Re: [time-nuts] An Excellent Tutorial on Precision Clocks

2007-03-15 Thread Matt Ettus
What I've seen is that field solvers, which don't rely on closed-form solutions seem to be the state of the art. Matt On 3/14/07, Dr Bruce Griffiths [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Matt Ettus wrote: I was just investigating this very issue. It seems that every program you use to compute these

Re: [time-nuts] An Excellent Tutorial on Precision Clocks

2007-03-15 Thread Magnus Danielson
From: Dr Bruce Griffiths [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [time-nuts] An Excellent Tutorial on Precision Clocks Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 17:47:41 +1300 Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tom Clark, K3IO wrote: I just stumbled on an excellent tutorial on low-noise clocks -- National

[time-nuts] HP-58532A antenna

2007-03-15 Thread Colin Bradley
I just purchased a GPS antenna on eBay that was listed as an HP-58532A. It does not have the look or dimensions of the 58532A. It is marked as a Lucent KS-24019L112A. The case is marked with 26dB gain and comes with a type N connector. The seller is accelium. Does anyone know if this is in fact

Re: [time-nuts] HP-58532A antenna

2007-03-15 Thread Jose V. Gavila
Hi Colin, I just purchased a GPS antenna on eBay that was listed as an HP-58532A. It does not have the look or dimensions of the 58532A. It is marked as a Lucent KS- 24019L112A. The case is marked with 26dB gain and comes with a type N connector. The seller is accelium. Does anyone know if this

Re: [time-nuts] HP-58532A antenna

2007-03-15 Thread James R. Gorr
I actually bought one of each of the antennas, just haven't gotten to mount them outside yet. I plan to do some simple tests against each other but do not have the expertise or equipment to run any in-depth measurement. --- Jose V. Gavila [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Colin, I just

Re: [time-nuts] HP-58532A antenna

2007-03-15 Thread Randy Warner
Colin, The HP58532A is also commonly known as the VIC-100: http://pewa.panasonic.com/emp/products/gps_pdf/Panasonic_VIC100_Antenna_9_06 .pdf. Lucent had a special modified version produced with a lower gain LNA for short cable lengths. The KS spec you supplied is Lucent's P/N for the low gain

Re: [time-nuts] An Excellent Tutorial on Precision Clocks

2007-03-15 Thread SAIDJACK
In a message dated 3/15/2007 02:56:33 Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Transmission Line Design Handbook of Brian C. Wadell Hi Magnus, Ouuch! This one cost me $155 at Amazon. BTW: I can also highly recommend Dr. Howard Johnson's lectures. bye, Said

Re: [time-nuts] An Excellent Tutorial on Precision Clocks

2007-03-15 Thread SAIDJACK
In a message dated 3/14/2007 23:20:54 Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Matt Ettus wrote: I was just investigating this very issue. It seems that every program you use to compute these impedances comes up with different answers, sometimes wildly different. Anyone have a

Re: [time-nuts] An Excellent Tutorial on Precision Clocks

2007-03-15 Thread Magnus Danielson
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [time-nuts] An Excellent Tutorial on Precision Clocks Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 13:36:59 EDT Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 3/15/2007 02:56:33 Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Transmission Line Design Handbook of Brian

Re: [time-nuts] An Excellent Tutorial on Precision Clocks

2007-03-15 Thread SAIDJACK
In a message dated 3/15/2007 14:02:40 Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Indeed. I have a Howard Johnson DVD with Xilinx MGT fluff. Kind of nice and pedagogic but nothing new when I got it. I think they agree with me that I don't need the beginners material. Hi Magnus,

[time-nuts] TrueTime XL-AK Time Frequency Receiver

2007-03-15 Thread Richard W. Solomon
A friend of mine acquired a lot of these and I bought one (with the antenna). Hooked it up and it locked up fairly quickly. I popped the top and saw a 10 MHz OVCXO and 5 rows of jumpers that set the 5 outputs (10 MHz to 1 pps plus some other settings). I downloaded the manual, no to read it and

[time-nuts] Wenzel 10811's?

2007-03-15 Thread Christopher Hoover
I acquired a couple of OCXO's that were manufactured by Wenzel. They look exactly like 10811B's, with feedthru's and SMB connectors. Both have the same Wenzel part number and one is also marked as HP 10811E. The labels are: Wenzel Associates Austin, Texas U.S.A. HP 10811E