Re: [time-nuts] A fan for the Z3801A

2008-07-28 Thread Greg Burnett
Another thing to consider: Depending on how well you shock-mount the fan, what if its vibration translates to sideband spurs or noise? -Greg -- Alberto wrote: Talking of the Z3801A, has anybody added a small fan to it ? Mine is very hot inside, especially the large VLSI

[time-nuts] Low power GPSDO

2008-07-28 Thread SAIDJACK
Hello Murray, no problem :) just wanted to make sure folks know that there are options below 5W out there. I am impressed with your 50mW TCXO unit. We've been thinking about offering DIP14 TCXO's as well on the FireFly. That would allow for true battery operation. We are also testing

Re: [time-nuts] time-nuts Digest, Vol 48, Issue 75

2008-07-28 Thread Kit Scally
Alberto, In the commercial world that the Z3815A's (and quite possibly the Z3801 etc) were used in, they were installed vertically at the bottom of a large equipment cabinet that had convection air channels running within it. A bank of 12-16 fans towards the top of the cabinet sucked up ambient

Re: [time-nuts] How to get 32.768KHz from 10MHz.

2008-07-28 Thread Neon John
On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:22:08 -0700, Jim Lux [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 03:01 PM 7/23/2008, Mike S wrote: You're missing the point. The application is to drive a common, readily available consumer clock. Simple and cheap. It can be done with a single $1 PIC. You could spend $20 or $100 and not

Re: [time-nuts] How to get 32.768KHz from 10MHz.

2008-07-28 Thread Jim Lux
At 04:22 PM 7/28/2008, you wrote: On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:22:08 -0700, Jim Lux [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Based on the clocks I've taken apart, dividing the 10MHz down to 1 Hz is probably your best bet, rather than trying to hit 32768. However, I don't know of a non-programmable single chip

[time-nuts] Leap Second Pending

2008-07-28 Thread Mark Sims
My Thunderbolts have just raised the Leapsecond Pending minor alarm... six months seems a bit early for such a warning... _ Stay in touch when you're away with Windows Live Messenger.

Re: [time-nuts] How to get 32.768KHz from 10MHz.

2008-07-28 Thread Neville Michie
FYI, Quartz analogue clocks almost universally use a bipolar motor, a two pole magnetic circuit with the minimum reluctance axis displaced from the direction of the energised field. When activated the 2 pole magnetic rotor aligns with the magnetic field, when the field collapses, the

Re: [time-nuts] Leap Second Pending

2008-07-28 Thread Ken Winterling
So has mine. Ken, WA2LBI On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 8:01 PM, Mark Sims [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My Thunderbolts have just raised the Leapsecond Pending minor alarm... six months seems a bit early for such a warning...

Re: [time-nuts] Leap Second Pending

2008-07-28 Thread Had
Same here, both T-Bolts have Leap Second Flags=Yellow Had, K7MLR At 05:05 PM 7/28/2008, you wrote: So has mine. Ken, WA2LBI On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 8:01 PM, Mark Sims [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My Thunderbolts have just raised the Leapsecond Pending minor alarm... six months seems a

Re: [time-nuts] How to get 32.768KHz from 10MHz.

2008-07-28 Thread Jim Lux
At 05:04 PM 7/28/2008, you wrote: FYI, Quartz analogue clocks almost universally use a bipolar motor, a two pole magnetic circuit with the minimum reluctance axis displaced from the direction of the energised field. When activated the 2 pole magnetic rotor aligns with the magnetic field, when the

Re: [time-nuts] Leap Second Pending

2008-07-28 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Mark Sims writes: My Thunderbolts have just raised the Leapsecond Pending minor alarm... six months seems a bit early for such a warning... Yup, got it on my oncore as well: NTPns show oncore 0 serial port = /dev/cuad5 state = 12

Re: [time-nuts] Leap Second Pending

2008-07-28 Thread J. L. Trantham
Same here. Joe -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Had Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 7:18 PM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Leap Second Pending Same here, both T-Bolts have Leap Second

Re: [time-nuts] time-nuts Digest, Vol 48, Issue 76

2008-07-28 Thread Richard Dabney
Reply to message 6:.   .7300 de Dick W5UFZ How are leap seconds declared? The International Earth Rotation and Reference System Service (IERS) observes the Earth's rotation and nearly 6 months in advance (January and July) a Bulletin C message is sent out, which reports

Re: [time-nuts] time-nuts Digest, Vol 48, Issue 76

2008-07-28 Thread Didier Juges
Reply to message 6:.   .7300 de Dick W5UFZ How are leap seconds declared? When tvb tells them to :-) Didier KO4BB ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to

[time-nuts] Fw: GPS, UTC, and TAI Clocks

2008-07-28 Thread Richard Dabney
A fun site. --- On Mon, 7/28/08, Richard Dabney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Richard Dabney [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: GPS, UTC, and TAI Clocks To: Richard Dabney [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Monday, July 28, 2008, 8:38 PM http://leapsecond.com/java/gpsclock.htm

Re: [time-nuts] time-nuts Digest, Vol 48, Issue 76

2008-07-28 Thread Had
Didier, That was a good one. I LIKE IT! 73 Had, K7MLR At 08:24 PM 7/28/2008, you wrote: Reply to message 6:. .7300 de Dick W5UFZ How are leap seconds declared? When tvb tells them to :-) Didier KO4BB ___ time-nuts