[time-nuts] UK - Notification of GPS jamming exercises

2011-06-06 Thread David J Taylor
Folks, I have received the following, relevant to the UK _ STANFORD TRAINING AREA, EAST ANGLIA, SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER 2011 Dates: Between 19 and 23 September 2011 and between 03 and 07 October 2011 inclusive. Times: 0900 -1730 BST. Location of

[time-nuts] FCC's Genachowski says they won't let LightSquared operate without GPS interference resolution

2011-06-06 Thread Brad Dye
http://www.fiercebroadbandwireless.com/story/fccs-genachowski-we-wont-let-lightsquared-operate-without-gps-interference-/2011-06-06 Best regards, Brad Dye, K9IQY Editor, AAPC Wireless Messaging News P.O. Box 266 Fairfield, IL 62837 USA Telephone: 618-599-7869 Skype: braddye

[time-nuts] Pitfalls of Digital 'Scopes

2011-06-06 Thread J. Forster
As some of you know, I've been working on restoring a WW II LORAN-A system. To test it, I've been using a Tektronix TDS1002 Digital 'Scope and a Military TS-251 Test Set. First a bit about the LORAN-A signal. It is a precisely timed Master pulse of roughly 2 MHz RF. The spacing of the Master

Re: [time-nuts] Pitfalls of Digital 'Scopes

2011-06-06 Thread Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R
Offhand, I would suspect undersampling or mistriggering I picked up a Hameg scope with 200 megasamples/sec a few years ago. It saved quite a bit of time when I was putting together a parallel interface between Linux and a Tek storage tube terminal. Push a button and a hard copy pops out of

Re: [time-nuts] Pitfalls of Digital 'Scopes

2011-06-06 Thread Philip Pemberton
On 06/06/11 18:40, J. Forster wrote: IMO, the lesson is that digital scopes do not always accurately depict what a circuit is doing. Even a $50 analog 'scope would never have this issue. Out of idle curiosity, what sampling mode were you using? (ACQUIRE menu on my TDS2024B). In SAMPLE mode,

Re: [time-nuts] Pitfalls of Digital 'Scopes

2011-06-06 Thread Philip Pemberton
On 06/06/11 18:57, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R wrote: Offhand, I would suspect undersampling or mistriggering I picked up a Hameg scope with 200 megasamples/sec a few years ago. It saved quite a bit of time when I was putting together a parallel interface between Linux and a Tek storage

Re: [time-nuts] Pitfalls of Digital 'Scopes

2011-06-06 Thread KD0GLS
Aliasing (if that is indeed what's going on) can be a problem with any digital sampling device, including your 'scope. You may find the peak detect function in the acquire menu useful. I assume your TDS1002 has one as my TDS2024 does. Also, perhaps the holdoff function might improve your

Re: [time-nuts] Pitfalls of Digital 'Scopes

2011-06-06 Thread J. Forster
On 06/06/11 18:40, J. Forster wrote: IMO, the lesson is that digital scopes do not always accurately depict what a circuit is doing. Even a $50 analog 'scope would never have this issue. Out of idle curiosity, what sampling mode were you using? (ACQUIRE menu on my TDS2024B). In SAMPLE

Re: [time-nuts] Pitfalls of Digital 'Scopes

2011-06-06 Thread J. Forster
Aliasing (if that is indeed what's going on) can be a problem with any digital sampling device, including your 'scope. Not quite aliasing, I think, but close. You may find the peak detect function in the acquire menu useful. I assume your TDS1002 has one as my TDS2024 does. Also, perhaps

Re: [time-nuts] Pitfalls of Digital 'Scopes

2011-06-06 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message 43ecea5a-3360-43c0-9521-ea8b6598b...@mninter.net, KD0GLS writes: You may find the peak detect function in the acquire menu useful. And be particular careful with the hi-res function (like peak only it averages all the oversampled samples) -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since

Re: [time-nuts] fluke.l monitor for Thunderbolt

2011-06-06 Thread Randall Prentice
Mine stopped the same way. I gently spread the boards apart and unsoldered the 3 pin regulator then added a Red-LED in place of the three links (Original circuit had three diodes) and my monitor starting working again. So it may be recoverable. Regards Randall -Original Message- From:

[time-nuts] fluke.l monitor for Thunderbolt

2011-06-06 Thread Arthur Dent
Mine stopped the same way. I gently spread the boards apart and unsoldered the 3 pin regulator then added a Red-LED in place of the three links (Original circuit had three diodes) and my monitor starting working again. So it may be recoverable. Regards Randall I agree with this as a good fix and

Re: [time-nuts] fluke.l monitor for Thunderbolt

2011-06-06 Thread Randall Prentice
Sorry, I didn't give credit to you Arthur. I was following your instructions. My post was also to the effect that it all started going again afterward inspite of such bad treatment (Over voltage/Over heating). The other point omitted from my post (Obvious afterward), was that removing the