Re: [time-nuts] GPS timing antenna 5 meter BNC Plug with cable

2013-12-06 Thread Tom Knox
Amazing how reasonable some of these Chinese cables and other electronics are. The quality is also constantly improving. But I would see if they can use at least RG/142. It is more expensive but I would not recommend RG/58 for a GPS antenna. Or even for distributing 5 and 10 MHz outputs if

Re: [time-nuts] ***SPAM*** Serial cables with thin connectors

2013-12-06 Thread Bob Camp
HI I’ve ran into this on 1U multi port adapters. The only solution I found was to get one each from a number of suppliers. Once I found one that fit, I ordered more. Two months later when I bought another batch of the same part number they were a different size. Bob On Dec 5, 2013, at 6:10

[time-nuts] Fwd: [Moon-Net] [Moon] 10GHz EME beacon?

2013-12-06 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
I thought this might interest some - a beacon at 1296 MHz GPS locked in frequency and time of sending, and directed at the moon. Apparently it has been heard with a 1.5 m dish. Someone is planning doing similar at 10 GHz. Dave -- Forwarded message -- From: Eddy Jespers

Re: [time-nuts] GPS timing antenna 5 meter BNC Plug with cable

2013-12-06 Thread Anthony Stirk
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Re: [time-nuts] Efratom Rubidium SPTB-100/LN-001 info wanted

2013-12-06 Thread Jerome Peters
Thanks Rex, this is terrific information! It is awfully kind of you to take the time effort to write up and post the note. I'm all set now. The generosity of the Time-nuts community if very inspiring. Jerome AF6UX -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com

Re: [time-nuts] Serial cables with thin connectors

2013-12-06 Thread Paul
On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 6:10 PM, Hal Murray hmur...@megapathdsl.net wrote: The catch is they are only 0.625 inches apart. All of the molded connectors on the serial cables in my collection are slightly thicker than that. I've resolved this using (strain relieved) connectors without shells.

Re: [time-nuts] ***SPAM*** Serial cables with thin connectors

2013-12-06 Thread Brian Lloyd
On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 5:10 PM, Hal Murray hmur...@megapathdsl.net wrote: I'm trying to update PCs to save power. The Intel D2500CCE mini-ITX board is attractive because it has a second serial port on the back panel. It uses stacked DB-9 connectors. The catch is they are only 0.625

Re: [time-nuts] GPS timing antenna 5 meter BNC Plug with cable

2013-12-06 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On 6 December 2013 07:52, Tom Knox act...@hotmail.com wrote: Amazing how reasonable some of these Chinese cables and other electronics are. The quality is also constantly improving. Though a lot is still poor. I got some adapters recently, and they are basically only fit for the bin. At

Re: [time-nuts] GPS timing antenna 5 meter BNC Plug with cable

2013-12-06 Thread Brian Lloyd
On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 1:52 AM, Tom Knox act...@hotmail.com wrote: Amazing how reasonable some of these Chinese cables and other electronics are. The quality is also constantly improving. But I would see if they can use at least RG/142. It is more expensive but I would not recommend RG/58

Re: [time-nuts] ***SPAM*** Serial cables with thin connectors

2013-12-06 Thread Harlan Stenn
Can you find D2700s? It's been a while, but I thought the D2700s were better enough than the D2500s. Having said that, I also sometimes still use D525s, and pull the 2nd serial header out on a PCI slot header: http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/ATOM/ICH9/X7SPA-HF-D525.cfm but I

Re: [time-nuts] ***SPAM*** Serial cables with thin connectors

2013-12-06 Thread Chris Albertson
Ta On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 3:10 PM, Hal Murray hmur...@megapathdsl.net wrote: The catch is they are only 0.625 inches apart. All of the molded connectors on the serial cables in my collection are slightly thicker than that. I bought an Intel Atom board some time ago, try either of these

Re: [time-nuts] Using a UBlox NEO-6 GPS module for calibrating a PIC microprocessor based timer.

2013-12-06 Thread Luke Mester
I want to thank everyone for the info! I'm still reading and trying to learn from it. I think I have another hobby starting. Monitoring the GPS performance looked like a good start. I have the serial port connected to a PC and have been monitoring it with the U-Center software available on the

Re: [time-nuts] temperature

2013-12-06 Thread Tom Van Baak
Hi John, Sorry, I don't have a quick answer to your temperature question. There's time-nuts (http://leapsecond.com/time-nuts.htm), and volt-nuts (https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/volt-nuts), and I think there are Tek and HP test equipment groups, but it sounds like what you want

[time-nuts] OT : different Rx and Tx baud rate on same port

2013-12-06 Thread Björn
Hi, I am looking for current serial adapters that support split baud rates. That is different input and output baud rate. Grateful for suggestions! kind regards, Björn ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to

Re: [time-nuts] OT : different Rx and Tx baud rate on same port

2013-12-06 Thread Bob Camp
Hi What kind of interface? Bob On Dec 6, 2013, at 7:14 PM, Björn b...@lysator.liu.se wrote: Hi, I am looking for current serial adapters that support split baud rates. That is different input and output baud rate. Grateful for suggestions! kind regards, Björn

Re: [time-nuts] OT : different Rx and Tx baud rate on same port

2013-12-06 Thread James Tucker
Björn; What platforms (HW and OS) are we considering? If I were writing the software, I'd seriously consider using two ports. JimT Sent from *my* galaxy (Nexus). On Dec 6, 2013 9:33 PM, Björn b...@lysator.liu.se wrote: Hi, I am looking for current serial adapters that support split baud

Re: [time-nuts] OT : different Rx and Tx baud rate on same port

2013-12-06 Thread Tom Van Baak
Björn, If you can't find a black box that does this, just use two serial ports: Rx from one and the Tx from the other. On the software side it means opening two devices, but that shouldn't be hard to handle. Note bb-elec.com used to make a cute 4-port serial concentrator that would allow you

Re: [time-nuts] Using a UBlox NEO-6 GPS module for calibrating a PIC microprocessor based timer.

2013-12-06 Thread Tom Van Baak
Hi Luke, Monitoring the GPS performance looked like a good start. I have the serial For timing mechanical clocks, you'll find that microseconds, or 100 ns, or 50 meters is plenty accurate. So no worries there. Even with 100 ns GPS receiver accuracy, you can calibrate your crystal oscillators