Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-16 Thread Bob Camp
Hi The gotcha is that the injection gain is phase angle dependent. Bob On Jun 16, 2010, at 1:57 AM, Magnus Danielson wrote: On 06/16/2010 05:45 AM, Charles P. Steinmetz wrote: Warren wrote: Charles posted: but the locked frequency will be different from both oscillators' free-running

Re: [time-nuts] 5061A Problem Child

2010-06-16 Thread J. L. Trantham
Modulation Analyzer! Now that's the ticket! I have an 8901A and 8901B. I also have a 53310A. Now all I have to do is dig them out of the pile. In my quest to 'update' my 1950's workshop, I have been collecting 1980's vintage HP and TEK test equipment. As I find something I think might be

Re: [time-nuts] Thunderbolt test results

2010-06-16 Thread John Green
The default parameters are a compromise. The thunderbolt was originally used to provide time and frequency, though I understand not always frequency, for cellsites. Though heated and air conditioned, I suspect they had pretty good temperature swings. Also, the sky view was not always optimum. It

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-16 Thread Bill Hawkins
In my world, successive gains multiply, not add. A series of three gains of 10 gives a gain of 1000, not 30. What am I missing? Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: Magnus Danielson Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 12:58 AM What you get is a scale error. Consider that you have an

Re: [time-nuts] 'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement'

2010-06-16 Thread Francis Grosz
Joe, If you have an analog 'scope with delayed sweep, set it up with the main time base showing the 90 MHz signal in a convenient way (say 1 cycle/div) and then use the delay to look at the signal some time later (after the initial trigger) with the modulation on and off. Any phase or

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-16 Thread WarrenS
Bob posted The gotcha is that the injection gain is phase angle dependent. So what? and it is also dependant on a whole bunch of other stuff, amplitude being a major one. And the gotcha you to your gotcha is that the phase difference in the TPLL is fixed at very close at 90 deg. (zero on

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-16 Thread Bob Camp
Hi If the oscillator you have happens to injection lock at 90 degrees, or quite near it, then that's not going to help. If the oscillator you have likes to lock at 21 degrees then it will help you out. The angle varies device to device. Bob -Original Message- From:

Re: [time-nuts] Thunderbolt test results

2010-06-16 Thread Bob Camp
Hi The Andrew boxes most of the TBolts came out of were designed for E-911 location service. The idea was to use time difference of arrival at multiple sites to triangulate a cell phone. For what ever reason, they decided a fast tracking of GPS time was going to give them the best results. I

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-16 Thread Magnus Danielson
On 06/16/2010 04:30 PM, Bill Hawkins wrote: In my world, successive gains multiply, not add. A series of three gains of 10 gives a gain of 1000, not 30. What am I missing? They are parallel. Cheers, Magnus ___ time-nuts mailing list --

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-16 Thread Magnus Danielson
On 06/16/2010 06:16 PM, Bob Camp wrote: Hi If the oscillator you have happens to injection lock at 90 degrees, or quite near it, then that's not going to help. If the oscillator you have likes to lock at 21 degrees then it will help you out. The angle varies device to device. If the injection

[time-nuts] Galvanic decoupling of GPS antenna

2010-06-16 Thread Yuri Ostry
Hello, I'm trying to put gps (for a coarse timing sync and RTC auto-setting) to a small controller that must be completely galvanically decoupled from outside world. Antenna power must be supplied from separate power source (ground potential of isolated part of circuit can slowly float up to +/-

Re: [time-nuts] Galvanic decoupling of GPS antenna

2010-06-16 Thread Bob Camp
Hi The DC isolation part should be pretty simple. There are off the shelf RF transformers that are rated for the frequencies you are looking at. Weather they are rated for 250 volts or not I don't know. MA-Com is one source:

Re: [time-nuts] Galvanic decoupling of GPS antenna

2010-06-16 Thread GandalfG8
In a message dated 16/06/2010 22:11:28 GMT Daylight Time, y...@ostry.ru writes: I'm trying to put gps (for a coarse timing sync and RTC auto-setting) to a small controller that must be completely galvanically decoupled from outside world. Antenna power must be supplied from separate power

Re: [time-nuts] Galvanic decoupling of GPS antenna

2010-06-16 Thread Robert Benward
Yuri, Why don't you get a small GPS and keep it with the antenna, and isolate the digital side of the GPS with opto couplers? Supply power to the GPS, and the GPS supplies power to the antenna. Optically couple the digital side to your controller. The RF transformer you might come across

Re: [time-nuts] Galvanic decoupling of GPS antenna

2010-06-16 Thread bg
Hi Yuri, Hello, I'm trying to put gps (for a coarse timing sync and RTC auto-setting) to a small controller that must be completely galvanically decoupled from outside world. Antenna power must be supplied from separate power source (ground potential of isolated part of circuit can slowly

Re: [time-nuts] Galvanic decoupling of GPS antenna

2010-06-16 Thread Didier Juges
Yuri, It is not clear to me why the antenna should be isolated from the receiver, I would prefer to keep the antenna and receiver on the same return, and isolate that assembly from the rest of the world. It is much easier to provide isolation on the supply, RS-232 and 10MHz (if you use it)

Re: [time-nuts] Galvanic decoupling of GPS antenna

2010-06-16 Thread Yuri Ostry
Hello, Thursday, June 17, 2010, 2:44:43, Didier Juges wrote: D It is not clear to me why the antenna should be isolated from the D receiver, I would prefer to keep the antenna and receiver on the D same return, and isolate that assembly from the rest of the world. D It is much easier to provide

Re: [time-nuts] Galvanic decoupling of GPS antenna

2010-06-16 Thread Adrian
So you're having something like that in mind? http://www.polytron.de/Produkte/G07.pdf 4...2400 MHz / 1000V Yuri Ostry schrieb: Hello, Thursday, June 17, 2010, 2:44:43, Didier Juges wrote: D It is not clear to me why the antenna should be isolated from the D receiver, I would prefer to keep

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-16 Thread Charles P. Steinmetz
Warren wrote: Charles Posted: How much EFC is required depends, in part, on the strength of the pulling. There are three varying inputs. NOT at ALL what my test have shown so I guess we do NOT agree on this. The point you missed, is only the EFC is changing significantly because of the

Re: [time-nuts] 5061A Problem Child

2010-06-16 Thread J. L. Trantham
The phase modulation is working. I tried the oscilloscope set up that Francis suggested but I could not convince myself that anything was happening. However, my 53310A did the trick. A quick push of the 'AutoScale' button and it was definitely clear that Mod was either On or Off. I do have a

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages Disadvantages of the TPLL Method

2010-06-16 Thread WarrenS
Charles I'm curious how you determined that the oscillators are being held to within femtoseconds of each other. I done it several ways including measuring the PD output. You seem to be missing how insignificant an 1-e6 injection locking to EFC gain ratio is. I can't detail, to your