Re: [time-nuts] DDS module

Hi Joe, It is good that they are that stable, but what is the phase noise like? If a ham across town is using them for WSPR and QRSS they are most probably OK in that regard, but not all DDS modules are. Best 73's Nic VK2KXN / VK5ZAT -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com

Re: [time-nuts] inch/mm conversion

I get error 404 page not found on that link. Nic VK2KXN -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Tompsett Sent: Wednesday, 26 June 2013 6:20 PM To: time-nuts@febo.com Subject: [time-nuts] inch/mm conversion FYI

Re: [time-nuts] Fwd: inch/mm conversion

Thanks, Nic -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Erno Peres Sent: Wednesday, 26 June 2013 11:27 PM To: time-nuts@febo.com Subject: [time-nuts] Fwd: inch/mm conversion

[time-nuts] FW: The GPS navigation is the weakest point,

Jim, Are you sure that wasn't the April edition of that mag? Nic Arriving this week, IEEE Magazine this months issue has an article about pilot-less commercial airliners, comparing the UAV drone technology as being readily available to fly paying passengers from here to there.

Re: [time-nuts] Ebay FE-5680A Rb: Are they that good?

Hi Bob, Can you direct us to the commands that these units respond to please? Nic Sydney Australia. Hi They are adjustable via the RS-232 port. You type commands at them and they change frequency. Type another command and they save the setting in permanent memory. They are still pretty close

[time-nuts] Serial to Excel utility.

Sorry folks for the slightly OT post. Does anybody know of a utility that will import and parse the serial bit stream from a GPS and put values into a couple of cells in an Excel spreadsheet? Regards, Nic VK2KXN / VK5ZAT ___ time-nuts mailing list

Re: [time-nuts] Serial to Excel utility.

Thanks Graham, Nic Try poking around here: http://www.windmillsoft.com/index.html They have a variety of serial apps and much info on importing to excel. There might just be something here that is close to what you want. cheers, Graham ___

Re: [time-nuts] Fwd: Atomic Clock on a chip, only $1500

What more could a time-nut ask for? Except for a sample to experiment with! Nic VK2KXN / VK5ZAT Hi Dan, the CSAC has been discussed here a couple of months ago. I will use your post as a shameless plug of our CSAC GPSDO that we did in cooperation with Symmetricom, as we are now allowed to

Re: [time-nuts] RADAR

I am currently reading Technical and Military Imperatives. A Radar History of World War II by Louis Brown and think it is one of the most balanced work on the subject around. It looks at the English, American, German and Japaneese contribution. Is seems many groups were working on the same thing

Re: [time-nuts] Trimble Thunderbolt off freq?

Bob, Mine3 did that once, I power cycled it and since then it has been fine. It also stopped communicating with my PC via RS232 at the same time, so I presume it is a microprocessor lock-up of some sort. Regards, Nic On 9/12/2010 3:00 AM, Bob DeVarney W1ICW wrote: Anyone have problems with a

Re: [time-nuts] Measuring power supply noise

Kewl idea, I have used TIMS's for 30 years or so and owned one for the last 10 years. Inever thought of using one to measure power supply noise. Well done. Nic VK2KXN / VK5ZAT There was a thread about power supply noise a while ago and the difficulty of measurement. I've just got hold of a piece

[time-nuts] FW: URL GPS Satellite Launch

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Re: [time-nuts] (no subject)

Lady Heather is free and a good start.(Just do a google search) Nic VK2KXN / VK5ZAT Hi, I just purchased a Z3805A at the Dayton hamfest this past weekend. How do I get it to work? Do I need software to run this, or can it run stand alone. I have turned it on, but only the power light comes

Re: [time-nuts] Strange event on my Z3805A

Steve, I can only see the first screenshot, all the rest ask for a username and password. Best 73's Nic VK2KXN / VK5ZAT Trace 1 is 72 hour period. http://homepages.slingshot.co.nz/~sar10538/GPSCon_export_72h.png Trace 2 is the 36h before the event.

Re: [time-nuts] Question for Mark Sims

Ray, I think you need to join the Time Nuts group and troll back through the archives. Just do a google search. Best 73's Nic VK2KXN -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Ray Hudson Sent: Monday, 18 January 2010 4:06 PM To:

Re: [time-nuts] Question for Mark Sims

Whoops, Can I take that back. I thought I was replying to someone in an APRS group! Sorry Mark would you know how to tell the positional accuracy of a GPSDO after it has completed it's self survey? Where can I download Lady Heather from? And can I compare two GPSTM at the same time using lady

Re: [time-nuts] FW: HeyWhatsThat: January 15 Solar Eclipse

Works OK here in Windoze explorer running on XP. Nic Sydney Australia The link doesn't play nice on my machine. ___ 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] I think I've become a Volt nut too.

Roy, The standard is based on the Analog Devices AD588 chip. http://www.analog.com/static/imported-files/data_sheets/AD588.pdf You can buy the magazine article at http://siliconchip.com.au/cms/A_111365/article.html Regards, Nic Hi Nick Is it possible to let us have the schematic/details of this

Re: [time-nuts] Gold plating on aluminum

Corby, If you wish to do it yourself have a look at the products from Spa Plating at http://www.goldn.co.uk/. I use their products they are really cool. I have no other interest in this company or their Australian subsidury other than being a satisfied customer. Best 73's Nic VK2KXN / VK5ZAT Hi,

Re: [time-nuts] Gold plating on aluminum

Yes Poul it works a treat! Nic Hmm, do you know if that is any good for goldplating homemade PCB's ? ___ 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

Re: [time-nuts] Any Time nuts in AU?

Yes Ray there are quite a few of us! Nic VK2KXN / VK5ZAT Sydney / Adelaide Hills; Australia. Just a test to see if I can send to the mailing list and to find out how many time nuts are in the land down under Thanks Ray. ___ time-nuts mailing list

Re: [time-nuts] Down under Time Nuts Tsunami's

I hope there aren't any timenuts in North Queensland. There is a Tsunami warning issued at 09:44 EDT today for the Great Barrier Reef and Bowen to St. Lawrence. Nic There are several of us down here on the list. I can think of several in AU and at least three or four in NZ. If they don't

Re: [time-nuts] Down under Time Nuts Tsunami's

Yes Jim I am in Sydney Australia and we are UT+11. To me EDT and AEST mean the same thing. AEST is most probably more correct to use in a forum such as this. I work in Television and our media people use EDT. Regards Nic, PS the Tsunami warning has been withdrawn. Hmmm. I'm in a pedantic mood

Re: [time-nuts] HP-IB to USB

I bought a softmark HP-IB to USB adaptor and it doesn't work with many of my HP pieces of test equipment. A complaint to softmark brought very little help. I even offered to lend them a piece of equipment so that they could test their product but they didn't accept. I can't afford LabView, so

Re: [time-nuts] GPSDO project - 66.667MHz from 10MHz

Hi Luis, Are kits available again for your design? 73's Nic VK2KXN / VK5ZAT Subject: Re: [time-nuts] GPSDO project - 66.667MHz from 10MHz Both for locking with a 10MHz or 1pps you have a single chip solution using one of my reflock designs. http://w3ref.cfn.ist.utl.pt/cupido/reflock.html For

Re: [time-nuts] Thunderbolts, time references, NTP etc.

Have a look at 300290607038. Regards, Nic It's fluke.l not flukel who I've dealt with quite recently, and many other more venerable folks on this list have commented on as well. Leigh. Is this good value, and a trusted seller? I went looking for Fluke1 as listed earlier on here for these

[time-nuts] Thunderbolt current drain.

Can anybody tell me what sort of current the power supply for a Thunderbolt needs to be able to supply. I'm at the salt mine and my thunderbolt is in the shack so I can't measure the draw. I intend to build a power supply to run all supply rails off of 12 v battery. Thanks Nic

Re: [time-nuts] Thunderbolt serial port

Are you using a straight through or crossover serial cable? Nic -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Brooke Clarke Sent: Friday, 20 February 2009 2:35 PM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re:

[time-nuts] FW: Thunderbolt serial port

Are you using a straight or crossover serial cable? Nic -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of bjon...@mindspring.com Sent: Friday, 20 February 2009 2:04 PM To: time-nuts@febo.com Subject: [time-nuts] Thunderbolt serial port

[time-nuts] Tracor 895A

Hi all, Can anybody lead me to information on the Tracor 895A Linear Phase / Time Comparator? A simple google search doesn't turn up much. Regards, Nic ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to

Re: [time-nuts] Tracor 895A

Thanks Alan, I'll give them a try. 73's Nic VK2KXN / VK5ZAT Hi Nic these are difficult to find for free but Ridge Electronics have one for Tracor 895 at $20. I just got a Montronics Freq Diff meter manual from them. Alan G3NYK ___ time-nuts