Re: [time-nuts] Orbiting crystals

2009-06-29 Thread Lux, James P
Isn¹t Inmarsat in a Clarke Orbit? If the propagation path for the solar eclipse shadow experiment runs through the eclipse with the path from Clarke orbit to you, then there's tons of signals available to look at. On 6/28/09 10:48 PM, Lester Veenstra m0...@veenstras.com wrote: INMARSATS

Re: [time-nuts] Generating 66.666...MHz from 10MHz

2009-06-29 Thread Christophe Huygens
My solution is to lock a 1GHZ Crystek resonator to 10MHz, and then use this to drive a DDS AD9912. Recent generations of DDS are quite impressive. http://www.qslnet.de/member/on4iy/9912.html Xtof. Murray Greenman wrote: Here's an idea which actually works (I tried it). Rather than lock at

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

2009-06-29 Thread Luis Cupido
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 a 1pps lock of fractional 1/3 frequencies you have already a code. (check the list of files for reflock 1) For locking a 66.666(6) VCXO to

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

2009-06-29 Thread Nic McLean
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] GPSDO project - 66.667MHz from 10MHz

2009-06-29 Thread Luis Cupido
Nic, I think yes but I'm not sure, please check Darrel's VE1ALQ and NTMS(Kent Britain) for reflock I pcb's and/or kits (as I've not heard from them recently). I believe TAPR is no longer offering the reflock II kit :-( Luis Cupido ct1dmk. Nic McLean wrote: Hi Luis, Are kits available again

Re: [time-nuts] Lady Heather update in progress

2009-06-29 Thread Arnold Tibus
Hi Mark, I should have red the instructions better, it does work as wanted - great, thank you! Hello Arnold, That feature is already in the current release (v 2.0). You can use the 'w' keyboard command to write the data to a file. You can select either the complete buffer or just the time

[time-nuts] Patek Phillipe Telequartz

2009-06-29 Thread Juan Palacio
Hello. I have received a Patek Phillipe's Telequartz master clock . This device can distribute 1 minute 24 V pulses to control several clocks. It also can receive a radio signal to synchronise the local time scale. Unfortunately I did not receive a copy of the manual. I will appreciate if any of

[time-nuts] GPSDO project

2009-06-29 Thread Brad Dye
Many thanks to all who responded to my request for help on this project. The SDR-IQ (http://www.rfspace.com/SDR-IQ.html) already has a built-in 66.6667 MHz osc, I just want to make it more stable and reasonably accurate, as I use it as a general coverage HF receiver with a one- Hertz

Re: [time-nuts] GPSDO project

2009-06-29 Thread Christophe Huygens
Consider a 2nd hand low phase noise source like a PTS-160. Best regards, Xtof. Brad Dye wrote: Many thanks to all who responded to my request for help on this project. The SDR-IQ (http://www.rfspace.com/SDR-IQ.html) already has a built-in 66.6667 MHz osc, I just want to make it more stable

Re: [time-nuts] GPSDO project (SDR)

2009-06-29 Thread Dave Baxter
Hi Brad. Just catching up with this, after a hot weekend, and doing White Van Man impressions on (an even hotter) M1 this morning... Personally, I wouldn't bother with any high accuracy clock/oscillator for the SDR, unless you can also synch the AD sampling clock in the soundcard. As that will

Re: [time-nuts] Orbiting crystals

2009-06-29 Thread Lester Veenstra
James: I am afraid you lost me; can you illuminate (NPI) us on what the experiment is. Is this a leo satellite with an L-Band downlink? Les Lester B Veenstra MØYCM K1YCM les...@veenstras.com m0...@veenstras.com k1...@veenstras.com -Original Message- From: Lux, James P

Re: [time-nuts] Orbiting crystals

2009-06-29 Thread Lux, James P
-Original Message- From: Lester Veenstra [mailto:m0...@veenstras.com] Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 11:22 AM To: Lux, James P; les...@veenstras.com; 'Discussion of precise timeand frequency measurement' Subject: RE: [time-nuts] Orbiting crystals James: I am afraid you lost me;

Re: [time-nuts] Orbiting crystals

2009-06-29 Thread Lester Veenstra
Now this begins to make some sense; Of course the geosync satellites do go into eclipse season trice a year, during which each day the satellite is passing through the Earth's shadow for a variable period. To pass though the shadow of a solar lunar eclipse, the eclipse would have to be

Re: [time-nuts] Orbiting crystals

2009-06-29 Thread Magnus Danielson
Lester Veenstra wrote: Now this begins to make some sense; Of course the geosync satellites do go into eclipse season trice a year, during which each day the satellite is passing through the Earth's shadow for a variable period. To pass though the shadow of a solar lunar eclipse, the

Re: [time-nuts] Orbiting crystals

2009-06-29 Thread Lester Veenstra
Sorry, but no such luck on the commercial satcoms. Lester B Veenstra MØYCM K1YCM les...@veenstras.com m0...@veenstras.com k1...@veenstras.com -Original Message- It was assumed that the crystals was locked to Cesium or Rubidium, and hence it would chase up the

Re: [time-nuts] Orbiting crystals

2009-06-29 Thread Magnus Danielson
Lester Veenstra wrote: Sorry, but no such luck on the commercial satcoms. It was a mear assumption, not a requirement. A pure crystal solution would do fine, as the goal was really to measure if the effect is real. The IGS network have already done this, and published the results, and they

[time-nuts] GPSDO project

2009-06-29 Thread Brad Dye
Does anyone have a Reflock that they would sell me? Best regards, Brad Dye K9IQYom ___ 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] GPSDO project (SDR)

2009-06-29 Thread Alberto di Bene
Dave Baxter wrote: Personally, I wouldn't bother with any high accuracy clock/oscillator for the SDR, unless you can also synch the AD sampling clock in the soundcard. The SDR-IQ, SDR-14, Qs1r, Perseus and the HPSDR project do not rely on a sound card ADC to sample any signals. The RF

Re: [time-nuts] GPSDO project

2009-06-29 Thread Stan W1LE
Hello Brad, VE1ALQ has them. He will also make VCXO's. Do a google search for his webpages. He sells the kits as well as the assembled units. By far easier to get a PTS or Fluke sysnthesizer. Stan, W1LE Brad Dye wrote: Does anyone have a Reflock that they would sell me? Best regards,