[time-nuts] Thermistor on OCXO

2012-10-17 Thread Bill Dailey
C... was thinking of using thermal epoxy to hold it down and then putting some insulating material (suggestions) on top of it. -- Doc Bill Dailey KXØO ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin

Re: [time-nuts] Thermistor on OCXO

2012-10-17 Thread Bill Dailey
(and the other way around if the current decreases). On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 12:47 AM, Rick Karlquist rich...@karlquist.comwrote: Bill Dailey wrote: If I wanted to try to compensate for temperature variation of my OCXO... where would I attach a thermistor? What would be a good method

Re: [time-nuts] HP 115BR Clock Repaired and Ready to go

2012-10-16 Thread Bill Hawkins
Had some interesting times with the HP-113B clock, but had to mount it in an insulated cabinet with an insulated door because it made so much 1 KHz mechanical noise. No wonder the housing for the assembly is so heavy. Did they find a quieter motor for the 115B? Bill Hawkins -Original

Re: [time-nuts] Centering ocxo

2012-10-03 Thread Bill Dailey
is 10^12. -- These are my opinions. I hate spam. ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. -- Doc Bill Dailey KXØO

Re: [time-nuts] GPS Jammer

2012-10-03 Thread Bill Hawkins
of his spots. Now tells his customers that any GPS receivers found will be float tested by throwing them overboard. Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: Chris Albertson Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2012 9:27 AM On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 9:40 PM, Ron Ward n6idl...@comcast.net wrote: Hi

Re: [time-nuts] Centering ocxo

2012-10-03 Thread Bill Dailey
to 0ns. Higher values push faster. If your ocxo is still drifting (aging and or retrace) it will take about 48 hours for the aging measurement and correction to kick in, and bring the offset down to 0ns. Bye Said Sent From iPhone On Oct 3, 2012, at 3:46, Bill Dailey docdai...@gmail.com

[time-nuts] Z38XX parameters

2012-10-02 Thread Bill Dailey
Maybe a dumb question. Just got my new oscillator hooked up to my Fury board. Using the z38xx program of Ulrichs. Can someone help me wrap my head around the pps TI /s? It seems to be confusing me. May dovetail into the counter thread. Doc KX0O Sent from mobile

[time-nuts] Centering ocxo

2012-10-02 Thread Bill Dailey
I am ok for awhile but how do you center the efc of an ocxo? I understand there is something (screw) to adjust the ocxo so it is approximately on freq with 2.5v efc. Specific oscillator datum-c. I have he datasheet but doesn't say coarse frequency adjust this screw or some such. Doc KX0O

Re: [time-nuts] RFX GPSDO - Anybody played with one of these?

2012-10-01 Thread Bill Dailey
On Oct 1, 2012, at 4:45 AM, Javier Herrero jherr...@hvsistemas.es wrote: El 01/10/2012 11:22, Hal Murray escribió: t...@westwood-tech.com said: information appeared to be non-existent. IMHO for pretty much *everything* that is for sale, if you have to ask for the price it is a scam. Yes,

Re: [time-nuts] RFX GPSDO - Anybody played with one of these?

2012-10-01 Thread Bill Dailey
That isn't bad Sent from my iPhone and Hunter Lambert is my hero! On Oct 1, 2012, at 11:27 AM, Don Latham d...@montana.com wrote: Hello Hal and all: Here's the answer I got: Don, A single unit would set you back $465.00 and delivery would be in the region of 6 weeks. Best Regards

Re: [time-nuts] RFX GPSDO - Anybody played with one of these?

2012-10-01 Thread Bill Dailey
Well over 1000. Can still buy them Sent from my iPhone and Hunter Lambert is my hero! On Oct 1, 2012, at 11:53 AM, Chris Albertson albertson.ch...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 9:27 AM, Don Latham d...@montana.com wrote: A single unit would set you back $465.00 and delivery would

Re: [time-nuts] Tbolt Orignal Cost

2012-10-01 Thread Bill Dailey
/time-nutshttps://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. -- Doc Bill Dailey KXØO ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts

Re: [time-nuts] Symmetricom 58532A and 58536A group delay figures

2012-09-30 Thread Bill Dailey
I think the usually quote worse case. Sent from my iPhone and Hunter Lambert is my hero! On Sep 30, 2012, at 12:03 PM, Hal Murray hmur...@megapathdsl.net wrote: j...@febo.com said: My recollection was a bit off -- we saw about 22ns on the two-port 58535a and about 15ns on the 8-port

Re: [time-nuts] E1938A PN measurments

2012-09-30 Thread Bill Dailey
Bert, When you do tests like this, how long do you let the oscillators settle prior to testing? Doc Sent from my iPad On Sep 30, 2012, at 4:23 PM, ewkeh...@aol.com wrote: Rick I have some 10811's all below 1 E-12 in the 1 to 100 sec. range, a few as low as 4 E-13 at 10 seconds. How low

Re: [time-nuts] E1938A PN measurments

2012-09-30 Thread Bill Dailey
I have a corby ocxo (datum-c) that I am coupling with a fury oem board soon (need some connectors). I wish someone with good measurement equipment lived nearby. I would like to measure this vs my standard fury. I think the ocxo is mid 10-13 at 1s. Anybody near Kansas City? Doc Sent

Re: [time-nuts] BPSK Receiver GPS Antenna siting

2012-09-28 Thread Bill Dailey
I don't think it is legal to prohibit flag poles Sent from my iPhone and Hunter Lambert is my hero! On Sep 28, 2012, at 8:16 AM, Bob Camp li...@rtty.us wrote: Hi Flag poles are prohibited. Bob -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com

Re: [time-nuts] Up And Running

2012-09-28 Thread Bill Hawkins
the cap. Tested the cap in a microwave oven, stayed cool. Didn't use it, though, got a HP conical outdoor antenna instead. Why would you want to attenuate the precision of the time signal by 6 db? The caption says, Precision Attenuator. :-) Bill Hawkins

Re: [time-nuts] Up And Running

2012-09-28 Thread Bill Riches
Nice job George 73, Bill, WA2DVU Cape May, NJ ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.

Re: [time-nuts] Link to 50's 60's test equipment that I would like to get rid of

2012-09-28 Thread Bill Dailey
There is a comma in equipment messing that link up Sent from my iPad On Sep 28, 2012, at 7:54 PM, jim s j...@jwsss.com wrote: There is a space after 49em which messes up a copy if you don't watch out. I tried bitly and and tinyrul couldn't get it to work with the contracted link. They

[time-nuts] WOT: Identify this movie

2012-09-25 Thread Bill Hawkins
dormitories for the 50% of workers made redundant by automation around 2050. Would like to get it into the book if I had a reference. Note the use of a time in the future to stay near topic. Bill Hawkins ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com

Re: [time-nuts] REF osc distribution.

2012-09-06 Thread Bill Dailey
What is the port to port isolation and price Sent from my iPad On Sep 6, 2012, at 2:21 AM, Gaudin Luc lgau...@naelcom.com wrote: Hello, We have a product that have been specially design for these : NGA-DIS http://naelcom.fr/app/download/5788490907/Data+sheet+NGA-DIS+V1.0.pdf Regards,

Re: [time-nuts] 60 Hz line quirks, anybody recognize this stuff?

2012-09-01 Thread Bill Hawkins
going right to another audio channel? Or maybe a real filament transformer instead of a wart. Who knew you could find so much interesting stuff on the power line . . . Bill Hawkins P.S. I think the mild flattening of the sinusoid peaks is caused by saturation of the barely-enough-iron

Re: [time-nuts] 60 Hz line quirks, anybody recognize this stuff?

2012-09-01 Thread Bill Dailey
Firefox is notorious for screwing up audio in windows. I have had OS of problems with this. I actually think its something o o with networking. Sent from my iPad On Sep 1, 2012, at 5:16 PM, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R c...@omen.com wrote: On 09/01/2012 02:17 PM, Magnus Danielson wrote: On

Re: [time-nuts] Wireless Mesh Network Time Server

2012-08-27 Thread Bill Hawkins
be a challenge for a reconfigurable network. Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: Raj Sent: Monday, August 27, 2012 10:18 AM From Elektor, Sept. 2012 https://dl.dropbox.com/u/10377704/Mesh%20EE.jpg ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com

[time-nuts] PTS synthesizer options

2012-08-25 Thread Bill Fuqua
Does someone have a list of the options that are not listed in the PTS catalog? Bill wa4lav ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.

Re: [time-nuts] Is this a cesium frequency standard?

2012-08-23 Thread Bill Dailey
The PRS10 by SRS has serious shortcomings at short tau. I don't understand why but there is a huge hump in the adev. That's why I avoided one. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 23, 2012, at 10:42 AM, paul swed paulsw...@gmail.com wrote: OK have been staying clear of the replies. Thats a lot

Re: [time-nuts] Is this a cesium frequency standard?

2012-08-23 Thread Bill Dailey
data? If you made the measure, what reference clock did you use? I have (at work, in another department) a new PRS10, hope to get it back... On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 6:00 PM, Bill Dailey docdai...@gmail.com wrote: The PRS10 by SRS has serious shortcomings at short tau. I don't understand

Re: [time-nuts] Is this a cesium frequency standard?

2012-08-23 Thread Bill Dailey
Bill Dailey KXØO ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.

Re: [time-nuts] Is this a cesium frequency standard?

2012-08-23 Thread Bill Dailey
... On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 6:00 PM, Bill Dailey docdai...@gmail.com wrote: The PRS10 by SRS has serious shortcomings at short tau. I don't understand why but there is a huge hump in the adev. That's why I avoided one. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 23, 2012, at 10:42 AM, paul swed

Re: [time-nuts] Is this a cesium frequency standard?

2012-08-23 Thread Bill Dailey
Who said that? Sent from my iPad On Aug 23, 2012, at 2:56 PM, paul swed paulsw...@gmail.com wrote: I am reading thread and getting a good chuckle in a lot of respects. SRS good or bad humps and bumps. Then it hit me. I have a HP5065a and its great. But, someone here is willing to buy it for

Re: [time-nuts] : L1 GPS timing signal(s) into local time oncomputer(s)

2012-08-21 Thread Bill Hawkins
(please don't assert NTP Stratum 0 to the Internet with a rig put together from eBay parts), then the cable delay is a miniscule phase shift between you and reality. Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: Sarah White Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 11:53 AM Wow. Okay. The user manual actual

Re: [time-nuts] L1 GPS timing signal(s) into local time on computer(s)

2012-08-19 Thread Bill Dailey
I will jump in a bit. I, and many have been right where you are. You are correct...USB is a no go for accurate time. Same on windows. So you need a Linux box with serial port. Anything from a Beaglebone, pandabox...or pc will work. You certainly need a gps with a pulse per second output

Re: [time-nuts] L1 GPS timing signal(s) into local time on computer(s)

2012-08-19 Thread Bill Dailey
is this the current time (as was when the sentence was constructed) or the time at the next PPS 'tick'? Thanks in advance. KenD On 19/08/12 11:23, Bill Dailey wrote: I will jump in a bit. I, and many have been right where you are. You are correct...USB is a no go for accurate time. Same

Re: [time-nuts] Embedded NTP servers?

2012-08-19 Thread Bill Dailey
I have a soekris box but got hung up on the compact free bsd install. Wish I had more time to get a handle on that. I am certain the thing would be hard to beat power wise and it is all in one nice tidy box. Doc Sent from my iPhone On Aug 19, 2012, at 12:38 PM, Chris Albertson

Re: [time-nuts] new member with questions NTP, PRS, GPS, ocxo

2012-08-17 Thread Bill Dailey
On a budget get a thunderbolt... If you want plug and play get a Jackson labs Fury. I have my fury hooked up to small Ubuntu box and have a nice ntp server as well as a great reference. Also, read, read, and read some more. Doc KX0O Sent from my iPad On Aug 17, 2012, at 8:12 PM, Frank

Re: [time-nuts] 60Hz extra PPS: got one

2012-08-10 Thread Bill Hawkins
changed for more A/C load. I expect you'd rather do things in software, but the mechanical solution is to couple a synchronous motor to a flywheel marked with 60 Hz lines for photocell pickup. A precision 33 1/3 rpm turntable with strobe markings would work very well. Bill Hawkins -Original

Re: [time-nuts] Trimble Mini-t replacement available

2012-08-04 Thread Bill Dailey
Said, How much for the eval unit? Also, could I use this with my own ocxo? How much with your docxo ans what are the specs? Doc KX0O Sent from my iPad On Aug 4, 2012, at 11:52 PM, saidj...@aol.com wrote: Hello everyone, we have our Trimble Mini-T(tm) replacement unit up and running now,

Re: [time-nuts] Cables dor 10 mHz

2012-07-31 Thread Bill Fuqua
. But, long ago a pF was mmfd. OK that is milli-milli-femto-deci today oops, no units. And there was kilomegacycles for GHz. 73 Bill wa4lav ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman

[time-nuts] GPSDO diurnal variation

2012-07-31 Thread Bill Dailey
Does anyone have plots of true frequency variation of their 10 MHz standards over days? I am trying to see if what I am seeing is typical or if I need to get a better antenna/gpsdo tuning/temp control. Right now I am on vacation so am capturing data under much warmer than normal temps (ac

Re: [time-nuts] GPSDO diurnal variation

2012-07-31 Thread Bill Dailey
is the GPSDO and not the precision oscillator, or your comparator? /tvb - Original Message - From: Bill Dailey docdai...@gmail.com To: Time Nuts time-nuts@febo.com Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 5:27 PM Subject: [time-nuts] GPSDO diurnal variation Does anyone have plots of true

Re: [time-nuts] GPSDO diurnal variation

2012-07-31 Thread Bill Dailey
: Bill Dailey docdai...@gmail.com To: Time Nuts time-nuts@febo.com Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 5:27 PM Subject: [time-nuts] GPSDO diurnal variation Does anyone have plots of true frequency variation of their 10 MHz standards over days? I am trying to see if what I am seeing is typical

Re: [time-nuts] HP 3586B Selective Level Meter

2012-07-26 Thread Bill Riches
: Re: [time-nuts] HP 3586B Selective Level Meter I ordered a BCJ-VWP adapter from Markertek. A week and $18 later it shows up but does not fit my 3586B. It is too fat to go into the connector on the HP, and the center pin is way too fat.. On 07/19/2012 04:48 AM, Bill Riches wrote: Purchase

Re: [time-nuts] HP 3586 Questions

2012-07-24 Thread Bill Riches
I did install a bnc connector for input - pain - it took a few hours. Save yourself a lot of grief and purchase a Canare bcj-vwp bnc adapter from Markertech or others. Works fine. Bill Riches, WA2DVU Now that I have my new [30 year old] HP 3586 making measurements over the GPIB bus I have

Re: [time-nuts] Zero-Crossing Detector Design?

2012-07-22 Thread Bill Fuqua
of your zero-crossing detector. 73 Bill wa4lav ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.

Re: [time-nuts] HP 3586B Selective Level Meter

2012-07-19 Thread Bill Riches
Purchase the Canare BCJ-VWP adapter from Martertech or other suppliers. Bill Riches, WA2DVU Cape May, NJ -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 2:22 AM To: time-nuts

[time-nuts] Lock-in amplifier as wwvb receiver

2012-07-13 Thread Bill Fuqua
signal. 73 Bill wa4lav ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.

Re: [time-nuts] Allan Deviation question

2012-07-06 Thread Bill Dailey
Removed the oscillator and send it the required freq (24.576MHz) that is disciplined to 10MHz. Put an sma connector next to the card in the little cover on the pci slot. Currently using my ds345 but am getting a Valon Synthesizer board with a divider. Tried ve1alq but the dividers aren't

[time-nuts] disciplining sound card

2012-07-06 Thread Bill Dailey
and have phase stable audio in spectrum lab without any calibration which is what I was trying to achieve. Also, it seems to make the audio better when listening to music although I can't verify this claim and don't want to start another audiophile thread. -- Doc Bill Dailey KXØO

Re: [time-nuts] disciplining sound card

2012-07-06 Thread Bill Dailey
Yes, that i know. Just don't have the wherewithal to implement that myself. The integer greatest common divisor 10MHz/25.576MHz is 16KHz so a simple PLL should go through that frequency. Sent from my iPhone ___ time-nuts mailing

[time-nuts] disciplining sound card

2012-07-06 Thread Bill Dailey
blaster to program it. I presume the .jed is the code? I can solder for sure. Would I be able to look at the code so I can learn something? -- Doc Bill Dailey KXØO ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com

[time-nuts] disciplining sound card

2012-07-06 Thread Bill Dailey
Tristan.. I tried to contact you during my searches and I couldn't get through.. something to do with the captcha. Your project is the only one I saw that seemed applicable. I would like to know your progress. -- Doc Bill Dailey KXØO ___ time-nuts

Re: [time-nuts] HP 117/10509a

2012-07-05 Thread bill
the instructions there. Yes do upload it. I have some Fetrons and want to know what they replace. And in my other life, I ordered some custom Fetrons to replace some WE tubes that was used in WE K carrier. If you don't upload it, send a copy. Bill K7NOM

[time-nuts] Allan Deviation question

2012-07-04 Thread Bill Dailey
affect my Adev at short time intervals of say 1s to 30s or can these numbers be trusted? Thanks for your time. Please save esoteric and playful discussions, just interested in the ability to trust my measurements. Doc KX0O -- Doc Bill Dailey KXØO

Re: [time-nuts] Leap second? Yay or nay?

2012-07-02 Thread Bill Hawkins
may be viewed directly when local time does not matter. It works for trending analog process data in manufacturing plants that observe seasonal time (not all US states do). Bill Hawkins P.S. During the manufactured oil crisis of 1974, that started us on the path to multinational corps

Re: [time-nuts] Leap second? Yay or nay?

2012-07-01 Thread Bill Hawkins
on anyone? This means keeping the media out of it. Else, we are condemned to repeat history, in the Santayanan sense. Bill Hawkins - who would like to declare independence of time, but his body won't let him. ___ time-nuts mailing list

Re: [time-nuts] Leap second coming...

2012-06-29 Thread Bill Powell
Does the leapsecond get added just once (GMT time zone) or does it happen in a staggered fashion at the same hh:mm:ss within each timezone? Thanks, Bill On Jun 29, 2012, at 10:54 AM, Mike S mi...@flatsurface.com wrote: On 6/29/2012 2:46 AM, Hal Murray wrote: That's Friday, the 29th

Re: [time-nuts] Leap second coming...

2012-06-29 Thread Bill Powell
I'm guessing it's just added at one instant - to UTC. Regards, Bill On Jun 29, 2012, at 1:55 PM, Bill Powell bill...@bellsouth.net wrote: Does the leapsecond get added just once (GMT time zone) or does it happen in a staggered fashion at the same hh:mm:ss within each timezone? Thanks

[time-nuts] Injection locking interconnect

2012-06-28 Thread Bill Dailey
Guys, I am looking for info on injection locking. I have been searching around for info. I found an article that probably answers my question but I can't get to it. http://www.oldcitypublishing.com/FullText/JAPEDfulltext/JAPED2.1fulltext/11-24pp%20GC05-06%20%28Rajput%29.pdf Can anyone

[time-nuts] Widdershins

2012-06-26 Thread Bill Hawkins
. Bill Hawkins ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.

[time-nuts] LEA-6T kit

2012-06-14 Thread Bill Dailey
I thought this may be of some interest. http://shop.sysmocom.de/products/osmo-lea6t-gps Doc KX0O Sent from my iPad Sent from my iPad ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to

[time-nuts] Humor break

2012-06-11 Thread Bill Hawkins
is that you learn something new every day. Who would have dreamed that watches could be affected too. Bill Hawkins ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow

Re: [time-nuts] Austron 2201 Firmware past Y2K

2012-05-26 Thread bill
or a memory IC with the battery built in, That voltage should be 3 Volts. I had a SUN computer with that battery problem and the instructions was on the web, how cut into the IC and wire an external battery. I glued a coin cell to the top of the IC Bill K7NOM On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 9:23 PM, paul

Re: [time-nuts] Why are 1PPS signals so skinny?

2012-05-15 Thread Bill Hawkins
Jenny Craig? ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.

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

2012-05-08 Thread Bill Hawkins
and skim it to find the interesting bits, then read them and let the rest go to an Outlook archive. I have trouble throwing away things that might be useful some day. Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: Hal Murray Sent: Monday, May 07, 2012 10:45 PM To: Discussion of precise time

[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] DPLL for 10MHz

2012-05-07 Thread Bill Dailey
engineers. -- Doc Bill Dailey KXØO ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.

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

2012-05-06 Thread Bill Hawkins
, but that is not the case here. Still, I think there is value in using a long sampling time for the control action. Comments accepted with enthusiasm. Bill Hawkins ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi

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

2012-05-06 Thread Bill Hawkins
oscillators affect the settling time? It is not useful to make the next change before the last one is complete, at least for sampled systems. Using counters filters the change rather than taking a sample. Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: Magnus Danielson Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2012

Re: [time-nuts] Oh dear

2012-05-06 Thread Bill Hawkins
Swiss-made? FEI 5660? PRS10? US $5,995? Oh, dear indeed. Nice to know the fiscal predators have predators to bite 'em. Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: Jim Palfreyman Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2012 9:40 PM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: [time-nuts] Oh

[time-nuts] PICTIC II ready-made?

2012-04-25 Thread Bill Dailey
I have wondered the same thing. Doc KX0O ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.

[time-nuts] PICTIC II ready-made?

2012-04-25 Thread Bill Dailey
Rasberry pi appears to have fallen victim to poor pre market research. Essentially vapor for now. Don't know when you can get one. I have been looking to get one since march. RadioShack carries arduino. Doc KX0O ___ time-nuts mailing list --

Re: [time-nuts] parking lot location (was2 (Spoofing))

2012-04-20 Thread Bill Hawkins
heavy on my hands. Bill Hawkins ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.

Re: [time-nuts] To remove membership

2012-04-18 Thread Bill Hawkins
, that, amidst the noise about Chinese scopes. Might want to fix the certificate so unsubscribers can do so. OB timenuts: Time marches on. Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: Roy Phillips Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 12:39 PM To: time-nuts@febo.com Subject: [time-nuts] To remove membership

Re: [time-nuts] Antenna Restrictions...

2012-04-15 Thread Bill Hawkins
the wind dies down. Yes, the sewer gases can be sucked out of the sewer, and sniffed in the breeze on the ground or deck below and downwind of the vent. Burt is right. Time marches on. Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: Burt I. Weiner Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2012 8:45 PM To: time-nuts

[time-nuts] Opinion Of Attached - Possible HPSDR GPSDO 'Engine'

2012-04-14 Thread Bill Dailey
Why not do this... Should be cheaper and offer better performance.. Especially short tem. http://www.jrmiller.demon.co.uk/projects/ministd/manual.pdf Doc KX0O Sent from my iPad On Apr 14, 2012, at 8:11 PM, time-nuts-requ...@febo.com wrote: Opinion Of Attached - Possible HPSDR GPSDO

[time-nuts] Opinion Of Attached - Possible HPSDR GPSDO 'Engine'

2012-04-14 Thread Bill Dailey
Are the Jupiter GPS engines still available? Don't know but if I was doing it today I would use the ublox timing receiver or the Motorola timing equivalent and a good sc-cut docxo and build it. Of course I don't have the know-how but it would be an incredible open source build that I would

Re: [time-nuts] Improving performance of a GPS antenna...?

2012-04-04 Thread Bill Hawkins
for lead-ins are still a very good investment. Bill Hawkins PS- The worst explosion I remember there was the day a new technician took a few pounds of scrap powder to the burning grounds. It was supposed to be mixed with ten times as much sawdust to make it burn instead of detonate. He got

[time-nuts] Antenna for t-bolt

2012-04-02 Thread Bill Riches
GA-30 will work? 73, Bill, WA2DVU Cape May, NJ ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.

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

2012-04-01 Thread Bill Hawkins
, but I don't have time to play with operating systems that are constantly being improved. I tried Ubuntu and went back to Microsoft. Then again, I'm leery of things that show up on April First. Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: Ed Mersich Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2012 5:18 PM

[time-nuts] pc loran c program

2012-03-28 Thread Bill Riches
Are there any pc programs that can decode Loran C id's? 73, Bill, WA2DVU Cape May, NJH ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.

Re: [time-nuts] LORAN C on the air 1400 EST may have been on all day

2012-03-26 Thread Bill Riches
Cape may is up as of 1600 EDST 73, Bill, WA2DVU Cape May, NJ ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.

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

2012-03-26 Thread Bill Riches
http://www.u-blox.com/images/downloads/Product_Docs/LEA-6_DataSheet_%28GPS.G 6-HW-09004%29.pdf Regards, Bill Riches, WA2DVU Cape May, NJ - I have not been able to locate a spec sheet for there. Do you have a link? Or maybe you could say how these are improved over the M12M? -- Chris

Re: [time-nuts] LORAN C 89700 dropped carriers at 1615 EST after a solid 3 days

2012-03-23 Thread Bill Riches
Hi Paul and others, Please give your QTH when posting. Any ids would be appreciated. I have been talking with one of the ETs at the Wildwood NJ site. Film at 11. 73, Bill, WA2DVU Cape May, NJ -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com

[time-nuts] WWVB phase plots

2012-03-20 Thread Bill Fuqua
and they have lots of local interference from compact florescent bulbs and switching power supplies in computers and TV sets. 73 Bill wa4lav ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman

[time-nuts] Cape May 100 Khz

2012-03-20 Thread Bill Riches
Cape May is up at 2000Z 73, Bill WA2DVU ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.

Re: [time-nuts] LORAN-C Reception on Cape Cod

2012-03-20 Thread Bill Riches
Seems that Cape May NJ is on also - is that part of the chain? 73, Bill WA2DVU -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Stan, W1LE Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 10:45 AM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement

Re: [time-nuts] (no subject)

2012-03-19 Thread Bill Riches
100 Khz is s/9 in Cape May, NJ. 73, Bill, WA2DVU Cape May,NJ ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.

Re: [time-nuts] (no subject)

2012-03-19 Thread Bill Riches
OOOPS - had wrong antenna connected - sig is 20/9 and is coming from the only station that has been doing tests. It is located at the southern end of Wildwood New Jersey, the old USCG engineering station. About 5 miles as the crow flies from my qth. 73, Bill -Original Message- From

[time-nuts] WWVB BPSK Receiver Project?

2012-03-15 Thread Fuqua, Bill L
are effectively multiplying or mixing the incomming signal with square waves which have odd harmonics and you still get aliasing. 73 Bill wa4lav PS Just retired Friday. Maybe I will have some time to catch up with these discussions. Many A/D converter systems use a sample and hold before the A/D

[time-nuts] WWVB BPSK Receiver Project?

2012-03-14 Thread Fuqua, Bill L
I know I am not one of the good-ole-boys here but I'd say go 100% SDR with your PC without an external A/D converter. Ok, how would you do this? You use under sampling. Many A/D converter systems use a sample and hold before the A/D converter. If you do the same before your sound card (your

Re: [time-nuts] New to the list

2012-03-13 Thread Bill Hawkins
and collected stuff that might be interesting, what have you collected? Who will throw it in the dumpster when you die? If you are completely new to this, where would you like to start? Something cheap from an auction site or a new hydrogen maser? Don't mind me, I've been around too long. Bill Hawkins

Re: [time-nuts] LORAN C in New Jersey??

2012-03-11 Thread Bill Riches
the site and last week it was putting in a 20 - 30/9 sig at my qth. 73, Bill Riches, WA2DVU Cape May, NJ ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow

Re: [time-nuts] military frequency standard pin out??

2012-03-07 Thread Bill Riches
I used to rebuild these units many years ago and they were quite a good oscillator - these units would be good for a few parts in 10-9 and 10-8. 73, Bill, WA2DVU Paul A. Cianciolo paulc at snet.net The cover has the layout of the parts. The connector has 6 coax outputs into a D type

Re: [time-nuts] military frequency standard pin out??

2012-03-07 Thread Bill Riches
They were dogs though - I worked on mine for repairing 1051 rx - seemed failure rate was more than 50 % - took 2 or three to make a good unit! But when you made one work they were quite accurate considering their age. 73, Bill, WA2DVU Hi Bob, Yes.. that is what I am trying to find out

Re: [time-nuts] Questions about Austron 5000 Loran C receiver

2012-03-03 Thread Bill Hawkins
, an antenna connection, and several 50 pin connectors. A creative bit banger could make a marvelous display from this unit. Truly creative bit bangers are hard to find these days. Have I challenged anybody here? Andy is one of the good guys. Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: time-nuts

Re: [time-nuts] OP-Amps for 10MHz distribution...?

2012-02-29 Thread Bill Fuqua
at 10 Hz, 4.3 nV/rtHz at 1 Hz). These are wonderful parts, but the large signal frequency response with a 100 ohm load is less than desired for a 10 MHz distribution amplifier. 73 Bill wa4lav ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com

[time-nuts] OP-Amps for 10MHz distribution...?

2012-02-28 Thread Bill Fuqua
to saturation? I am new to this group but have had lots of RF experience and weak signal detection experience. 73 Bill wa4lav Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 07:34:09 -0500 From: Bob Camp li...@rtty.us Hi Very cool. How much power can you run through the device? Put another way, if you drive it with +13 dbm

Re: [time-nuts] time-nuts Digest, Vol 91, Issue 168

2012-02-28 Thread Bill Fuqua
of all such as the IF3601. Go to www.interfet.com 73 Bill wa4lav At 05:11 PM 2/28/2012 -0500, time-nuts-requ...@febo.com wrote: Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 11:51:54 -0800 From: gary li...@lazygranch.com To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement time-nuts@febo.com Subject: Re

Re: [time-nuts] MINOS Status on Measuring Neutrino Velocity

2012-02-22 Thread Bill Hawkins
Hi, Marvin Congratulations on receiving the funding to keep the experiment alive and to get the right equipment. I've thought of our conversation in early November many times. Is it coincidence that your posting arrives on the same day that a 60 nS error was found in the OPERA experiment? Bill

Re: [time-nuts] Neutrinos faster than light update

2012-02-22 Thread Bill Hawkins
Ah, Didier, that link is to a thread started in September, 2011. Do I have to sort through the 1000+ comments to find something recent? Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: Didier Juges Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 5:20 PM http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/09/22/1841217

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