Re: [time-nuts] Mystery passive maser

2011-08-23 Thread Geoff
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2011-08-23 Thread Mark Sims
The specs says that the sine output requires a 390 pF cap to ground for filtering. Still, it is rather distorted and ragged. It almost looks like that they added the sine wave output as an afterthought and don't expect anybody to actually use it. On the units that I have, it is useless

[time-nuts] GPSDO + X72...??

2011-08-23 Thread Michael Baker
Hello, TimeNutters-- I understand that I will get less output jitter with a high quality GPSDO than a Rb oscillator, but, even so, having a Rb unit locked and disciplined by a GPS receiver appeals to me. The one thing that I noted about the X72 is that the factory has provided for a convenient

Re: [time-nuts] GPSDO + X72...??

2011-08-23 Thread EWKehren
sounds to me that you have made up your mind to buy one, know it is not the best, but look for support to buy it. What are you waiting for buy it. I have a lab full of stuff I look at and ask what where you thinking when you bought it and why 5? Bert Kehren In a message dated

[time-nuts] Another aspect of the LORAN shutdown

2011-08-23 Thread Robert LaJeunesse
Includes a sad but well done camera video of the USCG's Port Clarence, Alaska 1,350-foot tower - the state’s tallest structure - coming down. http://www.televisionbroadcast.com/article/123672 Bob ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To

[time-nuts] X72 Rb units, any experience ?

2011-08-23 Thread Arthur Dent
I'm using an X72 for the timebase in one of my Philips 6680 counters and it works great for that. For trimming I have a 30 turn pot accessable on the front where the optional C input would be so I don't have to turn the counter around to make adjustments. The X72 is powered 24/7 so I don't

[time-nuts] Save Survey Data Question: Trimble T-Bolt

2011-08-23 Thread Richard W. Solomon
After one does the survey, how do you save the data so that Yellow becomes Green ?? I just got another T-Bolt, this time a Rev E. Thanks, Dick, W1KSZ ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to

Re: [time-nuts] GPSDO + X72...??

2011-08-23 Thread Bob Camp
Hi The lock input on the X72 appears to be intended for the I need to put it on frequency stuff rather than doing a GPSDO. It's got a pretty coarse step size for a GPSDO and the filtering tweaks aren't as extensive as you would like. For a Nixie clock, there's no need for the GPS if you have an

Re: [time-nuts] Save Survey Data Question: Trimble T-Bolt

2011-08-23 Thread Michael Sokolov
Richard W. Solomon w1...@earthlink.net wrote: I just got another T-Bolt, this time a Rev E. What is special / noteworthy about this rev? I have recently bought my first T-Bolt (from another listmember, and I have yet to power it up), and it's also a Rev E. MS

[time-nuts] Rev-E Thunderbolt vs Thunderbolt-E

2011-08-23 Thread Mark Sims
When talking about rev-E tbolts remember there are rev-E versions of the standard tbolt and that there is also a Thunderbolt-E. The Thunderbolt-E is a later model Thunderbolt with some small firmware differences and a 12 channel GPS receiver. Also, it does not seem to have a temperature

Re: [time-nuts] any HP 5370B Available or other TIC

2011-08-23 Thread Paul A. Cianciolo
Hello Bert, I apologize for this very late response to your email. To be totally honest I didn't really understand what you were talking about. I am new at this and didn't realize I had on hand some of the equipment I needed to do some basic testing. My counter timer will resolve down to 2

[time-nuts] Racal 4920 OCXO

2011-08-23 Thread GandalfG8
Hi All, This is quite a common oscillator, with variants used in a number of Racal receivers or offered as high stability options for Racal counters etc, but although the specs are widely available I've not found anything from Racal that might be considered to be a user manual. The

Re: [time-nuts] any HP 5370B Available or other TIC

2011-08-23 Thread EWKehren
Paul take your time we may be in the psec. arena but that does not require instant response. Putting a D/M in front of your present counter is an answer, but once the PC software is done on my unit it is a better solution because it is a totally stand alone system and if you build my D/M it

[time-nuts] Another question about PHASE and DMTD

2011-08-23 Thread Paul A. Cianciolo
Folks, I know I am going to regret asking this but you only live once. Please accept my assumptions during this question Say we have a DMTD system that uses the same freq. for the common LO and the F Ref and the FDUT 10 Mhz. Further ... these oscillators are all synchronous, and in phase