual TV episode, but if nothing else, the above two pages will share some time nuts sort of details of the clock experiment itself. If you have any questions let me know. /tvb - Original Message - From: "Tom Van Baak"To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" Sent: Friday, May 13, 2016 12:00 PM Subject: [time-nuts] GENIUS by Stephen Hawking (PBS TV),with 5071A cesium clocks Fellow time nuts, Here in the US, a new six-part TV series on National Geographic / PBS starts next Wednesday, May 18th, 2016. The title is "Genius by Stephen Hawking" and episode 1 is: Can We Time Travel? Having not seen it yet, I can't make a promise of its "SNR" (Science to Nonsense Ratio). It might be quite educational, or at least, very entertaining. And I'm definitely going to watch it with my family. So why do I mention this? Well, I spent most of December 2015 and January 2016 working with the UK-based producers of the show -- in order to pull off another Einstein 100th anniversary, general relativity, cesium atomic clock, gravitational time dilation experiment. The location chosen was 9000+ foot Mt Lemmon, near Tucson, Arizona. The Hawking series covers a wide variety of topics, and this atomic clock bit is just one very small part. They were inspired by the DIY experiment I did ( http://leapsecond.com/great2005/tour/ ) and they wanted to create and film something similar. So I offered to help. Scenes with (me? and) my 5071A cesium clocks and hp 53132A / SR620 time interval counters are in episode 1. The PR link to the episode is: http://www.pbs.org/genius-by-stephen-hawking/episodes/episode-1/ Attached is a photo. I will post lots of technical info, plots, photos and FAQ here next week: http://leapsecond.com/great2016a/ /tvb ___ 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 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] FS HP 5335A
The parts appear to be there, it just doesn't run. Tom Holmes, N8ZM -Original Message- From: time-nuts [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Graham Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2016 7:48 PM To: time-nuts@febo.com Subject: Re: [time-nuts] FS HP 5335A Does not have the basic internal timebase or doesn't have the OCXO timebase? I have one in which I put an OCXO and required snipping/removing a jumper on the main board to disconnect the onboard timebase. Perhaps some where sold with OCXO only and never had an onboard timebase on the main board. I have messed about with about a dozen 5335's and all had an onboard timebase on the main board. I guess the variations of near endless. cheers, Graham ve3gtc On 2016-05-17 21:38, Tom Holmes wrote: > For some reason it did not have an internal timebase when I got it, and > throws an error, UNLESS you have an external 10 MHz connected before you > turn it on. Then it works fine. > > > > Please contact off list for details, > > > > AND if you happen to be in Dayton, OH, this weekend for a little ham radio > swap fest with a mere 25,000 people attending, no shipping required. > > > > AND there will be at least a few known time-nuts in town if anyone wants to > meet up. Make yourself known to John at the TAPR booth. > > > > Tom Holmes, N8ZM > > ___ 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 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] GENIUS by Stephen Hawking (PBS TV), with 5071A cesium clocks
Hi Tom, Tom Van Baak wrote: > The TV show is tomorrow, Wednesday evening. 8/9 PM, or something like that. > > Here are fresh web pages with background information, photos, and plots: > > http://leapsecond.com/great2016a/ > > http://leapsecond.com/great2016a/photos.htm > > I have no idea how minor my role is in the actual TV episode, but if nothing > else, the above two pages will share some time nuts sort of details of the > clock experiment itself. If you have any questions let me know. Very nice stuff, and great that you've been involved in the show. Unfortunately it looks like I can't watch the episodes here in Germany. :-( Anyway, I'll see if the videos appear somewhere on the internet some time. ;-) Martin ___ 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] FS HP 5335A
Hi Totally disabling the internal reference was a *very* common thing to do on the 5335. It often became a war of switching things back and forth (for various odd reasons). In some factories the ultimate “disable” approach was pretty drastic. Bob > On May 17, 2016, at 10:06 PM, Tom Holmeswrote: > > HI Bob... > > Thanks for the tip. Have been down that road with this one and it didn't fix > it. I think someone may have deliberately disabled the internal timebase to > prevent users from having anything but the house standard in play. > > Tom Holmes, N8ZM > > -Original Message- > From: time-nuts [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Bob Stewart > Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2016 7:08 PM > To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] FS HP 5335A > > Hi, > > I know this is a for sale post, but there's a jumper that needs to be there > to work with the regulator oscillator. Page 2-4 of the Operating and Service > Manual (05335-90021) details the instructions for installing the Option 010, > the 10811 OCXO. Instruction "c" is below. You'd need to add the jumper back > in. The factory jumper looks like a resistor. It may simply be cut with > side cutters on your unit. You can use just a piece of wire, of course. > > "c. Remove electrical lead (jumper), PIN 8159-0005, that connects A4U1B(6) > and U2B(6)." > > Bob > > On Tue, 5/17/16, Tom Holmes wrote: > > Subject: [time-nuts] FS HP 5335A > To: "'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement'" > > Date: Tuesday, May 17, 2016, 4:38 PM > > For some reason it did not have an > internal timebase when I got it, and > throws an error, UNLESS you have an external 10 MHz > connected before you > turn it on. Then it works fine. > > > > Please contact off list for details, > > > > AND if you happen to be in Dayton, OH, this weekend for a > little ham radio > swap fest with a mere 25,000 people attending, no shipping > required. > > > > AND there will be at least a few known time-nuts in town if > anyone wants to > meet up. Make yourself known to John at the TAPR booth. > > > > Tom Holmes, N8ZM > > > > ___ > 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 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 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 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] HP5065A environmental sensitivities
Hi Wulf, On 05/18/2016 08:57 AM, dg...@gmx.de wrote: This is my first contribution to the Time-Nut list, but I am a follower for several years. I have made 30 days phase difference measurements of an HP5065a versus a modified Thunderbolt GPSDO (got a MV180 oscillator) with a Fluke PM6681, and recorded the results with Timelap. Starting signal of the PM6681 was the 5MHz of the HP5065A, stop signal the 10MHz from the Thunderbolt. A single measurement was triggered once a second from the PPS of the TB. I also have a weather station at 6 km distance away, which records barometric pressure at time intervals of 10 minutes. Out from these measurements, I divided my phase measurements into 10 minute intervals, calculated the 10 min average frequencies and made a linear regression with the 10 minute pressure measurements. I got a slope of 3.86E-14/hPa frequency difference versus pressure. Interesting! Then I corrected the original 10 min average frequency measurements with the result from the linear regression and imported the original and the corrected datasets into Timelap. The influence of the barometric pressure to the ADEV for long time intervals is shown in the picture. Just for fun, to render the pressure sensitivity visible for the human eye, I removed the noise of the GPSDO by generating a plot of overlapping 1 day frequency averages in 10 minute time intervals. On the second picture you can compare it with the 10minute pressure data from the weather station. I think, it is quite impressive. The calculated slope out of these overlapping averages was with 3.74e-14/hPa a little bit different compared with the non overlapping dataset. Now, after the fact fitting of curve has a drawback in that you can make the fit as really good but there you measure the reference, hence you have a closed loop. The challenge now is to use a feed-forward scheme to take the measures from the pressure and use to adjust the C-field of the 5065 and then measure against the Thunderbolt. I would guess it won't be exactly the same, not as good, but it will be then the actual performance. Cheers, Magnus ___ 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] HP5065A environmental sensitivities
HI Very neat !!! Bob > On May 18, 2016, at 2:57 AM, dg...@gmx.de wrote: > > This is my first contribution to the Time-Nut list, but I am a follower for > several years. > I have made 30 days phase difference measurements of an HP5065a versus a > modified Thunderbolt GPSDO (got a MV180 oscillator) with a Fluke PM6681, > and recorded the results with Timelap. Starting signal of the PM6681 was the > 5MHz of the HP5065A, stop signal the 10MHz from the Thunderbolt. A single > measurement was triggered once a second from the PPS of the TB. > I also have a weather station at 6 km distance away, which records barometric > pressure at time intervals of 10 minutes. Out from these measurements, I > divided > my phase measurements into 10 minute intervals, calculated the 10 min average > frequencies and made a linear regression with the 10 minute pressure > measurements. > I got a slope of 3.86E-14/hPa frequency difference versus pressure. > Then I corrected the original 10 min average frequency measurements with the > result from the linear regression and imported the original and the corrected > datasets into Timelap. > The influence of the barometric pressure to the ADEV for long time intervals > is shown in the picture. > Just for fun, to render the pressure sensitivity visible for the human eye, I > removed the noise of the GPSDO by generating a plot of overlapping 1 day > frequency averages in 10 minute time intervals. On the second picture you can > compare it with the 10minute pressure data from the weather station. I think, > it is quite impressive. The calculated slope out of these overlapping > averages was with 3.74e-14/hPa a little bit different compared with the non > overlapping dataset. > > Best regards > Wulf pressure.png>___ > 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 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] FS HP 5335A
The HP 5335A born with factory installed option 010 might happen not to have both the regular crystal and the jumper at all. This is the case of one of mine. Antonio I8IOV >Messaggio originale >Da: Tom Holmes>Data: 18/05/2016 4.06 >A: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" >Ogg: Re: [time-nuts] FS HP 5335A > >HI Bob... > >Thanks for the tip. Have been down that road with this one and it didn't fix it. I think someone may have deliberately disabled the internal timebase to prevent users from having anything but the house standard in play. > >Tom Holmes, N8ZM > >-Original Message- >From: time-nuts [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Bob Stewart >Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2016 7:08 PM >To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement >Subject: Re: [time-nuts] FS HP 5335A > >Hi, > >I know this is a for sale post, but there's a jumper that needs to be there to work with the regulator oscillator. Page 2-4 of the Operating and Service Manual (05335-90021) details the instructions for installing the Option 010, the 10811 OCXO. Instruction "c" is below. You'd need to add the jumper back in. The factory jumper looks like a resistor. It may simply be cut with side cutters on your unit. You can use just a piece of wire, of course. > >"c. Remove electrical lead (jumper), PIN 8159-0005, that connects A4U1B(6) and U2B(6)." > >Bob ___ 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] Last Call Group Buy Ublox LEA-6T
There is what looks like a decent carrier board for Ublox modules on OSHPARK.COM's shared project library. It has a voltage regulator and RS-232 interface on it... would be nicer if it had a prototype area and swoopty PPS driver, but I'm too lazy to lay out a better one. Three boards will cost you $30. https://oshpark.com/shared_projects/8QR7ymk8 I'm in the process of teaching Lady Heather to speak Motorola and Ublox binary and standard NMEA. Things are going well, but I only currently have a NEO-6M Ublox receiver, Motorola UT+ and M12+. So these 6T modules came up at the right time... and won't set me back $130+ for a 6T eval board. ___ 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.