Re: [time-nuts] FE 5680A Warning

2011-11-13 Thread Peter Bell
I can let you know what I've found out about these units - I got given a couple of dead ones and did a bit of poking around trying to get them working. I didn't get that far, since one of the units was easily fixed (the MAX882 3.3V regulator had failed) and the other seems to have a faulty Rb

Re: [time-nuts] FE 5680A Warning Rivet / Screw

2011-11-13 Thread Robert Atkinson
Hi Rex, Those fasteners are both pop rivets and screws. They are an advel design of light alloy rivet with an external thread and a hexagonal head on the die. They fasten with standard automatic riveting equipment but can be removed and re-installed with a allen (hex) key. They work very well.

Re: [time-nuts] FE 5680A Warning

2011-11-13 Thread EWKehren
Pete Thank you for your information. I agree with your findings and as I pointed out previously it support the math that the AD 9832 is used for tuning. That allows them to set the Rb at the optimum operating point based on their gas mixture. What I like to know is how they control the C

Re: [time-nuts] FE 5680A Warning

2011-11-13 Thread EWKehren
Paul it is listing # 250911887702 from ggg*fitting. I think we will see prices dropping even more since there are only so many time-nuts. Bert Kehren In a message dated 11/12/2011 10:14:18 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, paulsw...@gmail.com writes: Kind of joining in late. Might this be the

Re: [time-nuts] FE 5680A Warning

2011-11-13 Thread Kasper Pedersen
On 11/13/2011 10:36 AM, Peter Bell wrote: I can let you know what I've found out about these units - I got given a couple of dead ones and did a bit of poking around trying to get them working. I didn't get that far, since one of the units was easily fixed (the MAX882 3.3V regulator had

Re: [time-nuts] FE 5680A Warning

2011-11-13 Thread Peter Bell
Yes, I'm quite sure this is how it works - if you scope the snap diode drive you can quite clearly see both the 60MHz and the 5.3MHz from the DDS chip mixed together. My assumption is that the DDS output is subtractively mixed with the 114th harmonic of the 60Mhz inside the cavity: 60*114 =

Re: [time-nuts] FE 5680A Warning

2011-11-13 Thread EWKehren
Pete That is exactly the same math I did, there is no other choice but it would be nice if some one can help on the C field. I just finished mounting it on a heat sink added a Toshiba 15 V 3 A power supply and a 7805 and will run it for a month with out changing any thing. Will read it twice

Re: [time-nuts] FE 5680A Warning

2011-11-13 Thread Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R
Seems like a lot of folks selling these lately. Curious minds would like to know why. On 11/13/2011 07:15 AM, ewkeh...@aol.com wrote: Pete That is exactly the same math I did, there is no other choice but it would be nice if some one can help on the C field. I just finished mounting it on a

Re: [time-nuts] FE 5680A Warning

2011-11-13 Thread mike cook
Le 13/11/2011 18:21, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R a écrit : Seems like a lot of folks selling these lately. Curious minds would like to know why. I expect they are lots from telecom providers who are are replacing kit that is being upgraded. I don't see any date codes on the boxes. Has anyone

[time-nuts] TADD-1?

2011-11-13 Thread Dan Rae
Are there any plans to do a new issue of this, does anyone know? I know the MAX477 is obsolete, but the AD8055 seems to be a pin for pin replacement, and is even in DIP8. Even a bare PC board would keep me happy! Dan ac6ao ___ time-nuts mailing

Re: [time-nuts] FE 5680A Warning

2011-11-13 Thread Pete Lancashire
here's a different layout 250896271094 -pete On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 3:45 AM, ewkeh...@aol.com wrote: Paul it is listing # 250911887702 from ggg*fitting. I think we will see prices dropping even more since there are only so many time-nuts. Bert Kehren In a message dated 11/12/2011

Re: [time-nuts] FE 5680A Warning

2011-11-13 Thread Pete Lancashire
Telcom upgrade, just like where all the Thuderbolts came from On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 9:21 AM, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R c...@omen.com wrote: Seems like a lot of folks selling these lately. Curious minds would like to know why. On 11/13/2011 07:15 AM, ewkeh...@aol.com wrote: Pete That

Re: [time-nuts] FE 5680A Warning

2011-11-13 Thread Peter Bell
The ones with the 2 labels have a date code as the 4 digit prefix on the S/N - so a unit that says S/N 0416-756124 was made in week 16 2004. All the ones I've seen date from 2003 or 2004. The board they were originally attached to was largely empty - although it did have a label indicating that

Re: [time-nuts] FE 5680A Warning

2011-11-13 Thread Don Latham
Whie we're on elementary sources, has anyone in the group bought a tiny Cs standard yet? Don k4...@aol.com Just an inkling of the number of cellular base stations out there! And that's just the ones made by Motorola. There's probably twice or three times that many made by Lucent (I believe

[time-nuts] PicPlot GPIB to RS-232

2011-11-13 Thread Bob Smither
Hi List, Does anyone have experience with this GPIB to RS-232 converter: http://www.webalice.it/hotwater/PicPlot.htm Thanks, -- Bob Smither, PhD Circuit Concepts, Inc. = If you

[time-nuts] GPIB Help?

2011-11-13 Thread Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R
I have been working on reading data from my Racal-Dana 1992 counter's GPIB. I've set the address to 7 and turned on talk only. According to the manual that will start sending data from address 15. I have installed gpib on an old computer running Fedora 16. The GPIB board is a ISA bus

Re: [time-nuts] TADD-1?

2011-11-13 Thread Robert Atkinson
Hi Dan, Have a look at Dave  G4HUP's offerings, see http://g4hup.com/DA/DA.htm Full kit is £30 or about $50. He also does some other nice kits.   Robert G8RPI. From: Dan Rae dan...@verizon.net To: 'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement'

Re: [time-nuts] GPIB Help?

2011-11-13 Thread Robert Atkinson
Hi Chuck, Check the archive for CIL/MATE Some of these counters used a non standard militarty ATE protocol. There may be an internal switch/link/jumper to change to GPIB.   Robert G8RPI. From: Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R c...@omen.com To: time-nuts