Re: [time-nuts] 60Hz More or Less

2012-04-02 Thread Robert Atkinson
Hi Ed, Have a look in The Art of Electronics by Horrowitz Hill (if you don't hav a copy, you should! or try the local libary). It has a nice circuit for this (Actually a telescope drive IIRC) type of application. Robert G8RPI. From: Ed Mersich

Re: [time-nuts] 60Hz More or Less

2012-04-02 Thread Hal Murray
robert8...@yahoo.co.uk said: Have a look in The Art of Electronics by Horrowitz Hill (if you don't hav a copy, you should! or try the local libary). It has a nice circuit for this (Actually a telescope drive IIRC) type of application. Rats. I can't find my copy. I think the trick is that

Re: [time-nuts] 1 pps correction

2012-04-02 Thread Azelio Boriani
OK, thank you. I'll collect the documentation you suggest to study it. Yes, the PRS10 manual available online has no schematic. The paper one does have. Does this means that Stanford Research want it not to be disseminated? On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 5:06 AM, Said Jackson saidj...@aol.com wrote: Hi

Re: [time-nuts] Opera coordinator has resigned

2012-04-02 Thread David Kirkby
On 2 April 2012 00:54, Jim Lux jim...@earthlink.net wrote: On 4/1/12 2:25 PM, Dr. David Kirkby wrote: So it tells us nothing very much about the life of them in normal use, with a human mating and demating them. - or even the repeatability of the reflection coefficient with a human in the

Re: [time-nuts] 1 pps correction

2012-04-02 Thread Stijn Nestra
The PRS10 schematics are available on line from Didier. See the following link: http://www.ko4bb.com/manuals/index.php?dir=05%29_GPS_Timing/SRS Sincerely, Stijn Op 02-04-12 09:48, Azelio Boriani schreef: OK, thank you. I'll collect the documentation you suggest to study it. Yes, the PRS10

Re: [time-nuts] 1 pps correction

2012-04-02 Thread Azelio Boriani
Oh, well, I have the original PRS10 manual as we (that is, the company) bought a new PRS10 one month ago. I was enquiring wether or not it can be scanned and sent to you. Now it no longer matters. On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Stijn Nestra st...@pe1rks.nl wrote: The PRS10 schematics are

Re: [time-nuts] 60Hz More or Less

2012-04-02 Thread Jim Lux
On 4/2/12 12:19 AM, Hal Murray wrote: robert8...@yahoo.co.uk said: Have a look in The Art of Electronics by Horrowitz Hill (if you don't hav a copy, you should! or try the local libary). It has a nice circuit for this (Actually a telescope drive IIRC) type of application. Rats. I can't

Re: [time-nuts] Opera coordinator has resigned

2012-04-02 Thread J. Forster
If the FTL neutrino discovery had been kept quiet until fully vetted, he probably would not have had to resign. Compare with the discovery of Cold Fusion. The desire for PR got ahead of the science. In my view, somebody who is in responsible charge of any project that size morally ought to be

Re: [time-nuts] LEA-6T Group buy

2012-04-02 Thread Sylvain Munaut
Hi, Note that there should soon be a LEA6T eval board available from sysmocom http://laforge.gnumonks.org/weblog/2012/03/16/#20120316-osmo_lea6t_gps_timing Estimated price is 90 EUR excl VAT in the EU. Cheers, Sylvain ___ time-nuts mailing list

Re: [time-nuts] LEA6-T Group Buy

2012-04-02 Thread lstoskopf
Note that there should soon be a LEA6T eval board available from sysmocom http://laforge.gnumonks.org/weblog/2012/03/16/#20120316-osmo_lea6t_gps_timing Estimated price is 90 EUR excl VAT in the EU. Anyone know if these will have the RAW output for use with RTKLib? Also assume can

Re: [time-nuts] LEA6-T Group Buy

2012-04-02 Thread Azelio Boriani
I see that the board has the serial port and the USB, so you have the complete I/O suite available. On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 10:11 PM, lstosk...@cox.net wrote: Note that there should soon be a LEA6T eval board available from sysmocom

Re: [time-nuts] LEA6-T Group Buy

2012-04-02 Thread Dennis Ferguson
On 2 Apr, 2012, at 13:11 , lstosk...@cox.net lstosk...@cox.net wrote: Note that there should soon be a LEA6T eval board available from sysmocom http://laforge.gnumonks.org/weblog/2012/03/16/#20120316-osmo_lea6t_gps_timing Estimated price is 90 EUR excl VAT in the EU. Anyone know if

[time-nuts] Antenna for t-bolt

2012-04-02 Thread Bill Riches
Hi guys, I have asked this question several times over the past few weeks and get no answer. Have I been ostracized??!! Question is that I am looking for suggestions for GPS antenna for t-bolt. The antenna that I am using now is a no name and I not know where it came from! Wonder if a Garman

Re: [time-nuts] Antenna for t-bolt

2012-04-02 Thread gary
I found these at a local surplus shop. $15 each. It worked on the Starloc. I got the 240 version which has high gain. The Starloc is a bit deaf. So to pick an antenna for the Tbolt, it should meet gain requirements and voltage. Marine grade is kind of overkill. Potentially the marine grade

Re: [time-nuts] Efratom M3100

2012-04-02 Thread Magnus Danielson
On 04/02/2012 02:33 AM, ewkeh...@aol.com wrote: Magnus I am systematically checking every thing. Power is every where, get a very strong 60 MHz with the 5.3125 clearly visible on the spectrum analyzer also counted both with a counter, checked the 85 Hz modulation on the tuning diode, is a

Re: [time-nuts] Antenna for T-bolt

2012-04-02 Thread Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R
The booster amps used for satellite dishes work on GPS as well. I used one when I was feeding two Thunderbolts thru a splitter. On 04/02/2012 03:28 PM, Bob Martin wrote: Bill-- The Thunderbolt wants a higher gain antenna than most standard GPS receivers. I tried standard Garmin active

Re: [time-nuts] Antenna for T-bolt

2012-04-02 Thread Jerry Mulchin
Here is the antenna I purchased from Ebay (China). This is a Lucent 40dB timing antenna that should work for any GPS receiver. Mine took about 2 weeks to get here and there were no problems getting it. This unit is currently available for 'buy it now at $28 dollars.

Re: [time-nuts] Antenna for T-bolt

2012-04-02 Thread Chris Albertson
On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 3:28 PM, Bob Martin k6...@comcast.net wrote: Bill-- The Thunderbolt wants a higher gain antenna than most standard GPS receivers.  I tried standard Garmin active antennas, and while they worked (I have a good view of the sky), signal levels could be better. Best

Re: [time-nuts] Antenna for T-bolt

2012-04-02 Thread Pete Lancashire
All gone .. I got one. I'm happy for $26 but the thing was pretty badly treated in its life and the seal did not look well. If yours is as knocked around I'd suggest pulling it apart and use a bit of sealer (RTV etc) Now to come up with a mount, they are more rare and usually go for more then the

Re: [time-nuts] Antenna for T-bolt

2012-04-02 Thread Chris Albertson
On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 4:00 PM, Jerry Mulchin jmulc...@cox.net wrote: Here is the antenna I purchased from Ebay (China). This is a Lucent 40dB timing antenna that should work for any GPS receiver. Mine took about 2 weeks to get here and there were no problems getting it. This unit is

Re: [time-nuts] Antenna for T-bolt

2012-04-02 Thread Orin Eman
There are still some listed at GBP 19.00. Search for lucent 40db. Orin. On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 4:14 PM, Pete Lancashire p...@petelancashire.comwrote: All gone .. I got one. I'm happy for $26 but the thing was pretty badly treated in its life and the seal did not look well. If yours is as

Re: [time-nuts] Fail on HP5065A PSU repair

2012-04-02 Thread ed breya
Magnus, is that the same little transformer that I sent you a while back? If so, did you add the PTC current limiter that I included? That should have saved it from failure of the driver transistors. I think there's a problem with that circuit, so I don't think you should take a chance on any

Re: [time-nuts] 1 pps correction

2012-04-02 Thread Magnus Danielson
On 04/02/2012 11:35 AM, Stijn Nestra wrote: The PRS10 schematics are available on line from Didier. See the following link: http://www.ko4bb.com/manuals/index.php?dir=05%29_GPS_Timing/SRS Thanks! On the same page (21/24) as the x2000 PPS time interpolator is also the PPS programmable delay

Re: [time-nuts] Antenna for T-bolt

2012-04-02 Thread Dan Rae
There's a lot of five Racal survey antennae on eBay, lot 370600485855 which have been round at least once before. I use one of these with a T'bolt and it performs extremely well; I'm not sure what one would do with the other four however... 5 Volt operation, TNC connector, c. 30 dB gain.

Re: [time-nuts] Efratom M3100

2012-04-02 Thread EWKehren
Magnus RC oscillator and demodulator along with the 1 uF and integrator are all standard Efratom, use different pins and the oscillator is 2.72 KHz the problem is the signal path from the detector to the demodulator. That is what I am looking for. Will get there. will take time. Thanks

[time-nuts] would an optical primary standard provide any general benefit?

2012-04-02 Thread beale
Having read this NIST review paper by Thomas E. Parker, The uncertainty in the realization and dissemination of the SI second from a systems point of view http://tf.boulder.nist.gov/general/pdf/2564.pdf ...it seems that any potential improvement in frequency standards (Cs fountain - optical

Re: [time-nuts] Antenna for t-bolt

2012-04-02 Thread Didier Juges
I have a Symetricom 58532A which I bought on eBay for $50 with shipping. That is probably the best antenna you can get, and it won't break the bank. I also have a Trimble Bullet, the antenna that was designed to go with the Tunderbolt. It is a very good antenna also, but harder to find, and it has

Re: [time-nuts] Antenna for t-bolt

2012-04-02 Thread Mike S
On 4/2/2012 5:39 PM, Bill Riches wrote: Question is that I am looking for suggestions for GPS antenna for t-bolt. I use an Andrew GPS-QBW-26N (quadrifilar). 26 db amp + 4 db antenna gain, through an HP 58516 distribution amp. Works well for me.

Re: [time-nuts] Antenna for t-bolt

2012-04-02 Thread Chuck Harris
Hi Didier, I have one of the Trimble Bullet antennas, that was supposed to be from a working system, but it is deaf as a post... really dead. Given that it is supposed to be more than 30db gain, it should do better than any of the hockey puck antennas. I wonder if there is a common failure

Re: [time-nuts] Efratom M3100

2012-04-02 Thread ed breya
I have some SPTB-100 units, which are similar to M100 units, which may be similar to yours. A few years ago, one failed to lock, regardless of adjustment, and I found that one of the integrator capacitors in the OCXO control loop was very leaky. I don't recall which one, and couldn't even

Re: [time-nuts] Antenna for t-bolt

2012-04-02 Thread Chuck Harris
Here is a picture of the guts of the antenna that was made for the Thunderbolt. They don't appear to have gone to much effort to have a high horizon. -Chuck Harris Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R wrote: I got a mushroom shaped antenna along with my Thunderbolt. It came with some rg58 terminated

Re: [time-nuts] Antenna for t-bolt

2012-04-02 Thread Hal Murray
c...@omen.com said: Presumably a timing antenna would block low elevation signals to reduce multipath. Maybe, but there is a software aspect to the filter. You get to select the elevation angle. I don't remember seeing any specs about the filtering angles of various antennas. Has anybody