Re: [time-nuts] HP 55300A

2017-05-15 Thread Hal Murray
> This appears to be pre Y2K. Is it Y2K, or the 1024 week GPS rollover? At least with the Z3801A, you can get around the 1024 week problem by telling it a date before it gets it from the GPS. -- These are my opinions. I hate spam. ___ time-nuts m

[time-nuts] HP 55300A

2017-05-15 Thread Gary Neilson
I have a HP 55300A GPSDO that works well except for having the wrong date. It does not decode the date from the GPS correctly. It has firmware 3704-D. This appears to be pre Y2K. Does anybody have newer firmware for one of these. ? Gary ___ time-nuts

Re: [time-nuts] HP 55300A Date Problem

2017-01-21 Thread Dr. David Kirkby (Kirkby Microwave Ltd)
On 21 January 2017 at 17:29, Gary Neilson wrote: > I have a HP 55300A Telecom Primary Reference Standard that I am using as a > frequency reference (10 mhz) in my lab. > I suppose this is one of those open-ended questions, but what the definition of a "Primary Reference"? It seems a rather pres

[time-nuts] HP 55300A Date Problem

2017-01-21 Thread Gary Neilson
I have a HP 55300A Telecom Primary Reference Standard that I am using as a frequency reference (10 mhz) in my lab. The unit work well and outputs 10mhz, 1pps, IRIG-B, as well as other telecom frequencies all work ok. The unit has a problem with the Date received from the GPS. After it starts

Re: [time-nuts] HP 55300A

2016-11-23 Thread Richard (Rick) Karlquist
When I was testing the E1938A I used to run the environmental test chamber up to 85 degrees C, let the unit stabilize for a while, and then dump liquid nitrogen into the chamber to go to -55 degrees C in something like 2 minutes. The temperature inside the crystal oven fluctuated maybe a millideg

Re: [time-nuts] HP 55300A

2016-11-20 Thread Bob Camp
Hi At normal room temperatures, you simply can not run enough air past the OCXO to “cool it to much”. The OCXO heater will simply put out a bit more power as you increase the air flow. That’s not to say that the performance will improve any as the OCXO is quickly following any twitch or bump in

[time-nuts] HP 55300A

2016-11-20 Thread Gary Neilson
I recently got a HP55300A on ebay for parts. It works fine but runs on 48V. I am going to install a AC supply inside and also place a fan on the top for cooling. I hope the air flow will not cool the OCXO too much. I am also looking for documentation. I have the User manual but am looking f