Re: [time-nuts] time-nuts Digest, Vol 77, Issue 8

2010-12-05 Thread Jerry
Thanks to everyone I am learning more and more about my Z3801A/58503. Thanks to Nigel the mystery of how a DC-DC converter with an input marked as 48 volts can function with an input of 24 volts. I just didnt realize that the device was designed to function with that wide of a input tolerance. I

Re: [time-nuts] Lady Heather Wish-list

2010-12-05 Thread John Miles
I just installed this update, and find that the /g/ command ([turn off] RMS info) does not seem to work. If it is passed by the shortcut at launch time, only the Help for Command Line Options launches (not LH itself). If I try to invoke it from within LH, I get an Unknown command line

Re: [time-nuts] Lady Heather Wish-list

2010-12-05 Thread Peter Putnam
I've used the Lady Heather program for only two months and I'm still discovering the nuances of this incredible software. One thing that seems useful would be to have the \ command write a GIF screen image to disk with the date embedded in the name of the saved file. With that option, the

[time-nuts] Z3805A 10 MHz Output Spectral Purity

2010-12-05 Thread J. L. Trantham
I obtained a Z3805A from one of our popular far eastern sellers on ePay and just got around to hooking it up to power and antenna. It appears to be working correctly, comes on frequency, 'locks', and matches my other standards well, at least in frequency. However, it is not a sine wave. It is

Re: [time-nuts] Z3805A 10 MHz Output Spectral Purity

2010-12-05 Thread W2HX
Did you measure this while terminated into a 50 ohm load? (or whatever the characteristic impedance is) 73 Eugene W2HX -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of J. L. Trantham Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 12:22 PM To:

Re: [time-nuts] [Bulk] Re: Z3805A 10 MHz Output Spectral Purity

2010-12-05 Thread J. L. Trantham
Sorry. I forgot that important piece of information. It was measured on a Tek 485 set to 50 ohm input impedance. My other standards are 50 ohm output impedance and I presume that the Z3805A is as well but I do not know. Joe -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com

Re: [time-nuts] Lady Heather Wish-list

2010-12-05 Thread Brooke Clarke
Hi William: In the TV series called CSI: there are five episodes that feature a woman called Lady Heather who's into disciplining. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Heather Have Fun, Brooke Clarke http://www.PRC68.com William H. Fite wrote: *I'm still trying to learn who Lady Heather

Re: [time-nuts] OT [GPS Survey grade RX]

2010-12-05 Thread Brooke Clarke
Hi Brian: A friend has an Android cell phone with built in GPS. It has a resolution of 0.0001 arc seconds as does the GPS I just got for my camera: http://www.prc68.com/I/Nikon.shtml#GPS I think it's a common feature of the newest SiRF chip set. What's not know is how accurate they are.

Re: [time-nuts] OT [GPS Survey grade RX]

2010-12-05 Thread Jim Lux
When you start getting to less than a meter.. For absolute, you need to start worrying about stuff like solid earth tides, plate movement, a whole host of things are all contributors in that 10-100 cm range. For relative work( most surveying) the effects are small over a distance of tens of

Re: [time-nuts] OT [GPS Survey grade RX]

2010-12-05 Thread jimlux
b...@lysator.liu.se wrote: When you start getting to less than a meter.. For absolute, you need to start worrying about stuff like solid earth tides, plate movement, a whole host of things are all contributors in that 10-100 cm range. Absolute and relative... can be a word game. It depends

Re: [time-nuts] OT [GPS Survey grade RX]

2010-12-05 Thread J. Forster
GPS surveying relative to astronomical reference? I don't think so. -John == b...@lysator.liu.se wrote: When you start getting to less than a meter.. For absolute, you need to start worrying about stuff like solid earth tides, plate movement, a whole host of things are all

Re: [time-nuts] OT [GPS Survey grade RX]

2010-12-05 Thread Jim Lux
Sure.. That's what all those geodesy folks do. Over sufficient time span, one can relate gps measurements to an eci frame On Dec 5, 2010, at 5:43 PM, J. Forster j...@quik.com wrote: GPS surveying relative to astronomical reference? I don't think so. -John ==

Re: [time-nuts] OT [GPS Survey grade RX]

2010-12-05 Thread Rob Kimberley
Their measurements are usually referenced to a known survey point via differential methods. Rob Kimberley -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lux Sent: 06 December 2010 4:40 AM To: j...@quik.com; Discussion of precise