[time-nuts] Jackson Labs Fury Isotemp OCXO134-10

2008-11-02 Thread Matt Osborn
I think that I've managed to keep a low profile here, trusting that I would learn more if I refrained from random interjections of ill-informed thoughts. However, there comes a point in every man's life... A year or two ago, I took advantage of Said's offer and purchased one of the Jackson Labs

Re: [time-nuts] Jackson Labs Fury Isotemp OCXO134-10

2008-11-02 Thread Bruce Griffiths
Matt Osborn wrote: I think that I've managed to keep a low profile here, trusting that I would learn more if I refrained from random interjections of ill-informed thoughts. However, there comes a point in every man's life... A year or two ago, I took advantage of Said's offer and purchased

Re: [time-nuts] Rb lamp lifetime...

2008-11-02 Thread WB6BNQ
Hi Dick, I guess I should have been more clear. By “locking” I meant using the 1pps output of the Trimble and a separate house standard connected to a separate controller board such as Brooks Shera’s circuit. The oscillator in the Trimble is ok, but it is not the same as a high quality crystal

Re: [time-nuts] Rb lamp lifetime...

2008-11-02 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Yuri, as a rule of thumb, read my message posted here last month: http://www.febo.com/pipermail/time-nuts/2008-October/033926.html I have 10 EFRATOM LPRO, and only one came with a faulty lamp. I think it lost vacuum, and the glass looks clear but with small white pigments. I inspected some of

Re: [time-nuts] Rb lamp lifetime...

2008-11-02 Thread Neville Michie
Hi Antonio, I have taken the cover off my LPRO but I could not see the lamp. I guess it is in the smaller housing. What does the lamp look like and how do you remove it? I do not want to damage my unit. cheers, Neville Michie On 02/11/2008, at 9:06 PM, iovane@@inwind..it wrote: Yuri, as a

Re: [time-nuts] Jackson Labs Fury Isotemp OCXO134-10

2008-11-02 Thread Hal Murray
Secondly, the Jackson Labs advises that since the Fury uses the external oscillator as its clock, that the oscillator should be powered up before the Fury itself. I was hoping that I would be able to use a single power switch to power both the oscillator and the Fury simultaneously, but now

Re: [time-nuts] Rb lamp lifetime...

2008-11-02 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi Neville, inspecting the lamp is a quite easy job. Yes, it is in the smaller housing. Unlock the check nut just enough, and unscrew the lamp (along with the check nut) using a point shaped tool (a toothpick). It is easy. Don't touch it with fingers. Before doing this, take note of how much

Re: [time-nuts] Jackson Labs Fury Isotemp OCXO134-10

2008-11-02 Thread Jim Hall
Regarding your second question concerning power supply sequencing. How about using one of the Power Supply Sequencer chips (e.g. MAX6819)). The output of your power supply would go directly to the external OCXO, the Power Supply Sequencer chip and the input to a MOSFET switch. Output of the

Re: [time-nuts] DIY Loran-C frequency receiver: release 0.0

2008-11-02 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
A number of time-nuts have indicated that they want in on this crazy little project of mine, so I have slapped together a release 0.0 of my software, and a paper that goes with it: The paper: http://phk.freebsd.dk/AducLoran/AducLoran-0.0.pdf The software:

Re: [time-nuts] What's the time Mr Wolf...

2008-11-02 Thread MOSEL Sam
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Rooke Sent: Thursday, 30 October 2008 11:16 PM 10) If they are geostationary, or move in relation to the ground, how are the affects of the Einstein time dilation handled as they may be travelling

[time-nuts] Testing frequency using NTP

2008-11-02 Thread David M. Witten II
Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: #-- Actually, the best hardware for the job is the Soekris NET4501 which can timestamp a signal to a quarter microsecond. That's why we use it for NTP servers in the first place. All the software you need is in the FreeBSD kernel, and there is a handy userland program

[time-nuts] Rb lamp lifetime...

2008-11-02 Thread David M. Witten II
How much would be reasonable to pay for one of these on EBay? I see someone asking $259 for one. I'm sure that TAPR's price was much better, but I wasn't paying attention. Dave Witten WB6BNQ wrote: Yuri, Sorry about that, but I guess the Trimble Thunderbolts are out of stock all

[time-nuts] Jackson Labs Fury Isotemp OCXO134-10

2008-11-02 Thread SAIDJACK
Hello Matt, let me try to answer some of your questions about the Fury with an Isotemp-134. First I tried finding a datasheet for it, but Isotemp removed it from their website. All I could find was that it has about 5ppb -30 to +60C stability. So it's performance is between our JLT

Re: [time-nuts] Testing frequency using NTP

2008-11-02 Thread M. Warner Losh
In message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] David M. Witten II [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: : Will a usable build of FreeBSD 7.x run in the memory available on the : older Soekris boards? (64 MB RAM) No. My router/dhcp server, mail forwarding anti-spam agent, external DNS server are all on my

Re: [time-nuts] Testing frequency using NTP

2008-11-02 Thread M. Warner Losh
In message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] M. Warner Losh [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: : In message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : David M. Witten II [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: : : Will a usable build of FreeBSD 7.x run in the memory available on the : : older Soekris boards? (64 MB RAM) : : No.

Re: [time-nuts] Jackson Labs Fury Isotemp OCXO134-10

2008-11-02 Thread SAIDJACK
Hi Bill, thanks for sending the datasheets. Looks like the unit has nominally +/-6Hz EFC range, slightly less than the OCXO's we typically use. I would thus try increasing the DAC Gain to about 30 to 40 and see how that works. bye, Said In a message dated 11/2/2008 18:06:18 Pacific