Re: [time-nuts] Question about an HP5370B TIC

2011-09-29 Thread John Miles
> As long at there is always a positive or always a negative time > difference between the two 1 pps signals the result makes perfect sense. > There appears to be about a 2 to 3 usec jitter in the 1pps from the > GPS (this is expected given the design of the receiver). > > If I put the 5370B in

[time-nuts] Question about an HP5370B TIC

2011-09-29 Thread Bob Smither
Dear Group, I recently obtained a used HP5370B. Running through the operator checks in the Operating and Service Manual (figure 3-4) it seems to be operating perfectly. I am trying to use it to compare two 1pps signals - one from a GPS receiver and one derived from a fairly decent 10MHz OCX

[time-nuts] HP 5065a Rb ref update and question on time scale

2011-09-29 Thread paul swed
Well the 5065a has settled in very nicely from its failure that I documented for everyone. Its at specification and actually 2nd harmonics actually higher then the original numbers by 10 units. But as I went through the process to realign it to GPS several questions came up. The time scale has alw

Re: [time-nuts] HP 5065a failure of Rb oscillator problem solved

2011-09-29 Thread paul swed
Thank you On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 10:56 PM, Bob Smither wrote: > I put Paul's document (as a PDF) here: > > http://c-c-i.com/node/152 > > Enjoy! > -- > ==**= > Bob Smither, Ph.D.smit...@c-c-i.com >"No freeman shall be d

Re: [time-nuts] Any thoughts on best rubidium?

2011-09-29 Thread Hal Murray
> but I don't have a floppy drive in my PC :-( You can get floppy drives that connect via USB. Frys has one for $22. If you have a fancy box that you like and it has a floppy, it might be worth getting (or hanging on to) a reasonable PC that still has a floppy drive just so you can still carry