Re: [time-nuts] Health of GPS constellation questioned -- recently there have been more satellite outages than ever before

2006-09-07 Thread Bart Smit
On Wed, September 6, 2006 5:22, Christopher Hoover said: [ the story seems overblown to me, but still worth sharing. follow the last link for some real data. - ch ] The last link is interesting indeed. Seems that the problems are more perceived than real, with the GPS constellation operating

Re: [time-nuts] Health of GPS constellation questioned

2006-09-07 Thread Neon John
On Thu, 7 Sep 2006 13:12:07 +0200 (CEST), Bart Smit [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, September 6, 2006 5:22, Christopher Hoover said: [ the story seems overblown to me, but still worth sharing. follow the last link for some real data. - ch ] The last link is interesting indeed. Seems that

[time-nuts] Looking for good SR620 setup to compare GPS and rubidium

2006-09-07 Thread David Forbes
Folks, We have a rubidium oscillator in a laboratory here that is ripe for calibration against a primary standard. We have installed a Datum 9390 GPS receiver next to it as well as an SR620 counter. Can any of you recommend a good operating mode to make the SR620 reveal the rubidium drift

Re: [time-nuts] GPS dropouts and crystals

2006-09-07 Thread Randy Warner
John, I would tend to believe the problem you are having is more receiver related. If your entire satellite display is going red it means you are losing all the SV's at once. While it's true that there are some pretty big holes in the system right now, you shouldn't just lose everything at once.

Re: [time-nuts] GPS dropouts and crystals

2006-09-07 Thread Rex
On Thu, 7 Sep 2006 11:20:14 -0700, Randy Warner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: QA manager related that their Motorola cell phone line had been down for several weeks about a year back because of the very same problem. Turned out to be the same supplier too. Moto doesn't buy crystals from this vendor

Re: [time-nuts] Looking for good SR620 setup to compare GPS and rubidium

2006-09-07 Thread Brooke Clarke
Hi David: The most straight forward way is to make a time interval measurement between the two 1 PPS signals. It's good to use a BNC-T connector at the SR620 front panel and a scope so that you can set the trigger levels at 50%. If both sources are TTL (0 to 5 volts open circuit) and you use

Re: [time-nuts] Looking for good SR620 setup to compare GPS and rubidium

2006-09-07 Thread James Maynard
David Forbes wrote: Folks, We have a rubidium oscillator in a laboratory here that is ripe for calibration against a primary standard. We have installed a Datum 9390 GPS receiver next to it as well as an SR620 counter. Can any of you recommend a good operating mode to make the SR620