Re: [time-nuts] NAA experiments as a reference

2014-09-13 Thread Jim Lux
On 9/13/14, 7:33 AM, paul swed wrote: Charles I literally just sat down to do some math. What you say is the same thoughts I have. The information I have on NAA says that for 200bit msk its a total of a 100 hz shift +/-50 Hz. That makes no sense I would think it would be at least +/- 100 Hz.

Re: [time-nuts] NAA experiments as a reference

2014-09-13 Thread Jim Lux
On 9/13/14, 7:13 PM, paul swed wrote: If NAA is transmitting 200 baud then I would expect the MSK carrier to be +/- 100 Hz. Not +/-50 Hz. I'd expect the total shift to be half the baud rate: 100 Hz.. ___ time-nuts mailing list --

[time-nuts] Galileo launch puts two satellites into wrong orbit.

2014-08-23 Thread jim s
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/08/arianespace-soyuz-st-b-galileo-mission/ big oops at the minimum. Jim ___ 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] FYI: NPLTime® - a new service providing a precise time signal directly traceable to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and independent of GPS.

2014-08-14 Thread Jim Lux
On 8/14/14, 11:12 AM, mike cook wrote: WOW! Guaranteeing compliance with FINRA OATS 7430 ! Here it is.. All computer system clocks and mechanical time stamping devices must be synchronized to within three seconds of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) atomic

Re: [time-nuts] WWVB for Time Nuts

2014-08-10 Thread Jim Lux
On 8/10/14, 5:41 AM, Bob Camp wrote: Hi Keep in mind that it’s relatively cheap (big company wise) to get a patent. It’s only got major value once the courts uphold it as valid. That process costs real money. I’ve seen a variety of estimates on how many patents get issued that would never

Re: [time-nuts] WWVB for Time Nuts

2014-08-10 Thread Jim Lux
On 8/10/14, 8:30 AM, Bob Camp wrote: Hi …. which also eliminates a full examination and challenge. Bottom line as I still see it - For Time Nuts one off / home use / zero profit/ personal experimentation, I would not worry about the patents that are or are not present on the

Re: [time-nuts] VLF Phase-tracking receivers.

2014-08-10 Thread Jim Lux
On 8/10/14, 9:26 AM, Kenneth G. Gordon wrote: On 10 Aug 2014 at 6:24, paul swed wrote: Hello again, Paul. Thanks for replying. Please see below. On iPhone Yes but those stations are fsk so the offsets an issue. As I understand it from back in the 1970s when I was first working on this sort

Re: [time-nuts] VLF Phase-tracking receivers.

2014-08-10 Thread Jim Lux
On 8/10/14, 11:54 AM, Mike Feher wrote: Unless on what you were working on it had a different meaning, MSK means Minimal Shift Keying. It is still a PSK modulation of any order, however the transition between significant phase locations is not instantaneous, but, shaped in various ways to smooth

[time-nuts] GPS multipath

2014-08-09 Thread Jim Lux
Clarifying my previous question.. There's no doubt that multipath exists, and how to test is fairly straightforward, whether with multiple antennas, cables, or waving cookie sheets around.. What I was really asking is if anyone had observed this in the output of their GPS receiver. That

Re: [time-nuts] GPS multipath

2014-08-09 Thread Jim Lux
On 8/9/14, 9:33 AM, Magnus Danielson wrote: Jim, On 08/09/2014 05:31 PM, Jim Lux wrote: Clarifying my previous question.. There's no doubt that multipath exists, and how to test is fairly straightforward, whether with multiple antennas, cables, or waving cookie sheets around.. Ultimately

Re: [time-nuts] WWVB for Time Nuts

2014-08-09 Thread Jim Lux
On 8/9/14, 10:49 AM, Brooke Clarke wrote: Hi: I've been reading papers by Yingsi Liang who works for Xtendwave and she seems to be the key person developing the new clocks. I've starting collecting info on my web page: http://www.prc68.com/I/Loop.shtml#PhaseMod I don't understand how Xtendwave

Re: [time-nuts] WWVB for Time Nuts

2014-08-09 Thread Jim Lux
. I think I would want to have some information on license costs before I made that phone call though. precisely so Jim ___ 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] WWVB for Time Nuts

2014-08-09 Thread Jim Lux
On 8/9/14, 3:49 PM, Bob Camp wrote: Hi That’s not the way it was presented to me. My understanding is that the case law on proving “individual study” versus “individual use” is a bit murky. I’m certainly no lawyer (thank goodness ..). murky is a good way to describe it...

Re: [time-nuts] WWVB for Time Nuts

2014-08-09 Thread Jim Lux
On 8/9/14, 12:27 PM, John Seamons wrote: On Aug 10, 2014, at 5:49 AM, Brooke Clarke bro...@pacific.net wrote: I don't understand how Xtendwave can get patents when their work was partially funded by NIST? We had this discussion a few years back:

Re: [time-nuts] WWVB for Time Nuts

2014-08-09 Thread Jim Lux
On 8/9/14, 9:36 PM, Lee Mushel wrote: Jeeze, Brooke, I wish you hadn't brought up the possible patenting of Time Delay Beam steering antennas! I wonder if my highly esteemed SDR radio which I think uses some such technology, is illegal? long since expired.. (but, I gotta say that a lot of

[time-nuts] multipath on GPS

2014-08-08 Thread Jim Lux
Does anyone have a feel for what the minimum size reflector at some small distance would be detectable on a GPS timing receiver? WOuld you be able to see a change of a 1 meter square reflector 10 meters away? ___ time-nuts mailing list --

Re: [time-nuts] Effects of noise on EFC line?

2014-08-05 Thread Jim Harman
/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. -- --Jim Harman ___ 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] Time in Phone System

2014-07-22 Thread jim s
of mangling the pronunciations. Jim ___ 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] temperature sensor

2014-07-21 Thread jim s
freezing apparatus being active. It should come to the freezing point till all of the ice melts. Jim ___ 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] FASTTRAX GPS Antenna power

2014-07-11 Thread jim s
, or do I need to run the power to the antenna thru pin 1? And can I hook up the same +3.3 to all three supply pins? Or should I hook up a separate antenna supply, and assume the ground for that supply is the pin 8? Jim From: jim s jwsm...@jwsss.com To: time

[time-nuts] FASTTRAX GPS Antenna power

2014-07-10 Thread jim s
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Re: [time-nuts] Pti OCXO...

2014-07-08 Thread Jim Sanford
What channel was the transmitter on? I already have 2m and 220 capable, looking for 6m or UHF. Thanks 73, Jim wb4...@amsat.org On 7/8/2014 1:26 PM, Dan Kemppainen wrote: Hi All, Was looking through my basement the other evening, and ran across an OCXO I have laying on the bench. I

Re: [time-nuts] Can anybody use a Fluke 207-1 VLF Rcvr/Comp or Trak Time Code units? Plus, Free Stuff Aug. 1/2

2014-07-05 Thread Jim Payne
Hi, I'm looking for a Datum 9300 time code generator and / or manual... Thanks, Jim On Sat, Jul 5, 2014 at 2:44 PM, walter shawlee 2 walt...@sphere.bc.ca wrote: I am trying to make some space in a very over-crowded storage area here. I have a very nice Fluke VLF receiver comparator, s/n 130 c

Re: [time-nuts] FASTRAX GPS

2014-07-03 Thread jim s
to again display time, but am only now getting to where I may attempt to use his design and convert mine. Thanks to Tom for letting me in, and I've learned a huge amount from everyone here. thanks JIm On 7/2/2014 9:42 PM, Bob Stewart wrote: Jim, I'm a rather junior member of the list, but I

Re: [time-nuts] RE : Re: FASTRAX GPS

2014-07-02 Thread jim s
On 7/2/2014 1:29 PM, Jean-Louis Oneto wrote: Hello, AFAIK, the differential variant of RS-232 is RS-485. I'm not sure about the levels. Best regards, Jean-Louis Oneto You have to control the direction of RS485. You don't have to with RS232. One of the problems with support of RS485 in

Re: [time-nuts] FASTRAX GPS

2014-07-02 Thread jim s
, or will the Primary power propagate and power the antenna? The Antenna power is pin 1. thanks Jim On 6/20/2014 8:31 AM, Tom Van Baak wrote: Hi Ernie, Jason, (also Hal, Chris), I'm able to get NMEA and 1PPS out of the Fastrax/iTrax130 board now. Before I sink any more time into this project, have any of you

Re: [time-nuts] FASTRAX GPS

2014-07-01 Thread jim s
Jim On 6/20/2014 8:31 AM, Tom Van Baak wrote: Hi Ernie, Jason, (also Hal, Chris), I'm able to get NMEA and 1PPS out of the Fastrax/iTrax130 board now. Before I sink any more time into this project, have any of you made 1PPS measurements? Compared to ublox, using the same antenna, these units

Re: [time-nuts] FASTRAX GPS

2014-07-01 Thread jim s
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Re: [time-nuts] FASTRAX GPS

2014-07-01 Thread jim s
attached? Thanks to you both for answering. jim On 7/1/2014 9:30 PM, Bob Stewart wrote: Jim, Are you trying to find out how to hook up a receiver in your office/radio room to an antenna that is some ways away? Or are you specifically trying to remotely hook up a receiver near your antenna

Re: [time-nuts] Boeing 787 GPS reception trouble

2014-06-03 Thread Jim Lux
On 6/3/14, 5:51 AM, Chuck Harris wrote: nuts wrote: Regarding radiation, I've used my Geiger counter at mile high altitudes in Nevada and never got a count per second, even with the gamma shield not used. You can look at the DOE CEMP stations: 1 Mile high is still on the ground compared

Re: [time-nuts] Boeing 787 GPS reception trouble

2014-06-02 Thread Jim Lux
On 6/2/14, 1:55 AM, Tom Van Baak wrote: Has anyone else noticed this? Or know about this? Please respond only if you have real information. I can speculate as well as anyone; so it's solid technical, RF, EMF, or composite carbon fiber engineering info I'm looking for. I haven't noticed it

Re: [time-nuts] Boeing 787 GPS reception trouble

2014-06-02 Thread Jim Lux
On 6/2/14, 2:27 AM, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: It would be trivial to add a passive GPS repeater to the plane, but the airtraffic industry has never been happy about people being able to receive navigation signals inside planes, worrying that somebody might try to blow up the plane at some

Re: [time-nuts] Note on early VNA's

2014-06-02 Thread Jim Sanford
Jeff: Was really great to see you yesterday at BreezeShooters! Hope to see you again soon, maybe better yet, chat on the air! 73, Jim wb4...@amsat.org On 6/2/2014 6:11 PM, k...@aol.com wrote: To the learned audience: I agree that the 8410 is an excellent place to start to learn about VNA

Re: [time-nuts] Boeing 787 GPS reception trouble

2014-06-02 Thread Jim Lux
On 6/2/14, 7:16 AM, Brian Lloyd wrote: On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 8:57 AM, Jim Lux jim...@earthlink.net wrote: O, and since navigation using the ADF and tuning to a AM broadcast station wasn't unusual. Well, it is quite unusual for IFR (instrument flight rules) operation. But VFR pilots would

Re: [time-nuts] New NIST Time Code to Boost Reception for Radio-Controlled Clocks

2014-05-31 Thread Jim Lux
On 5/31/14, 5:48 PM, Bob Camp wrote: Hi A thousand chips at $1 a chip is a very different thing than a thousand chips at $100 a chip. The next issue might be that they only have them in die form. The issue after that probably is that you really want the version 3 (or 9) chips that actually

Re: [time-nuts] New tide gauge uses GPS signals to measure sea level change

2014-05-30 Thread Jim Lux
On 5/30/14, 2:41 AM, Dr. David Kirkby wrote: On 28 May 2014 14:06, Tom Holmes thol...@woh.rr.com wrote: Which begs the question: just where the heck, exactly, is the center of the Earth given that it is in the 'middle' of a molten and dynamic core. I always thought that the centre was

Re: [time-nuts] New tide gauge uses GPS signals to measure sea level change

2014-05-30 Thread Jim Lux
On 5/30/14, 3:00 PM, Hal Murray wrote: [Structure of Earth's core] jim...@earthlink.net said: Molten, but it's a composite material under a lot of pressure, so the transition between liquid and solid isn't like between ice and water. Think cold peanut butter. Seismic evidence is how

Re: [time-nuts] New tide gauge uses GPS signals to measure sea level change

2014-05-28 Thread Jim Lux
On 5/28/14, 6:04 AM, Tom Holmes wrote: Which begs the question: just where the heck, exactly, is the center of the Earth given that it is in the 'middle' of a molten and dynamic core. Are the satellite orbits so stable and/or measurable around the center of gravitational pull that the location

Re: [time-nuts] New tide gauge uses GPS signals to measure sea level change

2014-05-28 Thread Jim Lux
On 5/27/14, 9:21 PM, Chris Albertson wrote: On 5/27/14, 10:24 AM, Brooke Clarke wrote: BACK ON TOPIC... What does it take to measure ones distance from the center of the Earth accurately enough to detect geological movement in a reasonable amount of time? Measuring distance really is,

Re: [time-nuts] New tide gauge uses GPS signals to measure sea level change

2014-05-28 Thread Jim Lux
On 5/28/14, 2:11 PM, Tom Holmes wrote: Thanks Jim. So if, just for fun since this is time-nuts after all, I wanted to make a similar measurement in my back yard here in the relatively stable Ohio, would I be able rig something up to monitor the position changes? Obviously a lot of averaging

Re: [time-nuts] New tide gauge uses GPS signals to measure sea level change

2014-05-27 Thread Jim Lux
On 5/27/14, 10:24 AM, Brooke Clarke wrote: Hi: Classical tide gauges measure the height of the water relative to the gauge. But since the gauge is attached to a tectonic plate it's elevation is changing. This is one of the problems I have with the claim that sea level is rising at 2mm per

[time-nuts] time messages

2014-05-26 Thread Jim Lux
I'm in the middle of implementing a lightweight time distribution system using SpaceWire (a fast point to point serial link with simple routers to build networks). SpaceWire provides a special token called a timecode which propagates from a tick source to various nodes, but that just provides

Re: [time-nuts] time messages

2014-05-26 Thread Jim Lux
On 5/26/14, 11:13 AM, Magnus Danielson wrote: Hi Jim, On 05/26/2014 07:43 PM, Jim Lux wrote: I'm in the middle of implementing a lightweight time distribution system using SpaceWire (a fast point to point serial link with simple routers to build networks). SpaceWire provides a special token

Re: [time-nuts] Low cost GPS module for 100ns timestamping error

2014-05-04 Thread Jim Lux
On 5/2/14, 7:07 PM, Tony wrote: On 03/05/2014 02:07, Edesio Costa e Silva wrote: Welcome! Take a look at NavSpark from SkyTraq (http://www.skytraq.com.tw/). They had an Indiegogo (https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/navspark-arduino-compatible-with-gps-gnss-receiver) campaign recently and

Re: [time-nuts] Low cost GPS module for 100ns timestamping error

2014-05-04 Thread Jim Lux
On 5/4/14, 8:40 AM, Chris Albertson wrote: Looks like this is all you'd need for most timing projects. Just add your favorite OCXO and some wire. The SPARC (not Spark) is actually a step up from ARM. It was developed by Sun Microsystems (now Oracle) it is optimized for things like fast

Re: [time-nuts] Low cost GPS module for 100ns timestamping error

2014-05-04 Thread Jim Lux
On 5/4/14, 10:07 AM, Bob Camp wrote: Hi Well some of us still have RSX-11M (and RSTS/E) code floating around ….. B As do I, but the stuff I'd actually reuse is pretty OS independent (signal processing code in FORTRAN, and in reality, I'd most likely rewrite it anyway.) I suspect you'll

Re: [time-nuts] Low cost GPS module for 100ns timestamping error

2014-05-04 Thread Jim Lux
On 5/4/14, 11:38 AM, Chris Albertson wrote: These guys claim IEEE-754 FPU. But this is not the board to use for a Posix-like OS. For that you'd want disk controller, networking and so on. Ah, so they did include the FPU: that's handy. Actually, an in-ram file system, along with a decent

Re: [time-nuts] Low cost GPS module for 100ns timestamping error

2014-05-04 Thread Jim Lux
On 5/4/14, 11:44 AM, Bob Camp wrote: Hi Well I do have those Sparc machines sitting over in the shed ….. I suspect hauling over the CRT monitor to go with it would be a bit of a pain. I doubt I would win the “low power GPSDO of the year” award with it. Like it or not, once you get to 64

Re: [time-nuts] New timing receivers?

2014-04-28 Thread Jim Harman
. I am using the Adafruit antenna outdoors, with a view of about half the sky, looking east. -- --Jim Harman ___ 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] New timing receivers?

2014-04-27 Thread Jim Miller
? Or is an external delay line or TIC plus software the only way? Thanks jim ab3cv On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 7:59 PM, Jim Miller j...@jtmiller.com wrote: I'm reading though the manual for my recently acquired M12+T which I'm looking forward to using. I notice that the manual is dated 09FEB05. So

[time-nuts] New timing receivers?

2014-04-26 Thread Jim Miller
distracted all investment from timing receivers except at the high end? Thanks Jim AB3CV ___ 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] Symmetricom chip scale atomic clock

2014-04-25 Thread Jim Lux
. The anomaly in the microwave component business is the hobby guy or gal who buys 2-3 pieces for a project, puts it on the shelf until they get around to doing the project 6-12 months later, and never buys again. Jim ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time

Re: [time-nuts] Symmetricom chip scale atomic clock

2014-04-25 Thread Jim Lux
On 4/24/14, 11:43 PM, Magnus Danielson wrote: Jim, On 04/25/2014 05:32 AM, Jim Lux wrote: On 4/24/14, 6:26 PM, Said Jackson wrote: Hi Magnus, Bob, Thanks much for your kind words. The failure rate is thankfully so low that we are not greatly alarmed, and Microsemi has been a champ

Re: [time-nuts] Symmetricom chip scale atomic clock

2014-04-24 Thread Jim Palfreyman
Out of curiosity, what's the current price for one of these for a time-nut to play with? Regards, Jim Palfreyman On 25 April 2014 11:26, Said Jackson saidj...@aol.com wrote: Hi Magnus, Bob, Thanks much for your kind words. The failure rate is thankfully so low that we are not greatly

Re: [time-nuts] Symmetricom chip scale atomic clock

2014-04-24 Thread Jim Lux
prompts a is it the failure... Good luck.. JIm ___ 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] GPS antenna in silicon/RTV encapsulation

2014-04-18 Thread Jim Lux
On 4/17/14, 11:09 AM, Lester Veenstra wrote: The classic DIY test of material for RF use is give it 60 seconds in a microwave oven. If it gets warm, it’s not a good candidate. that's fine if you're looking for a gross measure of suitability. If you're concerned about things like dielectric

Re: [time-nuts] quartz clock/watch question

2014-04-18 Thread Jim Palfreyman
I've opened up my Casio G-Shock watch, found an electrical point, put an oscilloscope on it and successfully adjusted it. From memory the frequency was something weird, but I still tuned it successfully to within about a second a month. I even think I posted to time-nuts on this... Jim Palfreyman

Re: [time-nuts] GPS antenna in silicon/RTV encapsulation

2014-04-16 Thread Jim Lux
On 4/15/14, 8:16 PM, nuts wrote: I don't use the surf board resin. I use http://www.tapplastics.com/product/fiberglass/polyester_resins/tap_marine_vinyl_ester_resin/34 I don't have specifics on what Tap sells, but vinyl ester resins have a dielectic coeficient around 4 and dissipation of at

Re: [time-nuts] GPS antenna in silicon/RTV encapsulation

2014-04-15 Thread Jim Lux
On 4/15/14, 1:53 AM, nuts wrote: I'd be inclined to look at radome construction. http://www.mpdigest.com/issue/articles/2008/may/mfg/default.asp The E-3 AWACS is mostly S-2 glass, but they need the strength. For a radome sitting outside, you might be able to do better. Radome design is

Re: [time-nuts] GPS antenna in silicon/RTV encapsulation

2014-04-15 Thread Jim Lux
On 4/15/14, 8:13 AM, ewkeh...@aol.com wrote: Working off list on a super high performance GPSDO but low cost thanks to a time nut (sorry forgot his name) he directed me to DX.com which have ublox with antenna for lwss than $ 23. Super performance and though they are out of the one with 1 pps

Re: [time-nuts] GPS antenna in silicon/RTV encapsulation

2014-04-15 Thread Jim Lux
On 4/15/14, 11:02 AM, ewkeh...@aol.com wrote: The Gerber Baby Food Jar at Wall Mart $ 0.49 Is there a particular kind of food that works best? Perhaps strained prunes has the best regularity? ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To

Re: [time-nuts] GPS antenna in silicon/RTV encapsulation

2014-04-14 Thread Jim Lux
On 4/14/14, 12:11 PM, ewkeh...@aol.com wrote: Am experimenting with small low cost GPS antennas and am considering as an alternative RTV/silicon. Any information on RF attenuation of RTV/silicon at 1.6 GHz ? Are you potting the antenna in a solid mass of silicone? Or using it to seal an

Re: [time-nuts] ARM boards for low-cost GPSDOs

2014-04-12 Thread Jim Lux
On 4/12/14, 12:50 PM, Bob Camp wrote: Hi I’ve been working with some friends on an ARM based Arduino project. The support for ARM in the Arduino tool chain is still not really up to speed. It’s actually been faster / easier to take the stuff we need over to another board and tool chain than

Re: [time-nuts] Frequency of LC Tank.

2014-04-11 Thread Jim Harman
are driving it with the same frequency ad the same phase it naturally oscillates at -- --Jim Harman ___ 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] Yet another Arduino-based GPSDO

2014-04-10 Thread Jim Harman
of it.The steps are less than I can measure What TIC capacitor did you use. If it is that temperer sensitive you might want to replace it. -- --Jim Harman ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin

Re: [time-nuts] Adafruit (MT3339) problems today

2014-04-10 Thread Jim Harman
works in North America. I don't know details elsewhere, but the PMTK313 message says it turns searching for SBAS satellites on and off. -- --Jim Harman ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin

Re: [time-nuts] ARM boards for low-cost GPSDOs

2014-04-10 Thread Jim Lux
On 4/10/14 2:38 PM, Hal Murray wrote: Does anybody have a favorite low-cost ARM board? I'm looking for a simple Arduino like setup rather than something that runs Linux. The idea is to get 32 bit counters so a bunch of the recent discussion can be ingnored. teensy3.1.. ARM Cortex M0 in the

Re: [time-nuts] M12+T module questions

2014-04-05 Thread Jim Miller
Jim/Chris Thanks for the connector/cable info. Regarding the battery: I used a 2032 coin cell battery and holder I un-soldered from an dead PC motherboard. Even a coin cell will last its shelf life at least. According to the manual the module is designed for a rechargeable type while

Re: [time-nuts] Racal-Dana tactile switches

2014-04-05 Thread Jim
. If this works, it is a cosmetically and functionally perfect solution. I'll report back after I've tried it. The switches I picked are 6x6x10.5mm Tactile Pushbutton Switches, ebay item 161008571229, Jim ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts

Re: [time-nuts] Water on Enceladus - What does this imply about NASA'a ability to measure frequency?

2014-04-04 Thread Jim Lux
On 4/3/14 8:17 PM, Chris Albertson wrote: I just read about a discovery of a liquid water ocean on Saturn's moon Enceladus. The method used was to measure the velocity of a spacecraft as it makes a close fly-by. Gravitational anomalies will cause the spacecraft to speed up or slow down as it

Re: [time-nuts] Water on Enceladus - What does this imply about NASA'a ability to measure frequency?

2014-04-04 Thread Jim Lux
On 4/3/14 11:17 PM, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX wrote: One needs to know the carrier frequency. Must be a high quality reference for the Cassini transmitter. Two way measurements are most likely here (although Cassini does carry a USO). So the downlink is locked to the uplink which comes from a

Re: [time-nuts] Water on Enceladus - What does this imply about NASA'a ability to measure frequency?

2014-04-04 Thread Jim Lux
On 4/4/14 4:30 AM, Bob Camp wrote: Hi Back when they were designing this stuff, they were very interested in getting into the parts in 10 to the 15th. They didn’t get there, but that was the desire. Roughly that... http://lasp.colorado.edu/~horanyi/graduate_seminar/RSS.pdf is a good

Re: [time-nuts] Water on Enceladus - What does this imply about NASA'a ability to measure frequency?

2014-04-04 Thread Jim Lux
On 4/4/14 7:39 AM, Bill Hawkins wrote: Jim, Thanks for sharing the details and preventing this subject from turning into shared ignorance. It was working on this kind of thing that led me to time-nuts in the first place.. Deep Space nav is probably one of the most precise measurements made

Re: [time-nuts] Water on Enceladus - What does this imply about NASA'a ability to measure frequency?

2014-04-04 Thread Jim Lux
On 4/4/14 5:01 AM, Dr. David Kirkby wrote: On 4 Apr 2014 08:55, Tom Knox act...@hotmail.com wrote: 90 microns is approx a freq res of about 1 x 3.66 -12 Thomas Knox Since the Doppler shift is prortional to the frequency, I can't see how one can determine the absolute frequency. But

Re: [time-nuts] Water on Enceladus - What does this imply about NASA'a ability to measure frequency?

2014-04-04 Thread Jim Lux
On 4/4/14 9:34 AM, Chris Albertson wrote: On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 6:19 AM, Jim Lux jim...@earthlink.net wrote: Radio science and navigation measurements are quite impressive in their accuracy and attention to detail. measuring range to cm (out of a billion km, i.e 1 part in 1E14) and velocity

Re: [time-nuts] Water on Enceladus - What does this imply about NASA'a ability to measure frequency?

2014-04-04 Thread Jim Lux
On 4/4/14 9:58 AM, Alex Pummer wrote: gravitation measurement, particularly gravitation measurement in space is based on the Eotvos -effect see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E%C3%B6tv%C3%B6s_effect and here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lor%C3%A1nd_E%C3%B6tv%C3%B6sand from the begin

[time-nuts] M12+T module questions

2014-04-04 Thread Jim Miller
header. Thanks Jim ab3cv ___ 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] M12+T module questions

2014-04-04 Thread Jim Lux
On 4/4/14 6:51 PM, Chris Albertson wrote: The data connector is a standard 0.05 inch double row of male headers. These are common but not nearly so common as the 0.1 type. I used a 2032 coin cell battery and holder I un-soldered from an dead PC motherboard. Even a coin cell will last its shelf

Re: [time-nuts] new GPSDO kit

2014-04-04 Thread Jim Lux
On 4/4/14 5:45 PM, paul swed wrote: I mean no disrespect to anyone here. Jacksonlabs makes some very fine components. Brookes comment was spot on. What happens etc. I did run out to the site and take a quick read. The short piece I read did not have a lot of specifics or I simply missed them. It

[time-nuts] GPS-18x behaving weirdly

2014-03-27 Thread Jim Lux
I've got some GPS-18x LVC units i'm using for a time reference, and they're showing an odd behavior: the position isn't updating. I moved them across the US (from Los Angeles to the east coast), and when I powered them up here, it's returning the LA Lat/Lon (34N,118W), the (reasonably

Re: [time-nuts] GPS-18x behaving weirdly

2014-03-27 Thread Jim Lux
On 3/27/14 8:53 AM, David J Taylor wrote: From: Jim Lux [] Has anyone seen a similar behavior? I've tried the power cycling, and the Garmin reset command. I've not done the clear non-volatile memory which makes it forget the almanac. === What

Re: [time-nuts] FEI-5660 Rubidium Oscillator

2014-03-27 Thread Jim Lux
On 3/27/14 4:10 PM, Tom Van Baak wrote: Recently I happened across an eBay listing for an Antelope Audio Isochrome, a device that apparently packages an SRI-PRS10 rubidium oscillator and distribution amplifier in a box and sells to audiophiles for a price in the True, the PRS10 is a better

Re: [time-nuts] Hanging bridge question

2014-03-25 Thread Jim Miller
Thanks for all the helpful replies! Lots to learn. 73 jim ab3cv ___ 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] Airraft Ping Timing

2014-03-25 Thread Jim Lux
On 3/24/14 10:18 PM, David McGaw wrote: I am surprised it took them this long. A number of satellite telemetry systems can use doppler as a matter of course for locating transmitters, such as Iridium and Argos. Those are actually designed for measuring Doppler.. That's really the difference..

Re: [time-nuts] Airraft Ping Timing

2014-03-25 Thread Jim Lux
On 3/25/14 11:38 AM, J. Forster wrote: Could well be. I never saw the bird, of course. The portable ground station was roughly the same size as an OD Manpak radio of the period and read out Lat/Long on LED digital readouts. In retrospect, it may have been in the early 1980s. Transit,

Re: [time-nuts] Hanging bridge question

2014-03-25 Thread Jim Miller
baffled as to how one would do this in software without a ton of expensive hardware to give phase information. Could you provide in words a simple block diagram of where you would get phase information without a Ghz TIC to read? Thanks Jim ___ time-nuts

Re: [time-nuts] Hanging bridge question

2014-03-25 Thread Jim Miller
a few simple indicator lights for status. Jim ___ 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] Hanging bridge question

2014-03-25 Thread Jim Miller
Bob I'm not sure who you're responding to but I have a couple of questions: TDC = Time Delay Correlator? Could you point me to one of these 50 cent threads? I've read a ton of this list from 2007 forward but must have missed that. Thanks jim ab3cv (much to learn) Hi There have been multiple

Re: [time-nuts] NIST time services

2014-03-24 Thread Jim Lux
On 3/23/14 10:48 AM, Paul wrote: On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 1:08 PM, Bob Camp li...@rtty.us wrote: I suspect that what NIST is looking for is somebody in the cloud business (Amazon, Google, Microsoft, IBM) to step up and mention that they have 2,989,875 server racks scattered about the world and

[time-nuts] M12+T Timing specs

2014-03-24 Thread Jim Miller
is actually much smaller than 128ns, ie more like 1/4th of that then the DS1123 with 0.25ns granularity and much smaller range might have better integral linearity performance. 73 jim ab3cv ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go

Re: [time-nuts] Airraft Ping Timing

2014-03-24 Thread Jim Lux
On 3/24/14 6:15 PM, Chris Albertson wrote: Yes, word is that they were able to determine the Doppler shift in the plane's signal. I'm surprised this was even recorded but it must have been in the satellite's telemetry downlink. Projecting radial velocity and constraining it to be close to the

[time-nuts] Hanging bridge question

2014-03-24 Thread Jim Miller
in the data that has not been corrected for sawtooth. Am I correct? Thanks jim ab3cv (still learning...) ___ 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] GPSDO simulation tool

2014-03-23 Thread Jim Miller
will result in oscillation unless a zero is inserted (the P in PID). How would stability be maintained? Thanks jim ab3cv (newbie...) ___ 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] HP Z3805A with 100+ns PPS Jumps

2014-03-23 Thread Jim Sanford
supplies. Finally gave up shut it off. Another time. Hoping to see some ideas . . . . . 73, Jim wb4...@amsat.org On 3/23/2014 3:45 PM, John Stuart wrote: I just bought my second HP Z3805 (this one has a 12 ch. receiver) and have been monitoring it with Ulrich Bangert's Z38XX software tool. Last

Re: [time-nuts] Aircraft ping timing

2014-03-22 Thread Jim Lux
On 3/21/14 8:52 PM, nuts wrote: On Thu, 20 Mar 2014 14:42:42 -0400 Joe Leikhim jleik...@leikhim.com wrote: I just red somewhere that the last ping was the only one recorded by Inmarsat system, Pings up to that point were presumed to occur due to known reporting intervals. So there is no track.

Re: [time-nuts] NIST time services

2014-03-22 Thread Jim Lux
On 3/19/14 9:50 AM, Chris Albertson wrote: So they want to in-invent NTP? I think NTP already services way more than 6.5 billion per day. The problem with NTP is while it is nearly optimal and provides the best time accuracy for a given hardware/network setup it is not technically traceable

Re: [time-nuts] Aircraft ping timing

2014-03-20 Thread Jim Lux
On 3/20/14 12:07 AM, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: In message 279331507.5734621395275538874.JavaMail.actor@webmail5, iovane@inw ind.it writes: My question was on what would be the expected accuracy of the circle's radius. Projected onto the surface of the earth, the uncertainty leaves a band

Re: [time-nuts] Aircraft ping timing

2014-03-20 Thread Jim Lux
On 3/20/14 8:53 AM, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: In message 40280C39FE7D43C79313A1755BCAF58D@StanleyPC, Stanley writes: Would think they have many other aircraft with known position stationary or moving with location known to help improve the estimate. They might have been able to do that while

Re: [time-nuts] NIST time services

2014-03-19 Thread Jim Lux
On 3/18/14 10:18 PM, Tom Van Baak wrote: If you can design a system that can handle 6.5 billion requests per day, this opportunity is for you... https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NIST/AcAsD/RFI_InternetTimeServiceComments/listing.html Solicitation Number: RFI_InternetTimeServiceComments For

[time-nuts] Fwd: Re: NIST time services

2014-03-19 Thread Jim Lux
Original Message Subject: Re: [time-nuts] NIST time services Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 10:21:17 -0700 From: Jim Lux jim...@earthlink.net To: time-nuts@febo.com On 3/19/14 9:50 AM, Chris Albertson wrote: So they want to in-invent NTP? I think NTP already services way more than

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