Re: [time-nuts] Interesting paper: Don't GPSD' your Rb...

2012-05-07 Thread Magnus Danielson
Hi Bill, On 05/07/2012 05:12 AM, Bill Hawkins wrote: Thanks for the analysis, Magnus. Always happy to contribute. A few other time constants might be interesting - When a step change is made to the control voltage or current, how long does it take for the oscillator to settle down to a new

Re: [time-nuts] Interesting paper: Don't GPSD' your Rb...

2012-05-07 Thread Azelio Boriani
Magnus, If you flip back and forth, then it makes sense because your phase deviations will be less. Can you further explain this? Thanks. On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 8:57 AM, Magnus Danielson mag...@rubidium.dyndns.org wrote: Hi Bill, On 05/07/2012 05:12 AM, Bill Hawkins wrote: Thanks for

Re: [time-nuts] Oh dear

2012-05-07 Thread Raj
I once did a test with a audio expert and compared a CD and a digital copy. He confirmed that the copy was the original and when I showed him which was which he still refused to believe.. I know a local guy who gold plated the PCBs for his home brewed amp! Raj At 07-05-2012, you wrote: These

Re: [time-nuts] Oh dear

2012-05-07 Thread Attila Kinali
On Mon, 07 May 2012 13:40:15 +0530 Raj vu2...@gmail.com wrote: I once did a test with a audio expert and compared a CD and a digital copy. He confirmed that the copy was the original and when I showed him which was which he still refused to believe.. I know a local guy who gold plated the

Re: [time-nuts] Oh dear

2012-05-07 Thread MailLists
Let's expect the ultimate portable MP3 player with atomic clock reference... :] Also funny are the offerings with RbO CD-clocks... usually tweaked FE-5680s, which are not exactly famous for a clean jitter/spurious free output signal... The only reason is the easiness of output frequency

Re: [time-nuts] Oh dear

2012-05-07 Thread Javier Herrero
El 07/05/2012 11:20, Attila Kinali escribió: But to bring this back to time nutty topics, have a look at http://www.colorfly.eu/product.html It's an MP3 player with high precision timing. It does not only use two TCXOs with 5ps Jitter.. No! It also employes a technique known as Jitter Kill for

Re: [time-nuts] Oh dear

2012-05-07 Thread Rob Kimberley
An old saying: a fool and his money are often parted. Sums things up nicely I feel. Rob Kimberley -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Javier Herrero Sent: 07 May 2012 11:30 To: time-nuts@febo.com Subject: Re: [time-nuts]

Re: [time-nuts] Oh dear

2012-05-07 Thread Chris Stake
How does the fool get his money? Chris Stake -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Rob Kimberley Sent: 07 May 2012 11:55 To: 'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement' Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Oh dear An

Re: [time-nuts] Oh dear

2012-05-07 Thread Raj
But to bring this back to time nutty topics, have a look at http://www.colorfly.eu/product.html It's an MP3 player with high precision timing. It does not only use two TCXOs with 5ps Jitter.. No! It also employes a technique known as Jitter Kill for the ultimate mobile sound experience! :-)

[time-nuts] Chat Room?

2012-05-07 Thread EWKehren
Time nuts has turned in to a chat room to people that have diarrhea of their fingers. The result is that many of us converse off list and do not contribute to meaningful dialog. Are there not rules and if yes, should they not be respected and adhered to? Bert Kehren

Re: [time-nuts] Chat Room?

2012-05-07 Thread Roberto Barrios
Hi Bert, Couldn't agree more with you. On the other hand, and which is even worse, questions from not-so-hardcore-time-nuts are simply ignored on a random basis. I'm leaving the group. If you ever come to or need something from Spain, let me know. Regards, Roberto EB4EQA -Original

Re: [time-nuts] Chat Room?

2012-05-07 Thread Don Lewis
amen -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of ewkeh...@aol.com Sent: Monday, May 07, 2012 7:15 AM To: time-nuts@febo.com Subject: [time-nuts] Chat Room? Time nuts has turned in to a chat room to people that have diarrhea of

Re: [time-nuts] Chat Room?

2012-05-07 Thread Rob Kimberley
I've not seen many questions ignored on this excellent group. If they were, then maybe, just maybe no one had an answer at that time. Rob Kimberley -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Roberto Barrios Sent: 07 May 2012

Re: [time-nuts] Chat Room?

2012-05-07 Thread Azelio Boriani
Yes, that is the case: if I have no clue than simply I don't write nothing... Roberto, please, if you have any question, try now. I'm here. You were trying to set up a lock identifier for the XOR type FLL. I suggested a simple count the difference method: an UP-DOWN counter tied to the two 10KHz

Re: [time-nuts] Chat Room?

2012-05-07 Thread J. Forster
I suggest that the kind of techno-eliteism displayed in these comment, in fact, breeds the kind of drivel in that eBay ad. An average reader is simply not equipped to deal with piles of BS, whether it is about Rubidiums and sampling rate stability or phase noise or Adev and LadyHeather. YMMV,

[time-nuts] Oh dear

2012-05-07 Thread Burt I. Weiner
A friend of mine signed me up for a catalog from the Audio Advisor. He said I deserved this - I was afraid to ask what he meant by that! Spend a few minutes looking over this site: http://www.audioadvisor.com/ Be sure to check out their Power cords at:

Re: [time-nuts] Oh dear

2012-05-07 Thread Rob Kimberley
I must get one of their line cords to see if it will improve my timing system!! You just have to laugh at this nonsense. Rob K -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Burt I. Weiner Sent: 07 May 2012 15:39 To:

Re: [time-nuts] Oh dear

2012-05-07 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message 226574.14407...@smtp104.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com, Burt I. Weiner w rites: Be sure to check out their Power cords at: http://home-audio.audioadvisor.com/search?w=Power+Cords I always wondered how the distortion could stop right at the power outlet, but I see that somebody has cornered

Re: [time-nuts] Oh dear

2012-05-07 Thread J. Forster
Nope. Any Audiophool knows green electricity sounds much better, without any artifacts produced by those annoying carbon atoms in coal, oil, or natural gas, rattling around producing annoying distractions. -John In message 226574.14407...@smtp104.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com,

Re: [time-nuts] Oh dear

2012-05-07 Thread Jim Lux
On 5/7/12 7:39 AM, Burt I. Weiner wrote: A friend of mine signed me up for a catalog from the Audio Advisor. He said I deserved this - I was afraid to ask what he meant by that! Spend a few minutes looking over this site: http://www.audioadvisor.com/ Be sure to check out their Power cords at:

Re: [time-nuts] Oh dear

2012-05-07 Thread Frederick Bray
And for those who want a good debunking article to show to their non-technical friends: http://www.audioholics.com/education/cables/power-cables On 5/7/2012 8:01 AM, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: In message226574.14407...@smtp104.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com, Burt I. Weiner w rites: Be sure to check

Re: [time-nuts] Oh dear

2012-05-07 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message 52252.12.6.201.2.1336403114.squir...@popaccts.quikus.com, J. Fors ter writes: Any Audiophool knows green electricity sounds much better, without any artifacts produced by those annoying carbon atoms in coal, oil, or natural gas, rattling around producing annoying distractions. Unless,

Re: [time-nuts] Oh dear

2012-05-07 Thread Dan Rae
All this kerfuffle about that Rubidium Clock kind of misses the point. This is not some Audiophool thing but a serious piece of gear used for recording studios. I am not going to get into the pricing of it, but if you add up the cost of a /new/ Rb unit, distribution amp, power supply and

Re: [time-nuts] Oh dear

2012-05-07 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message 4fa7e639.9090...@earthlink.net, Jim Lux writes: Well.. this is where folks on this list can do the world a service.. The whole thing about timing, stability, phase noise, Allan deviations, etc. *is* complex, and it's tricky to come up with easy to understand, short, descriptions of

Re: [time-nuts] Chat Room?

2012-05-07 Thread EWKehren
Roberto you and I have already dialog off list that I value and we will continue. Some legitimate questions get drowned out by off subject postings but in my opinion there is room for techno elitism on subjects that are time and frequency related I have learned a lot, and for

Re: [time-nuts] Oh dear

2012-05-07 Thread Robert Lutwak
This is the most ridiculous discussion in the history of this group. If anyone could sympathize with the need for super-timing on audio it should be those of you who think you need cesium clocks in your homes. -RL --- Robert Lutwak | SymmetricomR, Inc. Chief Scientist -Original

[time-nuts] DPLL for 10MHz

2012-05-07 Thread Bill Dailey
Does anyone have any knowledge of a simple (just soldering a few connections and maybe programming a hz/volt rate) PCB for synchronizing a precision OCXO to a GPSDO? I am trying to improve short term stability with a high stability OCXO and dont want to cut into my fury and replace the OCXO.

Re: [time-nuts] Oh dear

2012-05-07 Thread Tom Knox
As an Audiophile and T-Nut I am often torn by what could affect sound quality, but I have realized that there are many things that affect sound that as engineers we have not learned to define. As a scientist I look forward to the day we can accurately rate how equipment will sound in

Re: [time-nuts] Oh dear

2012-05-07 Thread J. Forster
A crummy crystal oscillator zero beated to WWV is good to 1 in 10E6, a Rb disciplined to GPS maybe 1 in 10E11. Do you seriously think you, or anybody, can hear a pitch difference of 0.001 Hz in the audio range? A quartz crystal is plenty good for any audio application, IMO. -John =

Re: [time-nuts] DPLL for 10MHz

2012-05-07 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message 063ae10c-af96-4f39-9caf-9e5ecc96b...@gmail.com, Bill Dailey writes : Does anyone have any knowledge of a simple (just soldering a few connections and maybe programming a hz/volt rate) PCB for synchronizing a precision OCXO to a GPSDO? I am trying to improve short term stability with a

Re: [time-nuts] Oh dear

2012-05-07 Thread Chris Albertson
In message 226574.14407...@smtp104.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com, Burt I. Weiner w rites: Next step will be to try to sell them electricity produced on turbogenerators aligned to the earths magnetic field in order to deliver minimal low unharmonic distotion... I've been thinking I should be

Re: [time-nuts] Chat Room?

2012-05-07 Thread Tom Van Baak
Time nuts has turned in to a chat room to people that have diarrhea of their fingers. The result is that many of us converse off list and do not contribute to meaningful dialog. Are there not rules and if yes, should they not be respected and adhered to? Bert Kehren Bert, The

Re: [time-nuts] DPLL for 10MHz

2012-05-07 Thread EWKehren
Doc contact me off list Bert Kehren In a message dated 5/7/2012 11:40:04 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, docdai...@gmail.com writes: Does anyone have any knowledge of a simple (just soldering a few connections and maybe programming a hz/volt rate) PCB for synchronizing a precision OCXO to

Re: [time-nuts] Oh dear

2012-05-07 Thread Attila Kinali
On Mon, 07 May 2012 08:20:55 -0700 Dan Rae dan...@verizon.net wrote: I see nothing odd about wanting to get the best possible source for the Master Clock for your master recordings. My son does run a small studio and for him I was able to make a version of that unit, for a lot less money

Re: [time-nuts] DPLL for 10MHz

2012-05-07 Thread Eric Garner
This is something I would also like to know. I'm sure many others would be interested as well. Bert would it be possible for you to share your thoughts on the matter with the group at large? -Eric On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 8:43 AM, ewkeh...@aol.com wrote: Doc contact me off list Bert Kehren

Re: [time-nuts] Oh dear

2012-05-07 Thread Tom Knox
Actually the numbers are quite real, play with the math, a small amount of jitter in a DAC (X) can have a large difference (Y) when sampling a complex wave form especially in the audiophile world where the sound of 24bit dac 16,777,216 discrete levels is clearly superior to older 16 bit dac

Re: [time-nuts] DPLL for 10MHz

2012-05-07 Thread David
On Mon, 07 May 2012 15:34:21 +, Poul-Henning Kamp p...@phk.freebsd.dk wrote: In message 063ae10c-af96-4f39-9caf-9e5ecc96b...@gmail.com, Bill Dailey writes : Does anyone have any knowledge of a simple (just soldering a few connections and maybe programming a hz/volt rate) PCB for synchronizing

Re: [time-nuts] Oh dear

2012-05-07 Thread Tom Knox
Actually in digital audio playback timing is just as important except that there is no was to remove jitter during poor recordings. Thomas Knox Date: Mon, 7 May 2012 08:20:55 -0700 From: dan...@verizon.net To: time-nuts@febo.com Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Oh dear All this kerfuffle

Re: [time-nuts] Oh dear

2012-05-07 Thread Attila Kinali
On Mon, 7 May 2012 10:02:25 -0600 Tom Knox act...@hotmail.com wrote: Actually the numbers are quite real, play with the math, a small amount of jitter in a DAC (X) can have a large difference (Y) when sampling a complex wave form especially in the audiophile world where the sound of 24bit

Re: [time-nuts] DPLL for 10MHz

2012-05-07 Thread EWKehren
Tried, no interest, some one has offered to in the future do a gate array version, you may want to wait for that I am in the mean time using am analog loop for less than 100 seconds between Rb and OCXO and a very modified Shera for GPS/Rb. Works for me. Contact me off list and we can talk.

Re: [time-nuts] Oh dear

2012-05-07 Thread Attila Kinali
On Mon, 7 May 2012 18:19:19 +0200 Attila Kinali att...@kinali.ch wrote: Of course, you have to keep the clock signal clean of any disturbance that might add modulations to it. But that's a matter of keeping the power supply clean and having the signal shielded. It's not an inherent property

Re: [time-nuts] DPLL for 10MHz

2012-05-07 Thread Azelio Boriani
Using the PPS as a sync source? On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 6:24 PM, ewkeh...@aol.com wrote: Tried, no interest, some one has offered to in the future do a gate array version, you may want to wait for that I am in the mean time using am analog loop for less than 100 seconds between Rb and OCXO

Re: [time-nuts] DPLL for 10MHz

2012-05-07 Thread Azelio Boriani
The Vectron TRU-050 is a PLL with an integrated VCXO. You can sync a 10MHz OCXO but not from a GPS receiver with the PPS only. On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 6:29 PM, Azelio Boriani azelio.bori...@screen.itwrote: Using the PPS as a sync source? On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 6:24 PM, ewkeh...@aol.com wrote:

Re: [time-nuts] Oh dear

2012-05-07 Thread MailLists
If you take into consideration that the best currently available DACs, also true for analog circuits, have a dynamic range about 120-126dB, the last 3-4 bits are quite irrelevant (random noise mostly)... a good 20bit DAC already pushes the limits. The marketingdroids swarming for the newest 32

Re: [time-nuts] Oh dear

2012-05-07 Thread J. Forster
It has nothing to do with engineering. Artists, and I use the word with a huge bag of salt, are often Prima Donnas. They are under the illusion that their works are masterpieces, because they sell millions of copies on iTunes or elsewhere, or theit concerts are sold out in two minutes. So,

Re: [time-nuts] Oh dear

2012-05-07 Thread Randy D. Hunt
On 5/6/2012 7:39 PM, Jim Palfreyman wrote: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Antelope-Audio-Isochrone-10M-Rubidium-Atomic-Clock-/270809581736?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0hash=item3f0d8248a8 Make sure you read the description to discover what it's being sold for. My chuckle for the day. Jim Palfreyman

Re: [time-nuts] Oh dear

2012-05-07 Thread Chris Albertson
On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 8:59 AM, Attila Kinali att...@kinali.ch wrote: On Mon, 07 May 2012 08:20:55 -0700 Dan Rae dan...@verizon.net wrote: I see nothing odd about wanting to get the best possible source for the Master Clock for your master recordings. You are right about that. But there are

Re: [time-nuts] Oh dear

2012-05-07 Thread Bob Camp
Hi Be careful when you talk about jitter of any device, OCXO's included. There is always an implied bandwidth in the conversion of phase noise to jitter. If you extend the bandwidth down low enough (as in low audio) the jitter goes up quite a bit. In the case of audio, jitter at low frequencies

Re: [time-nuts] Oh dear

2012-05-07 Thread Don Latham
Isn't long term stability an oxymoron? Or, put another way, a Murphy Mantra? Don MailLists Let's expect the ultimate portable MP3 player with atomic clock reference... :] Also funny are the offerings with RbO CD-clocks... usually tweaked FE-5680s, which are not exactly famous for a clean

Re: [time-nuts] Oh dear

2012-05-07 Thread Randy D. Hunt
On 5/7/2012 2:20 AM, Attila Kinali wrote: On Mon, 07 May 2012 13:40:15 +0530 Rajvu2...@gmail.com wrote: I once did a test with a audio expert and compared a CD and a digital copy. He confirmed that the copy was the original and when I showed him which was which he still refused to believe..

Re: [time-nuts] Oh dear

2012-05-07 Thread J. Forster
Suppose you have a perfect, ideal clock that puts out 'convert' pulses at an exact rate is used to strobe a high precision A/D. Now suppose you add jitter to that perfect clock so that the rate stays the same but time interval between successive pulses varies randomly between P(1-x) and P(1+x).

Re: [time-nuts] Oh dear

2012-05-07 Thread Don Latham
One of my other avocations is precision shooting. I would not like to engage in a contest to see which bunch of aficionados has more folklore Don Javier Herrero El 07/05/2012 11:20, Attila Kinali escribió: But to bring this back to time nutty topics, have a look at

Re: [time-nuts] DPLL for 10MHz

2012-05-07 Thread Attila Kinali
On Mon, 7 May 2012 10:30:56 -0500 Bill Dailey docdai...@gmail.com wrote: Does anyone have any knowledge of a simple (just soldering a few connections and maybe programming a hz/volt rate) PCB for synchronizing a precision OCXO to a GPSDO? I am trying to improve short term stability with a

Re: [time-nuts] Oh dear

2012-05-07 Thread lists
Nearly all modern recordings are multiple mono. One microphone per instrument if not more. Multiple overdubs. If high ticket artists are collaborating, they may be recorded at different times. (Bruce Springsteen and Rosanne Cash duet for example.) They want a high bit depth so the final product

[time-nuts] GPS filtering (was: Oh dear)

2012-05-07 Thread Attila Kinali
On Mon, 07 May 2012 08:11:53 -0700 Jim Lux jim...@earthlink.net wrote: - the recent GPS filtering thing.. You mean the Don't GPS your Rb thread? it took a YEAR for someone in the PNT community to finally come up with a good, simple explanation of why L^2 arguments were invalid. And it

Re: [time-nuts] Something better than a Thunderbolt?

2012-05-07 Thread Eric Garner
My apologies if is missed it, but will there be official support of the nortel version in some future release of LH? On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 5:02 AM, Mark Sims hol...@hotmail.com wrote: Recently Sam managed to poke and prod a Trimble/Nortel GPSTM (NTGS50AA) enough to wake it up out of its

Re: [time-nuts] GPS filtering

2012-05-07 Thread Magnus Danielson
On 05/07/2012 07:01 PM, Attila Kinali wrote: On Mon, 07 May 2012 08:11:53 -0700 Jim Luxjim...@earthlink.net wrote: - the recent GPS filtering thing.. You mean the Don't GPS your Rb thread? it took a YEAR for someone in the PNT community to finally come up with a good, simple explanation

Re: [time-nuts] DPLL for 10MHz

2012-05-07 Thread Chris Albertson
On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 9:54 AM, Attila Kinali att...@kinali.ch wrote: What speaks against a simple design as used in the GPSDO by James Miller[1]? Or if you want a better PLL than just an XOR gate, use a 74x4046. They are still available in DIL, so building a complete PLL is possible on a

Re: [time-nuts] DPLL for 10MHz

2012-05-07 Thread EWKehren
I am patiently waiting for the code to drive the DAC. Bert Kehren In a message dated 5/7/2012 12:54:54 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, att...@kinali.ch writes: On Mon, 7 May 2012 10:30:56 -0500 Bill Dailey docdai...@gmail.com wrote: Does anyone have any knowledge of a simple (just soldering

Re: [time-nuts] Oh dear

2012-05-07 Thread MailLists
That was a big problem with the dynamic range of tape recorders, which had to be solved with noise reduction circuits. Even good 16 bit ADCs have a higher DR than the SNR of most instruments in quiet recording studios. With the mixing of multiple dubs, the main problem is the summed background

Re: [time-nuts] Oh dear

2012-05-07 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message 4fa7fb9b.3040...@yahoo.com, Randy D. Hunt writes: On 5/6/2012 7:39 PM, Jim Palfreyman wrote: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Antelope-Audio-Isochrone-10M-Rubidium-Atomic-Clock-/270809581736?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0hash=item3f0d8248a8 Make sure you read the description to discover what it's

Re: [time-nuts] GPS filtering

2012-05-07 Thread Attila Kinali
On Mon, 07 May 2012 19:07:12 +0200 Magnus Danielson mag...@rubidium.dyndns.org wrote: Uhm.. i don't understand at all. Could you give some pointers or explain what L^2 and the rest is? Ligthsquared and their LTE system that threatend to noise out GPS from US. Loads of messages on that on

Re: [time-nuts] Oh dear

2012-05-07 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message d2251f0f290d4b1ab54e1a4dba345...@vectron.com, Bob Camp writes: If you extend the bandwidth down low enough (as in low audio) the jitter goes up quite a bit. In the case of audio, jitter at low frequencies just might be something to worry about. Not with the kind of physical laws I

Re: [time-nuts] DPLL for 10MHz

2012-05-07 Thread Attila Kinali
On Mon, 7 May 2012 12:17:02 -0500 Bill Dailey docdai...@gmail.com wrote: Regarding the vectron tru-050 looks nice but requires me to come up with a board and resistors and capacitors etc which is above my ability. Uhmm... how far does your abilities go? I looked at the miller thing but

Re: [time-nuts] Oh dear

2012-05-07 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message 62172.12.6.201.2.1336409319.squir...@popaccts.quikus.com, J. Fors ter writes: Suppose you have a perfect, ideal clock that puts out 'convert' pulses at an exact rate is used to strobe a high precision A/D. Now suppose you add jitter to that perfect clock so that the rate stays the same

Re: [time-nuts] Oh dear

2012-05-07 Thread David
Analog Devices and Linear Technology have application notes on this subject. At least with sampling converters, jitter directly limits dynamic range. My back of the envelope calculation comes up with about 25ps of RMS jitter for an ideal 16 bit sampling converter at audio frequencies but most

Re: [time-nuts] Oh dear

2012-05-07 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message 4fa80913.7000...@medesign.ro, MailLists writes: That was a big problem with the dynamic range of tape recorders, which had to be solved with noise reduction circuits. Even good 16 bit ADCs have a higher DR than the SNR of most instruments in quiet recording studios. Not so fast

Re: [time-nuts] Oh dear

2012-05-07 Thread Dan Mills
On Mon, 2012-05-07 at 18:15 +, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: We must start out by defining the acceptable level of total distortion, if we choose 0.5% then we need 200 digital levels, roughly 8 of your 16 bits for the signal. That gives you a headroom of 7 bits (leaving one for the sign)

Re: [time-nuts] Oh dear

2012-05-07 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message 1336415866.16321.14.camel@laptop, Dan Mills writes: On Mon, 2012-05-07 at 18:15 +, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: 16 bits is actually fine as a distribution format, Yes, I agree with that, and lets use that agreement to stop the topic :-) -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog

Re: [time-nuts] Oh dear

2012-05-07 Thread Chris Albertson
On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 11:15 AM, Poul-Henning Kamp p...@phk.freebsd.dk wrote: We must start out by defining the acceptable level of total distortion, if we choose 0.5% then we need 200 digital levels, roughly 8 of your 16 bits for the signal. That gives you a headroom of 7 bits (leaving one

Re: [time-nuts] Oh dear

2012-05-07 Thread Magnus Danielson
On 05/07/2012 08:15 PM, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: In message4fa80913.7000...@medesign.ro, MailLists writes: That was a big problem with the dynamic range of tape recorders, which had to be solved with noise reduction circuits. Even good 16 bit ADCs have a higher DR than the SNR of most

Re: [time-nuts] Oh dear

2012-05-07 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message cabbxvhuasdq-mwug6fmwc4ln-d3zkhegvpvvbpcprwxewgf...@mail.gmail.com , Chris Albertson writes: You are mixing recording and distribution. The 16-bit 44.1K CD Quality is for distribution to consumers. I'm old enough to have listend to comparisons when 16 bit 44.1KHz was _both_ recoding

Re: [time-nuts] Oh dear

2012-05-07 Thread Chris Albertson
New question about jitter in recording.I was reading some time ago about non-uniform sampling. Basically the time between samples is random (or as random as you can make it) But now you have to sample a clock AND the signal. Or more likely use a psuedorandon sample interval that can be

Re: [time-nuts] Oh dear

2012-05-07 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message cabbxvhtad_ewe_ptrmkifkrywzjfhw3xmypfev6b5su3xw+...@mail.gmail.com , Chris Albertson writes: Advantages are that you can sample higher frequency than 1/2 the average sample rate and alieasing is less a problem. Disadvantage: on playback you get both a sample and a standard deviation

Re: [time-nuts] Oh dear

2012-05-07 Thread Hal Murray
j...@quikus.com said: Suppose you have a perfect, ideal clock that puts out 'convert' pulses at an exact rate is used to strobe a high precision A/D. Now suppose you add jitter to that perfect clock so that the rate stays the same but time interval between successive pulses varies randomly

Re: [time-nuts] Interesting paper: Don't GPSD' your Rb...

2012-05-07 Thread Azelio Boriani
OK, got it. Yes, something like the dithering with a DAC to increase the resolution. On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 6:52 PM, Magnus Danielson mag...@rubidium.dyndns.org wrote: Azelio, On 05/07/2012 09:56 AM, Azelio Boriani wrote: Magnus, If you flip back and forth, then it makes sense because

Re: [time-nuts] Interesting paper: Don't GPSD' your Rb...

2012-05-07 Thread Magnus Danielson
Hi Azelio, On 05/07/2012 10:13 PM, Azelio Boriani wrote: OK, got it. Yes, something like the dithering with a DAC to increase the resolution. Indeed. Now, consider now that the variations can come from any form of noise source. Another thing I've learned is that the longer you wait with a

Re: [time-nuts] Interesting paper: Don't GPSD' your Rb...

2012-05-07 Thread Azelio Boriani
Yes, interesting, now I realize... but: the larger the deviation becomes and lower frequency it will have... and both makes it harder to suppress by filtering. Filtering at what level? Lengthen the sampling time? The average build up? That is, now I'm not aware and think that I have to correct as

Re: [time-nuts] DPLL for 10MHz

2012-05-07 Thread Azelio Boriani
OK, so 1 PPS GPS to Rb - need a TIC; 10MHz Rb to OCXO - need a PLL. Are you interested in an all digital 10nS single shot TIC that gives you a 2's complement number (negative at the left of the GPS PPS and positive at the right)? Here it is. This is my TIC, I use it on all my GPSDOs. LIBRARY

Re: [time-nuts] DPLL for 10MHz

2012-05-07 Thread Bill Dailey
Regarding my abilities.. regarding electronics... poor soldering is about my limit... through hole only. That is why I was hoping there was some off the shelf method that I could wire up with 10 MHz in from the gspdo and from the oscillator then wire up the EFC volatge and set the required

Re: [time-nuts] Interesting paper: Don't GPSD' your Rb...

2012-05-07 Thread Magnus Danielson
On 05/07/2012 10:59 PM, Azelio Boriani wrote: Yes, interesting, now I realize... but: the larger the deviation becomes and lower frequency it will have... and both makes itharder to suppress by filtering. Filtering at what level? Lengthen the sampling time? The average build up? That is,

Re: [time-nuts] DPLL for 10MHz

2012-05-07 Thread Azelio Boriani
I'm running (although running isn't quite correct for VHDL) this on a 50Kgates Xilinx XC3S50 FPGA. Of course this can be compiled on whatever brand of logic you prefer, I've not used any proprietary/strange (other than local clocks, which are usually discouraged) property. Of course this is only a

[time-nuts] Faster than light of a different type

2012-05-07 Thread jim s
This is a note on a site about some experiments to transmit information faster than light. It fiddles with some definitions in the speed of light restrictions in quantum theory. the reason I am posting here is that it used Rubidium beams. The actual publications may be of interest to those

Re: [time-nuts] Interesting paper: Don't GPSD' your Rb...

2012-05-07 Thread Azelio Boriani
Well, so given the goal (stability at tau, for example) find the best measure and adjust rates (maybe they are not the same) given the oscillator-to-be-disciplined characteristics. On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 11:44 PM, Magnus Danielson mag...@rubidium.dyndns.org wrote: On 05/07/2012 10:59 PM,

[time-nuts] The Elusive 74AC175PC

2012-05-07 Thread Bob Martin
Summary: I found some, 50 or so, 20 cents each. Contact me off-list (at k6...@arrl.net) if you are interested. The longer version: My travels had me near a surplus place I hadn't visited in a while. Wandering the aisles, I thought to myself, Self, there's a part we need for the PICTIC II --

Re: [time-nuts] The Elusive 74AC175PC

2012-05-07 Thread Eric Garner
great find! the best I could find was $2 at qty 100 On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 3:49 PM, Bob Martin k6...@comcast.net wrote: Summary: I found some, 50 or so, 20 cents each.  Contact me off-list (at k6...@arrl.net) if you are interested. The longer version: My travels had me near a surplus

Re: [time-nuts] Oh dear

2012-05-07 Thread Michael Blazer
Wow! $1260 for a 4' power cord, but wait, there's more... It was named 'Power Cord of the Year'. Mike On 5/7/2012 9:39 AM, Burt I. Weiner wrote: A friend of mine signed me up for a catalog from the Audio Advisor. He said I deserved this - I was afraid to ask what he meant by that! Spend a

[time-nuts] Motorola UT+ Oncore GPS Timing Receiver 1pps R5122U1154

2012-05-07 Thread Ken Kubick
Hi, Guys I just purchased two Motorola UT+ Oncore GPS Timing Receiver 1pps R5122U1154 pcb's. Does anyone have any information such as a schematic or software on these. Thankyou Ken Kubick kenkub...@hotmail.com

Re: [time-nuts] Motorola UT+ Oncore GPS Timing Receiver 1pps R5122U1154

2012-05-07 Thread Azelio Boriani
As usual you can find the UT+ manual but don't expect to find any commercial GPS receiver schematic. Try here: www.tapr.org/gps_oncoreut.html On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 1:01 AM, Ken Kubick kenkub...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi, Guys I just purchased two Motorola UT+ Oncore GPS Timing Receiver 1pps

Re: [time-nuts] Oh dear - can we please close this thread

2012-05-07 Thread SAIDJACK
Guys, this thread and the un-countable emails it has generated so far is the exact type of discussion that TVB just sent out an email about that should not be on time nuts. bye, Said In a message dated 5/7/2012 16:00:54 Pacific Daylight Time, mbla...@satx.rr.com writes: Wow! $1260

Re: [time-nuts] Motorola UT+ Oncore GPS Timing Receiver 1pps R5122U1154

2012-05-07 Thread Chris Albertson
On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 4:01 PM, Ken Kubick kenkub...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi,  Guys I just purchased two Motorola UT+ Oncore GPS Timing Receiver 1pps R5122U1154 pcb's.  Does anyone have any information such as a schematic or software on these. Some good links here

Re: [time-nuts] Faster than light of a different type

2012-05-07 Thread Alan Melia
So it is not scientific information..just pseudo science.. like I travelled back in Time yesterday !! But then I woke up. Another cold fusion.. Alan G3NYK - Original Message - From: jim s j...@jwsss.com To: time-nuts@febo.com Sent: Monday, May 07, 2012 11:16 PM Subject:

Re: [time-nuts] Motorola UT+ Oncore GPS Timing Receiver 1pps R5122U1154

2012-05-07 Thread Art Sepin
Ken, You can find the UT+ Engineering Notes and the complete UT+/GT+ User's Guide here: http://www.synergy-gps.com/index.php?option=com_contenttask=viewid=35; Itemid=60 We should have the legacy UT+ and M12+ firmware history and Firmware Application Notes up at the same location in a couple of

Re: [time-nuts] Faster than light of a different type

2012-05-07 Thread Cliff Sojourner
not at all. read the summary, they are playing with group delay. oh and by the way, there is some effect working with cold fusion. we don't know what it is. that's why it's called basic research. if we knew what we were doing it wouldn't be called research one more thing, people need to

Re: [time-nuts] Motorola UT+ Oncore GPS Timing Receiver 1pps R5122U1154

2012-05-07 Thread Azelio Boriani
Or here: http://gpsd.berlios.de/vendor-docs/motorola/toc.pdf http://gpsd.berlios.de/vendor-docs/motorola/ch1.pdf http://gpsd.berlios.de/vendor-docs/motorola/ch2.pdf http://gpsd.berlios.de/vendor-docs/motorola/ch3.pdf http://gpsd.berlios.de/vendor-docs/motorola/ch4.pdf

Re: [time-nuts] Oh dear

2012-05-07 Thread David I. Emery
On Mon, May 07, 2012 at 08:28:41AM -0700, J. Forster wrote: A crummy crystal oscillator zero beated to WWV is good to 1 in 10E6, a Rb disciplined to GPS maybe 1 in 10E11. Do you seriously think you, or anybody, can hear a pitch difference of 0.001 Hz in the audio range? A quartz crystal

Re: [time-nuts] Oh dear

2012-05-07 Thread J. Forster
It's kinda a trick question. The important thing is 'before anyone could detect any differences in the sound?' I was involved in making a decision to go with brand A or B speakers in a roughly 1200 seat auditorium. There was a lot of political pressure to choose brand B. IMO, brand A sounded

Re: [time-nuts] Faster than light of a different type

2012-05-07 Thread Alan Melia
MMmmm I still thing that NIST should know better it obviously getting near appropriations time I think you call it !! It is not a connector that is loose this time! I may have access to Phys Rev Letters. Alan - Original Message - From: Cliff Sojourner c...@employees.org To:

Re: [time-nuts] Motorola UT+ Oncore GPS Timing Receiver 1pps R5122U1154

2012-05-07 Thread Magnus Danielson
On 05/08/2012 01:19 AM, Art Sepin wrote: Ken, You can find the UT+ Engineering Notes and the complete UT+/GT+ User's Guide here: http://www.synergy-gps.com/index.php?option=com_contenttask=viewid=35; Itemid=60 We should have the legacy UT+ and M12+ firmware history and Firmware Application

[time-nuts] measure zero beat

2012-05-07 Thread Lee Mushel
David, I haven't been following this thread so I suppose it has already been answered, but how are you measuring zero beat? Lee Mushel - Original Message - From: David I. Emery d...@dieconsulting.com To: j...@quikus.com; Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement

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