Re: [time-nuts] Homemade GPS Receiver

2014-09-26 Thread Dr. David Kirkby (Kirkby Microwave Ltd)
On 17 Sep 2014 23:38, Peter Putnam n...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Greetings, The link below describes a homemade GPS receiver. It is presented in a detailed and elegant manner that is certain to appeal to this reflector's subscribers. Peter http://www.aholme.co.uk/GPS/Main.htm I don't

Re: [time-nuts] Homemade GPS Receiver

2014-09-26 Thread Andrea Baldoni
On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 10:07:56AM +0100, Dr. David Kirkby (Kirkby Microwave Ltd) wrote: I don't understand the units of signal strength The L1 carrier is spread over a 2 MHz bandwidth and its strength at the Earth's surface is -130 dBm. Thermal noise power in the same bandwidth is -111

Re: [time-nuts] Homemade GPS Receiver

2014-09-26 Thread Azelio Boriani
From gpsinformation.net: In the frequency allocation filing the L1 C/A power is listed as 25.6 Watts. The Antenna gain is listed at 13 dBi. Thus, based on the frequency allocation filing, the power would be about 500 Watts (27 dBW). Now, the free space path loss from 21000 km is about 182 dB.

Re: [time-nuts] Homemade GPS Receiver

2014-09-26 Thread Dr. David Kirkby (Kirkby Microwave Ltd)
On 26 Sep 2014 13:01, Andrea Baldoni erm1ea...@ermione.com wrote: On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 10:07:56AM +0100, Dr. David Kirkby (Kirkby Microwave Ltd) wrote: I don't understand the units of signal strength The L1 carrier is spread over a 2 MHz bandwidth and its strength at the Earth's

Re: [time-nuts] Homemade GPS Receiver

2014-09-26 Thread paul swed
It is because of the processing gain and I believe these to be normal figures. Not an expert here but when the system de-spreads the signal the information pops up above the noise since the noise is random and the spread carrier only appears random. Regards Paul WB8TSL On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at

[time-nuts] SMTP with Trimble Thunderbolt-E

2014-09-26 Thread Luc Gaudin
Hello, I need to have remotely access to Trimble Thunderbolt-E to manage it. I first sort out the physical (network) parts to get the Serial port out on the network (unit CSE-H53N from Sollae Systems). For management I am looking to use SNMP. Is there any system capable to convert the serial

Re: [time-nuts] SMTP with Trimble Thunderbolt-E

2014-09-26 Thread Brian Lloyd
On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 8:17 AM, Luc Gaudin lgau...@naelcom.com wrote: Hello, I need to have remotely access to Trimble Thunderbolt-E to manage it. I first sort out the physical (network) parts to get the Serial port out on the network (unit CSE-H53N from Sollae Systems). For management I

Re: [time-nuts] Homemade GPS Receiver

2014-09-26 Thread Dr. David Kirkby (Kirkby Microwave Ltd)
On 26 September 2014 13:52, Azelio Boriani azelio.bori...@gmail.com wrote: From gpsinformation.net: In the frequency allocation filing the L1 C/A power is listed as 25.6 Watts. The Antenna gain is listed at 13 dBi. Thus, based on the frequency allocation filing, the power would be about

Re: [time-nuts] Homemade GPS Receiver

2014-09-26 Thread Brian Lloyd
On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 4:07 AM, Dr. David Kirkby (Kirkby Microwave Ltd) drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk wrote: On 17 Sep 2014 23:38, Peter Putnam n...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Greetings, The link below describes a homemade GPS receiver. It is presented in a detailed and elegant manner

Re: [time-nuts] Homemade GPS Receiver

2014-09-26 Thread Henry Hallam
On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 8:25 AM, Dr. David Kirkby (Kirkby Microwave Ltd) drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk wrote: As I say, without stating the properties of the receiving antenna, absolute power levels are not a sensible unit. Indeed, there is an implicit assumption of a ~omnidirectional

Re: [time-nuts] Homemade GPS Receiver

2014-09-26 Thread Hal Murray
he...@pericynthion.org said: Since the GPS signals come from all parts of the sky this is pretty much required, unless you're using fancy beam steering techniques. How hard is the beam steering relative to everything else? -- These are my opinions. I hate spam.

Re: [time-nuts] SMTP with Trimble Thunderbolt-E

2014-09-26 Thread Chris Albertson
The simple, cheap and easy what to do this is to get a cheap PC of any kind. Perhaps a 15 year old notebook PC. Then connect the serial port on the Thunderbolt to the serial port on the PC. (This is a good reason to buy a way-old PC notebook because those had real serial ports. Lacking a

Re: [time-nuts] Homemade GPS Receiver

2014-09-26 Thread Alexander Pummer
it is relative complicated, since you need to look multiple satellites almost in the same time 73 Alex On 9/26/2014 5:12 PM, Hal Murray wrote: he...@pericynthion.org said: Since the GPS signals come from all parts of the sky this is pretty much required, unless you're using fancy beam