Re: [time-nuts] Possibly OT: Frequency Divider boards for sale

2011-02-03 Thread David C. Partridge
The documentation in http://www.perdrix.co.uk/FrequencyDivider/Frequency%20Divider%202.1.pdf has just been updated (again) with a new section on test results and choice of power supply Regards, David Partridge -Original Message- From: David C. Partridge

Re: [time-nuts] 10MHz to 80MHz frequency multiplier suggestions

2011-02-03 Thread Paramithiotti, Luciano Paolo S
An MSA08 saturated with 10MHz input give a comb with +2.5dBM @80Mhz(see screenshot). You have only to filter this frequency to clean the output spectrum. Regards, Luciano Luciano P. S. Paramithiotti IZ5JHJ ___ time-nuts mailing list --

Re: [time-nuts] 10MHz to 80MHz frequency multiplier suggestions

2011-02-03 Thread Bob Camp
Hi I have not done this with the specific chip you are using, so I may be off base. With similar chips from the same people, I have had really terrible increases in phase noise when running them saturated. I'd be careful about using them as multipliers if noise is a concern. Discrete

Re: [time-nuts] From GPS World - Lightsquared has been given the goahead

2011-02-03 Thread Robert Atkinson
Hi, First I'm in the UK so this does not directly affect me. I do have some slightly independent comments. Firstly the Garmin tests seemed very reasonable and erred to favor LightSquared. They were free field in an anecohic chamber. There was an L1 notch filter in the output of the

[time-nuts] Fwd: RFM Looking for a Frequency Control Engineer

2011-02-03 Thread Oz-in-DFW
Not *precisely* on topic, but likely of general interest.. Subject: RFM Looking for a Frequency Control Engineer Date: Tuesday, February 1, 2011, 8:03 AM RFM's manufacturing partner in Taiwan recently bought a high end frequency control company and RFM is partnering with them to market these

Re: [time-nuts] Fwd: RFM Looking for a Frequency Control Engineer

2011-02-03 Thread John Allen
Where is the position located? Tks, John -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Oz-in-DFW Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 3:16 PM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: [time-nuts] Fwd: RFM Looking

Re: [time-nuts] Fwd: RFM Looking for a Frequency Control Engineer

2011-02-03 Thread Oz-in-DFW
Dallas Metro area. **I** like it ;-) Sounds like it might be location negotiable though. On 2/3/2011 2:25 PM, John Allen wrote: Where is the position located? Tks, John -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Oz-in-DFW

Re: [time-nuts] From GPS World - Lightsquared has been given thegoahead

2011-02-03 Thread Bob Camp
Hi I would by no means argue with any of those points. The only thing I would add is that 40,000 transmitters is a *lot* of hardware to fill in gaps. You could do a pretty good job covering the whole country with that much hardware. The same math that goes for jamming, also works pretty well for

Re: [time-nuts] From GPS World - Lightsquared has been given thegoahead

2011-02-03 Thread clayj
This is not the first time the FCC politicians have ignored their own technical staff. A while back there was the same sort of flap around BPL (Broadband Internet over Power Lines) - after several years of trials and lots of taxpayer money wasted, it's basically been declared a non-starter. So -

Re: [time-nuts] From GPS World - Lightsquared has been given thegoahead

2011-02-03 Thread Pete Lancashire
and as posting in another email “We conclude that the pleading cycle for LightSquared’s request — in which the Comment Public Notice was issued on November 19, 2010, with comments due on December 2, 2010, and reply comments due on December 9, 2010 — is sufficient for the decisions we make

Re: [time-nuts] From GPS World - Lightsquared has been given thegoahead

2011-02-03 Thread Mike S
At 05:04 PM 2/3/2011, Bob Camp wrote... I would by no means argue with any of those points. The only thing I would add is that 40,000 transmitters is a *lot* of hardware to fill in gaps. Which is precisely why that characterization is wrong. ground stations are 'fill in' for heavy use areas

Re: [time-nuts] From GPS World - Lightsquared has been given thegoahead

2011-02-03 Thread gary
Do we have any congressional HAMs these days. Bill Nelson should have had a license since he was an astronaut, but I'm not finding it. It only take a little radio knowledge to realize how stupid much of what the FCC approves. The FCC raison d'etre is to prevent interference.

Re: [time-nuts] From GPS World - Lightsquared has been given thegoahead

2011-02-03 Thread Mike S
At 05:54 PM 2/3/2011, gary wrote... It only take a little radio knowledge to realize how stupid much of what the FCC approves. The FCC raison d'etre is to prevent interference. I don't see any reason for people to get all excited. GPS is fundamentally a military system, and has very

Re: [time-nuts] From GPS World - Lightsquared has been given thegoahead

2011-02-03 Thread Tom Holmes
Two thoughts... GPS users most likely won't know that Lightsquared is the source of the problem. And two: LTE moves a lot of bits ( symbols) to multiple users in each transmission, many of which are mobile, at pretty decent bit rates, so the timing and synchronization very likely ARE critical to

Re: [time-nuts] From GPS World - Lightsquared has been given thegoahead

2011-02-03 Thread gary
Oh, they would have good filtering for THEIR GPS receiver. It;s just the rest of us suckers that don't matter. I have a Trimble GPS antenna I never used due to the goofy voltage. p/n 16248-50 patent 3984834 My recollection is they have a SAW filter in it. It is used by the Navy, though I

Re: [time-nuts] From GPS World - Lightsquared has been given thegoahead

2011-02-03 Thread Don Latham
No head-ripping, Bill, simply that the FCC makes by fiat decisions that belong in the marketplace. As long as it's easier for business to cultivate a mandate instead of competing, I'll continue to dislike the FCC behavior. Part of the blame actually devolves from a great mistake by Reagan, the

[time-nuts] Lightsquared and a little math

2011-02-03 Thread Perry Sandeen
List, Wrote The nationwide LightSquared network, consisting of approximately 40,000 cellular base stations, will cover 92 percent of the U.S. population by 2015 You can make book the missing 8 percent will be areas that exclude the farmers and ranchers who provide our food but the left will

Re: [time-nuts] Lightsquared and a little math

2011-02-03 Thread lists
Five out of nine people believe money is free speech and a corporation is a person. Well five conservative judges. ;-) -Original Message- From: Perry Sandeen sandee...@yahoo.com Sender: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 22:45:05 To: