Re: [time-nuts] 10811-60111 needs repair

2014-02-24 Thread Dan Rae
On 2/24/2014 8:26 AM, Tom Holmes wrote: Is there anyone on the list who repairs these guys. The one I have is dead and I would like to get it going again. Tom, the most common fault with these is the thermal fuse going open circuit. If that's your problem then fixing it yourself might be

Re: [time-nuts] Ublox 7

2014-05-24 Thread Dan Rae
On 5/24/2014 7:22 AM, ewkeh...@aol.com wrote: Having used lately ublox 6M for GPSDO work I decided to buy a couple of MAX 7C's on ebay for $ 16.00 181293242043 Super results. Now listed as: 171339542977 Dan ___ time-nuts mailing list --

Re: [time-nuts] HP 5335A counter top cover

2014-06-13 Thread Dan Rae
On 6/13/2014 12:58 PM, Russ Ramirez wrote: I just acquired one of these on the cheap but when I received the unit, it did not come with the top cover. I'm reaching out to see if any of you would have one from a parts mule, or one you might think would fit. For example, the top cover of a 8640 is

Re: [time-nuts] HP 8568B

2014-06-28 Thread Dan Rae
On 6/28/2014 6:48 PM, Hui Zhang wrote: Hello all: Rencently I bought a second-hand HP8568B Spectrum Analyzer, it kind of vintage but works well. Only problem is its time base lost accurate. When I use it measured my HP Z3801A output (locked to GPS), the center frequency read is 9.12MHz,

[time-nuts] 10811 Thermal fuse?

2014-09-02 Thread Dan Rae
I'm sure this has been discussed to death before, but does anyone know of a source of thermal fuses small enough to fit in the -hp- 10811? I have found plenty of larger ones, none of which will fit and would rather not just link it out. Dan ___

Re: [time-nuts] 10811 Thermal fuse?

2014-09-02 Thread Dan Rae
On 9/2/2014 12:23 PM, Dan Rae wrote: I'm sure this has been discussed to death before, but does anyone know of a source of thermal fuses small enough to fit in the -hp- 10811? I have found plenty of larger ones, none of which will fit and would rather not just link it out. Dan

Re: [time-nuts] 10811 Thermal fuse?

2014-09-03 Thread Dan Rae
On 9/3/2014 12:23 PM, John Miles wrote: Was the oven in a runaway condition? Like Bob, I've never seen a situation where the thermal fuse has actually done anything useful. It seems like the inner oven will go into full-blown China Syndrome before the thermal fuse on the far side of the

Re: [time-nuts] 10811 Thermal fuse?

2014-09-05 Thread Dan Rae
Panasonic EYP-1BF115 Thermal Cutoff 115C 1A, part number P10912 from Digikey is a perfect fit to replace the original -hp- part. Dan ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to

Re: [time-nuts] WTB: GPS Antenna Splitter

2014-10-08 Thread Dan Rae
On 10/8/2014 9:01 AM, Dave M wrote: John, I found a couple Mini-Circuits ZAPD-2 splitters on Ebay for around $22 each, i I found one at the local swap meet many years ago for $1. I used that for years when I only had two gps receivers and it worked fine. Opening up the top cover you will

[time-nuts] FE5440E Cesium parts wanted

2014-10-09 Thread Dan Rae
I'm looking for the A12 18V power supply and A8 secondary 5 MHz OCXO modules for an attempt to resurrect my Cesium unit before it gets too heavy for me to wrestle with... Does anyone have a parts unit or junker that they might be able to supply these from please? Thanks, Dan

Re: [time-nuts] KS-24361 10 Mhz mod interesting document

2014-11-19 Thread Dan Rae
On 11/19/2014 2:47 PM, paul swed wrote: Was doing a search for Lucent RFTGm-II-XO looking for alternates to the $150 solution. A 10 Mhz mod popped up. http://telcodata.us/~myself/Lucent-RFTGm-Modification.pdf Looks simple enough and I have not validated anything. Regards Paul WB8TSL Paul,

[time-nuts] -hp- 5065A battery pack

2012-12-04 Thread Dan Rae
I've just finished fitting new cells into my 5065A battery pack. A bit of a struggle since it is quite a tight fit to re-use the original plastic container. For information, the only cells I could find that just about fit, and even then one has to remove the plastic covering from them, were

Re: [time-nuts] -hp- 5065A battery pack

2012-12-04 Thread Dan Rae
On 12/4/2012 3:51 PM, Bob Camp wrote: Hi How much backup time does that battery pack give you? Bob Bob, it's at least what they claim in the manual for that Option, something like fifteen minutes from what I remember. Dan ___ time-nuts mailing

Re: [time-nuts] How far can I push a crystal?

2013-01-17 Thread Dan Rae
Having just adjusted a crystal oscillator at 10.715 MHz, I would hazard a guess that the most one can easily pull a crystal of nominal frequency around 10 MHz would be of the order of +/-1 kHz. Certainly not 60 kHz. dr ___ time-nuts mailing list

Re: [time-nuts] Racal 9420 OCXO schematic?

2013-02-05 Thread Dan Rae
On 2/5/2013 6:00 AM, Marco IK1ODO -2 wrote: The subject says it all: anyone has the schematic of the Racal 9420 OCXO? A friend has one that stopped oscillating, and want to give it a try. Marco, there is a man in Wales who offers these schematics for sale [1] and also repairs 9087 signal

Re: [time-nuts] FRK-L Rubidium

2013-02-09 Thread Dan Rae
Since we're offering up faults for the FRK, I'll add one that I've found: there's a CMOS 4060 oscillator that should go off at 8.128 kHz, set by an adjust on test R. If this drifts off enough the lock will never happen. It provides the FM frequency for the synth. Dan

[time-nuts] GPIB counter logging / plotting software?

2013-02-25 Thread Dan Rae
I am working on 400 - 500 MHz DDS clocks for an amateur radio project and would like to record over gpib and plot the relative frequency drifts over time of different versions of the oscillator from a cold start. I have Racal 1992 and -hp- 5345 counters available, themselves driven from gps.

Re: [time-nuts] GPIB counter logging / plotting software?

2013-02-25 Thread Dan Rae
On 2/25/2013 8:15 AM, John Ackermann N8UR wrote: John Miles' most excellent TimeLab software should be able to do what you want: http://www.miles.io/TimeLab/beta.htm Thanks, John and everyone else who responded. I should have known John Miles would have the answer :^) All the best, Dan

Re: [time-nuts] GPIB counter logging / plotting software?

2013-02-25 Thread Dan Rae
On 2/25/2013 11:02 AM, John Miles wrote: I'm not sure about the Racal, but the HP 5345A can be placed into talk-only mode and used to stream readings to TimeLab in Acquire-Acquire from counter in talk-only mode . JohnA's link is the right one to use. The advantage to trying it with the HP

Re: [time-nuts] hp 5065a life ?

2010-02-18 Thread Dan Rae
Dott. Alfredo Rosati wrote: Is there a way to assess what remains life of hp 5065a Rubidium lamp ? I bought a 5065a is arrived in excellent condition almost like new. The only incorrect parameter was the value 2arm, over 50, after a tuning of R1 now is around 40. everything works very

[time-nuts] Interesting piece on BBC news

2010-02-23 Thread Dan Rae
About vulnerabilities of GPS. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8533157.stm nothing exactly new however. Dan ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and

Re: [time-nuts] HP10811 taxonomy?

2010-03-10 Thread Dan Rae
Charles P. Steinmetz wrote: Has anyone compiled a taxonomy of the apparently numerous variants of 10811 OXOs? (Distinguishing features, rated performance, used in what instruments, etc.) Charles, if you have not already seen it there is a manual, I think on the Time Lord, TvB's site that

Re: [time-nuts] Do you have HP5065A units for sale? If so, please contact me directly. Thanks!

2010-03-19 Thread Dan Rae
Bill Hawkins wrote: Peter, cheek is not the problem. The problem is that all of the Rubidium Vapor Frequency Reference assemblies have darkened with age, unless they've been rebuilt or replaced. I'm not so sure about that. There are quite a few of us time nuts that own 20 plus year old

Re: [time-nuts] Do you have HP5065A units for sale? If so, please contact me directly. Thanks!

2010-03-19 Thread Dan Rae
Robert Atkinson wrote: Changing the thread slightly, where do the Efratom FRK- L and H fit in the hierarchy of Rb quality? I guess somewhere between the telco units and the 5065A. Opinions welcomed! Robert G8RPI. Yes, but much closer to the Telco units than to the -hp- I'd have thought...

Re: [time-nuts] GPS antenna splitters

2010-03-26 Thread Dan Rae
ashle...@aol.com wrote: Hi Everyone After a lot of learning, sweating (yes, girls do sweat), hand wringing, and a LOT of emails and great help , we have two of Mr Miller (G3RUH) GPSDO units up and working fine. Disciplined 10mhz all over the place. Now what we need is a

Re: [time-nuts] schematics for a HP117a please

2010-04-30 Thread Dan Rae
paul swed wrote: Just picked up 2 units at a flea market today. Would like to fire them up without smoke. :-) Would appreciate schematics if the are out there. My search so far is 0 Thanks Paul, to get these to work, you will need the loop antenna. This has, in the early versions at

Re: [time-nuts] Fluke Thunderbolt Monitor Revisited

2010-06-05 Thread Dan Rae
gandal...@aol.com wrote: 3...The series input and base to ground resistors on the RS232 interface are both 180 ohms, rather than 10K and 3K3 respectively as in Didier's circuit. If one wanted to use the RS232 interface to a computer at the same time as the ko4bb monitor in parallel,

[time-nuts] Austron 2100 going...

2010-07-26 Thread Dan Rae
I have a now useless 2100 Loran receiver / comparator here, does anyone have any use for this? Before I recycle it. (Here is southern California.) Dan ac6ao ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to

[time-nuts] Wanted dead oven T'bolt

2010-07-26 Thread Dan Rae
I have an insane desire to marry up a T'bolt with an E1938 OCXO which I have here and can't think of a better use for. Does anyone have a T'bolt with a duff or dead OCXO? TAPR reject pile maybe? Best wishes Dan ___ time-nuts mailing list --

Re: [time-nuts] Austron 2100 going...

2010-07-26 Thread Dan Rae
Dan Rae wrote: I have a now useless 2100 Loran receiver / comparator here, does anyone have any use for this? Before I recycle it. (Here is southern California.) The Austron is on it's way to a good home where it may still work. dr ___ time

Re: [time-nuts] Austron 2100 going... Gone!

2010-07-26 Thread Dan Rae
asma...@fc.up.pt wrote: Hello Dan, If it is a 2100T I would be glad to adopt that child. Antonio, as I thought I said before, it is on it's way to a new home. Dan ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to

Re: [time-nuts] RACAL-DANA 1992 Option 04E problems

2010-07-27 Thread Dan Rae
bill...@aol.com wrote: I own one RACAL-DANA 1992 (Standard- TCXO). I purchased one with the Option 04E on eBAY. The 04E chassis is sealed and the internal OCXO overheats due to lack of cooling air. This causes the counter to stop taking measurements. I had to add

Re: [time-nuts] (no subject)

2010-08-19 Thread Dan Rae
Bob Camp wrote: Hi Simple answer - they self calibrate to 1x10^-13 at a one day time period. Essentially zero long term drift. Bob Have I missed something? A self calibrating cheap Rb unit? a self calibrating 10811? I really must wake up :^) dr -Original Message- From:

Re: [time-nuts] What's the lifetime for a HP Z3801a?

2010-08-29 Thread Dan Rae
My Z3801A is quite happy still plugging along at 35,208 units of life time... dr ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.

Re: [time-nuts] slightly OT: EADS/Racal 1991 opt 55M

2010-09-09 Thread Dan Rae
On 9/9/2010 7:03 AM, p...@pseng.org.uk wrote: I'll second the thanks to EADS (and David). I too used too look for support for older equipment when buying for day job. Currently struggling with opt55M ie the miltary coding CIL/MATE etc for a stack of 6 1991's for TI use. Any pointers on using

Re: [time-nuts] Questions about HP 5370B

2010-09-14 Thread Dan Rae
On 9/14/2010 1:23 AM, John Miles wrote: As Bruce suggests, you'll want to peek inside to see that you really do have a 10811 oscillator. If so, then it sounds like the thermal fuse (F1, inside the 10811) might be open. Just short it out, or if you like, put in an NTE part with a similar temp

[time-nuts] T'bolt and E1938A

2010-10-03 Thread Dan Rae
I am about to marry a T'bolt with an E1938A and wonder if anyone has any idea of good starting values for TC, Damping and gain? Thanks, Dan ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to

Re: [time-nuts] Thunderbolt temperature spikes

2008-07-14 Thread Dan Rae
Mark Sims wrote: I set up my ThunderBolt data logger to flag temperature spikes. Over a 10 hour run last night it caught five of them (TOW magnitude): 104416 0.097 deg 104898 0.022 deg 115715 0.087 deg 135298 0.098 deg 138564 0.041 deg

[time-nuts] Austron 2100 keypad?

2008-07-22 Thread Dan Rae
My 2100 timing receiver (no suffix) has started to give me problems with what looks like bounce from the keypad switches, with a lot of numbers repeating without being asked. Is this a known problem with these units, and is there a known fix? I don't think the guts of the pad are accessible

Re: [time-nuts] Austron 2100 Loran-C Frequency and Timing Receiver

2008-10-17 Thread Dan Rae
Skip Withrow wrote: Well, my Austron 2100 seems to have bit the dust. snip There are some software diagnostic routines in the box. The RAM test runs fine, but it appears that I get an error on the EPROM test. The test generates an E-20 error. The book states that if the EPROM test

Re: [time-nuts] Checking accuracy of Rubidium standards

2008-11-08 Thread Dan Rae
Randy wrote: I was wondering if it is worthwhile or even feasible to compare an LPRO Rubidium standard against a Z3801. Since their frequencies are probably going to be extremely close anyway it would seem some special method/equipment would be required for high precision. Suggestions?

[time-nuts] To improve a Tbolt?

2008-11-20 Thread Dan Rae
I have been reading with interest John Miles' page about his Tbolt 'upgrade'. http://www.thegleam.com/ke5fx/tbolt.htm I have a newly acquired Tbolt here, and also have lying around an almost identical 10811-60111 OCXO which I am considering using with it, exactly as John describes. However

Re: [time-nuts] To improve a Tbolt?

2008-11-21 Thread Dan Rae
John Miles wrote: I've upgraded the graph on the http://www.ke5fx.com/tbolt.htm page to show the performance of my Thunderbolt from the TAPR group buy (in orange) next to the traces for my older unit before and after the 10811 upgrade. Thanks John, it looks like the Tapr ones have a very

Re: [time-nuts] Wenzel Associates 100 Mhz osc

2008-12-01 Thread Dan Rae
Lux, James P wrote: Just send Wenzel an email and ask them. James, they might answer you with your email address, but when I e-mailed them, several times, to ask the price of one of the OCXOs they advertised as being in stock, I never got an answer... I suspect they have anti individual

Re: [time-nuts] Build my own dist. amp ??

2008-12-13 Thread Dan Rae
Dave M wrote: Randy, There are a couple distribution amp projects on the RealHamRadio web site (http://www.realhamradio.com). One has 8 isolated 75-ohm outputs; the other has 3 non-isolated outputs. Here are the links to each: http://www.realhamradio.com/10mhz-video-amp.htm

[time-nuts] Programming an 8051 for Didier's Tbolt monitor?

2008-12-24 Thread Dan Rae
Can someone here in the US kindly do this for me? I have the blank DIP IC, 20 pin version, but none of my old eprom programmers or PIC programmers will talk to it, and I didn't really want to buy or build something just for this one task... Dan ac6ao / g3ncr

[time-nuts] Loran TOCs this year

2008-12-31 Thread Dan Rae
I have reset my Austron 2100 to the new UTC time, but the TOCs given by the USNO seem to be off. Should I maybe assume they have not allowed for the extra second and subtract one second from the posted times? Can the US Navy have got it wrong? Tbolt got it right... Dan

Re: [time-nuts] Radio clock fails to leap

2008-12-31 Thread Dan Rae
Scott Newell wrote: My low-end Radio Shack 'atomic clock' did not handle the leap second. It will, just give it time. (Sorry!) Those normally sync up once a day around 3AM local, so will catch the daylight savings hour change but not the leap seconds as they happen... dr

Re: [time-nuts] Loran TOCs this year

2008-12-31 Thread Dan Rae
Dan Rae wrote: I have reset my Austron 2100 to the new UTC time, but the TOCs given by the USNO seem to be off. Should I maybe assume they have not allowed for the extra second and subtract one second from the posted times? Can the US Navy have got it wrong? Tbolt got it right

Re: [time-nuts] Loran TOCs this year

2008-12-31 Thread Dan Rae
Tom Van Baak wrote: I have reset my Austron 2100 to the new UTC time, but the TOCs given by the USNO seem to be off. Should I maybe assume they have not allowed for the extra second and subtract one second from the posted times? Can the US Navy have got it wrong? Tbolt got it right...

Re: [time-nuts] 10 MHz Band-Pass Filter Needed

2009-01-08 Thread Dan Rae
Richard W. Solomon wrote: The GPSDO I want to use has an output rich in harmonics. In some cases that is good, but Murphy rules and in the application I have today, it is not good. I need a 10 MHz Band-Pass Filter, Bandwidth is not critical, something small with SMA connectors would be

Re: [time-nuts] Wenzel Oscillator Repair

2009-01-19 Thread Dan Rae
Ed Palmer wrote: Does anyone have any hints tips on how to open or repair one of these soldered-can oscillators? Ed, I have opened and repaired several sealed oscillators, OCXOs and TCXOs, as well as crystal filters, with some success. In fact the Isotemp OCXO in my homebrew GPS

[time-nuts] -hp- 10811 repair (Thermistor)

2009-01-22 Thread Dan Rae
The 10811-60111 that came in my 5370B counter turned out to have an open circuit Thermistor in it. This is a non-replaceable part in theory. However, nothing to lose, I have successfully substituted a Digikey Part number: 317-1371 100 kOhm 1% Thermistor ( from Cantherm, part number:

Re: [time-nuts] -hp- 10811 repair (Thermistor)

2009-01-22 Thread Dan Rae
Bruce Griffiths wrote: Meanwhile, before posting a correction I was trying to find data on the oven setpoint temperature tolerance. The relevant HP Journal with an article on the HP10811A is: http://www.hpl.hp.com/hpjournal/pdfs/IssuePDFs/1981-03.pdf One concern is: How accurate does one'

Re: [time-nuts] HP 117 paper ?

2009-04-30 Thread Dan Rae
Pete Lancashire wrote: Does anyone know if the chart paper is still available ? I got some many years ago from a local electrical wholesaler in LA, the name Granger comes to mind. It wasn't cheap then, something like $40 a box, but it moves slowly :^) Dan

Re: [time-nuts] Chart recorder consumables (was HP 117 paper )

2009-04-30 Thread Dan Rae
Further to my earlier note, this paper was used in a number of other instruments, Truetime for one. The Box of Rolls I got way back was made by Amprobe. I just found a bit of it I had used as a bookmark, and it has a Catalog Number printed on the edge: 830AV600. Dan

[time-nuts] E1938 question

2009-06-11 Thread Dan Rae
I have one of the Chinese E1938 modules I bought about a month ago. I just tried it out on the bench, and have not had much luck with it. The 5 Volt supply never goes above 50 mA or so, none of the heaters seem to be powered looking at the hockey puck D-sub connector pins. The four leds up

[time-nuts] E1938 PIC hex files?

2009-06-12 Thread Dan Rae
I am beginning to think that the PIC in my Chinese Ebay 1938 is dead or at least injured. Does anyone have the hex files for this one? Blank PIC16C74As can be had and it may be worth my trying to program a new one. Nothing else seems to make it work and as the PIC seems to be asleep, I'm

Re: [time-nuts] Connector For Trimble/Nortel GPSTM (NTGS50AA) ?

2013-06-03 Thread Dan Rae
On 6/3/2013 7:57 AM, Frederick Bray wrote: So, I gather that most folks are just connecting power to the appropriate 2 pins on the 110 position connector. I wasn't sure whether people were wiring directly to the DC converter. Neither, in my case; I've connected to the fat PC traces that lead

Re: [time-nuts] BBC Precision: Measure of All Things

2013-06-26 Thread Dan Rae
On 6/26/2013 6:53 PM, David Kirkby wrote: On 27 June 2013 01:45, Doug Calvert dfc-l...@douglasfcalvert.net wrote: The BBC recently did a three part series titled Precisoin: The Measure of All Things. Part 1 is Time and Distance Part 2 Mass and Moles Part 3 Is Heat, Light and Electricity

Re: [time-nuts] GPS antenna splitter

2013-06-29 Thread Dan Rae
On 6/29/2013 11:35 AM, Graham wrote: I find my self in need of either splitting a current GPS antenna feed or putting up yet another antenna, I would prefer splitting the current feed. There are a few options one of which is a Mini Circuits ZAPD-2DC+ splitter/combiner whose data sheet

Re: [time-nuts] HP 3325a 3325-18 service note needed

2013-07-06 Thread Dan Rae
On 7/5/2013 7:34 PM, cdel...@juno.com wrote: My 3325A is having intermittent resets back to the power on default values. I ran across a reference to service note 3325-18 that relates to it. (my SN is in the range the note specifies.) Does anyone have a copy of the service note or know where I

[time-nuts] Datum / Efratom MFTD Distribution units?

2013-09-01 Thread Dan Rae
Does anyone have any details, schematics etc., on these units? I have two racks with various modules, both set up for multiple 5 MHz and 1 PPS distribution and would like to modify if possible to 10 MHz. I have found two versions of the MBF RF output unit, one with series tuned outputs as

Re: [time-nuts] Datum / Efratom MFTD Distribution units?

2013-09-05 Thread Dan Rae
On 9/1/2013 3:34 PM, Dan Rae wrote: Does anyone have any details, schematics etc., on these units? I have two racks with various modules, both set up for multiple 5 MHz and 1 PPS distribution and would like to modify if possible to 10 MHz. Replying to my own question :^) I have

Re: [time-nuts] Doppler and FMT

2013-09-19 Thread Dan Rae
On 9/19/2013 6:48 AM, quartz55 wrote: I was playing with SpecLab and my TS-2000 just to see how accurately I could measure frequencies in the HF region. I notice when I set the rx on cw and listen to the 750 Hz output of WWV at 15 or 20 MHz with SL, I get like 2 and sometimes more tracks

Re: [time-nuts] AD9850 boards

2012-02-29 Thread Dan Rae
On 2/29/2012 1:42 PM, Don Latham wrote: Dunno if you have seen this on ebay: 260967834514 It's an AD9850 with a 125 MHz crystal mounted up on a .1 spacing board There are several vendors selling similar things. I bought a couple and have just pulled the 9850 off one for another project of

Re: [time-nuts] Antenna Position

2012-03-21 Thread Dan Rae
And in any case, with four receivers, wouldn't a single aerial and a splitter be more economical and save on feeder costs? Mind you, having an eight way splitter as I do does tend to encourage gps proliferation :^) Dan ___ time-nuts mailing list

Re: [time-nuts] Antenna for T-bolt

2012-04-02 Thread Dan Rae
There's a lot of five Racal survey antennae on eBay, lot 370600485855 which have been round at least once before. I use one of these with a T'bolt and it performs extremely well; I'm not sure what one would do with the other four however... 5 Volt operation, TNC connector, c. 30 dB gain.

Re: [time-nuts] Thunderbolt Question

2012-04-23 Thread Dan Rae
Ed, the message about leap pending refers to an impending leap second, in June I think but others may know more... It will happen and the message will go away. From your LH screen, I would say that your signal levels are way too low. I don't know why, perhaps low antenna gain, a badly sited

Re: [time-nuts] Anyone from Italy here ?

2012-05-02 Thread Dan Rae
And as a first step you might want to tell eBay. Contrary to the general impression they do care :^( Dan ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the

Re: [time-nuts] NTGS50AA, better than Thunderbolt

2012-05-03 Thread Dan Rae
I just bought one of these. I was /really/ annoyed when I go to pay to find out that he has doubled the shipping fee since earlier this morning from $30 to $60. I'm not a happy camper... Dan ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To

Re: [time-nuts] NTGS50AA, better than Thunderbolt

2012-05-03 Thread Dan Rae
On 5/3/2012 1:08 PM, Steve wrote: Did the seller double the shipping cost today? I could have sworn it was $30 the last time I looked at the listing. Steve Yes, he did. Unfortunately I didn't check since I still had the page open from earlier, and didn't find out till I went to Paypal...

Re: [time-nuts] Oh dear

2012-05-07 Thread Dan Rae
All this kerfuffle about that Rubidium Clock kind of misses the point. This is not some Audiophool thing but a serious piece of gear used for recording studios. I am not going to get into the pricing of it, but if you add up the cost of a /new/ Rb unit, distribution amp, power supply and

Re: [time-nuts] Morion Crystal Oscillator Double Oven

2012-05-20 Thread Dan Rae
On 5/20/2012 3:27 PM, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R wrote: Is this any good? Price on Ebay is affordable. It depends what you mean by any good. I bought one and it has what is to me, an unacceptable level of spurious signals on the 10 MHz output, some very close to the desired output. Not

[time-nuts] Another Guatemalan NTG50AA

2012-05-20 Thread Dan Rae
Mine came from near Esquipulas Palo Gordo 2,593 meters up on a hilltop. It works well with Tboltmon but I cannot get LH 3.0 to talk to it. There must be some trick that I am ignorant of... Dan ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To

Re: [time-nuts] Morion Crystal Oscillator Double Oven

2012-05-20 Thread Dan Rae
Mark, I was referring to the MV89A, yes, and I think the original query was to that as well. I presume mine is faulty and have not managed to get it open to investigate further, but the output on a spectrum analyser looks pretty grim, so it's in the big box of things to look at one day...

Re: [time-nuts] Morion Crystal Oscillator Double Oven

2012-05-20 Thread Dan Rae
Mark, take a look at the plots on the following link: http://www.rbarrios.com/projects/MV89A/ which I think are from a list member. Mine is similar to the first of the group of three at the end of the page, not very pretty. What I assume is correct behavior is the second one. Dan

Re: [time-nuts] NTGS50AA, better than Thunderbolt?

2012-05-23 Thread Dan Rae
On 5/20/2012 7:56 PM, Mark Sims wrote: An interesting test would be to test a Nortel unit and a Tbolt with the same oscillator and see if the basic hardware had any difference in performance (I bet they would be very close) I had my Nortel running on the bench, in the open, for about 48 Hours,

Re: [time-nuts] NTGS50AA glitches

2012-06-12 Thread Dan Rae
On 6/12/2012 12:25 PM, Charles P. Steinmetz wrote: Dan wrote: The attached LH plot shows what happened when it was moved slightly on the bench two or three times. What surprises me is that the DAC plot remains offset after everything else has settled. The movement event(s) appear to

Re: [time-nuts] NTGS50AA glitches

2012-06-12 Thread Dan Rae
On 6/12/2012 2:48 PM, Mark Sims wrote: I saw a similar DAC jump when I replaced the SMB pigtail to my board. The unit went into a brief holdover and came out with a shift in the dac vaue. I would try wiggling the coax connection (without moving the board) and also gently tapping around

Re: [time-nuts] Vectron Type 229 Crystal Oscillator

2012-06-25 Thread Dan Rae
I have a couple of Vectron 229-5657-1 OCXOs, nominal 80 MHz, that have a different pin out to that reported by Nigel. These have the SMA output and only a 24 V supply to pins 2 for + and 6 ground. No EFC. From the output spectrum, I think these are also doubling from a 40 MHz crystal. Dan

[time-nuts] US 5065A standby battery cell source?

2012-07-01 Thread Dan Rae
All this discussion of the excellence of these Rb units reminds me that another cell must have died in my battery pack since the slightest glitch in the power here now makes the green light go out. The last time a cell died I just took it out since it actually seems to work well enough with

Re: [time-nuts] US 5065A standby battery cell source?

2012-07-01 Thread Dan Rae
On 7/1/2012 5:51 PM, J. L. Trantham wrote: I have used Batteries America tabbed cells to make up packs for several pieces of equipment and have been well pleased. Joe Thanks both, they look a lot better quality than the ones I have... Dan ___

Re: [time-nuts] Is this a cesium frequency standard?

2012-08-23 Thread Dan Rae
On 8/23/2012 7:44 AM, David Kirkby wrote: Em, that's a lot of money for a Rubidium. I wonder what all the controls are for? It seems a complex rubidium compared to those that I've seen. David, if you compare it to the -hp- 5065A which last sold new for around $35,000 and upwards with options

Re: [time-nuts] US ebay sellers who won't ship outside the US

2009-07-15 Thread Dan Rae
The problem here, more likely than not, is the restrictive provisions made by the US authorities over the end use of military surplus. It is not worth upsetting the men in black, believe me. A lot of surplus gear cannot legally be sold to a non US citizen, even with a US address. dr

Re: [time-nuts] AC cord or connector for 5061A

2009-07-19 Thread Dan Rae
J. L. Trantham wrote: If this means that the rotation can be 'user selected' as you assemble the connector, I am home free. I have not tried to disassemble the connector yet but will when I get back from work today. I bought one of these recently from Digikey for a 5065A (and for nearer to

Re: [time-nuts] Method for comparing oscillators

2009-08-03 Thread Dan Rae
ewkeh...@aol.com wrote: The only component I have trouble buying is the 74 AC 112. Newark has them, but you have to buy thousands. Material cost based on part searches is below $ 200.00. Digikey has them in stock for 68 cents US. dr ___

[time-nuts] TAC32 support?

2009-08-13 Thread Dan Rae
Does anyone know if support for this is still available to those who bought it through TAPR? TAPR refer inquiries to CNS who do not answer my emails. It's not a big problem, simply that I upgraded to the latest version (2.7.8) only to find that I didn't have the password, and could not

Re: [time-nuts] HP 5065A Rubidium

2009-08-15 Thread Dan Rae
Brian Kirby wrote: Anybody know where I can find a PDF of the HP 5065A rubidium frequency standard ? Brian, assuming you mean the manual, Artek Media have one for sale, but it is for the older versions. I have never been able to find one for the later versions that use the 10811 OCXO. Dan

Re: [time-nuts] HP catalogs and HP 5065A

2009-08-23 Thread Dan Rae
Corby Dawson wrote: Hi, I'm curious what year was the last year that HP offered the 5065A for sale and what the list price was for that year. It is in the 1993,94,95, or 96 catalog. Can any one who has one of these years catalogs check and see? OK Corby, it is NOT in the 1993 or later

Re: [time-nuts] Splitting GPS antenna output

2009-09-02 Thread Dan Rae
Keep an eye open at swap meets etc., or even eBay, for something like an MCL ZAPD-2, http://www.minicircuits.com/pdfs/ZAPD-2+.pdf which is a 1 to 2 GHz splitter. It has DC continuity from 1 and 2 to the common. I put a 100 pF blocking cap in one of the ports, the other feeds DC to the

Re: [time-nuts] Racal 2201 Frequency Counter

2009-09-10 Thread Dan Rae
gandal...@aol.com wrote: Following recent discussions about the merits, or otherwise, of the Racal 1991/92 counters, is anybody familiar with the 225MHz two channel 2201 which was marketed as being the 1991 replacement? With an optional 1.3GHz third channel fitted it was also offered as the

Re: [time-nuts] HP 5065A Manual

2009-09-16 Thread Dan Rae
Brian Kirby wrote: I purchased a original HP 5065A manual and scanned it. The pictures, oscilloscope pictures and some of the schematics were greyscaled to bring out the details. Its available at http://www.kennethkuhn.com/hpmuseum/scans/ Its in three parts, each part being around 10 mb.

Re: [time-nuts] HP 5065A Manual

2009-09-16 Thread Dan Rae
Funnily enough none of the Update changes that I have found specifically refer to my Serial Prefix, 2432, but I think I'm covered anyway :^) Thanks again for the effort Brian, Dan ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go

Re: [time-nuts] Dual Mixer

2009-11-16 Thread Dan Rae
ewkeh...@aol.com wrote: As part of the Dual Mixer project I am looking for a source of reasonably priced 80 MHz Xtal's in HC 49 holder. International Crystal wants $12 in fifty Qty. In my opinion to high. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks Bert Kehren How about XC1567CT-ND from

Re: [time-nuts] LORAN-C demise

2009-11-30 Thread Dan Rae
Mark Spencer wrote: Yep... There is some room for experimenation. As an example looking at some of the results reported from the ARRL Frequency measuring test, it seems that some of the participants are able to determine the frequencies of HF signals progated via sky waves with an accuracy

Re: [time-nuts] Sparkfun

2010-01-07 Thread Dan Rae
There has to be a better way to get a prologix. An hour to get to the page to order it and now I cannot proceed to the check out section at all. Ridiculous! There is indeed no such thing as a free lunch or a cheap GPIB adapter :^) Dan ___

Re: [time-nuts] Sparkfun

2010-01-07 Thread Dan Rae
F1ETB wrote: Good Advertisement for a company in Electronics... Happy New Year to everyone, Bernard I don't know Bernard. Having just wasted an hour plus of my life on it I don't think I will return there again. Dan ___ time-nuts mailing

[time-nuts] Accurate Position

2010-01-14 Thread Dan Rae
I just found out that Google Earth now gives a seemingly quite accurate position at the mouse pointer which I don't remember seeing before. This would seem like a good way to start for a T-bolt survey for example. Dan ___ time-nuts mailing list

Re: [time-nuts] HP 58516A GPS distribution amplifier information

2010-01-27 Thread Dan Rae
Bob Camp wrote: Hi Has anybody torn into one to see how easy/hard that would be? Sometimes HP's construction techniques are not very hacker friendly.. Bob, I had to do that because my 8 way version came from the swap meet fried ( it was only $5). The circuitry inside is very obvious

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