Re: [time-nuts] Importing into EEC

2008-08-15 Thread David Ackrill
Jim Palfreyman wrote: My pet hate is loose and lose. Perhaps we could form a chapter of the ? http://www.worldwidewords.org/articles/apostrophe.htm Dave (G0DJA) ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to

Re: [time-nuts] CE Mark

2008-08-15 Thread David Forbes
products. -- David Forbes, Tucson AZ, Estados Unidos Americanos ___ 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] CE Mark

2008-08-15 Thread David Ackrill
David Forbes wrote: This is interesting. It means that I, as an American exporter selling directly to end customers in the EU, do NOT need to CE mark my American made products. I have bought several items from the US for personal use, and not for resale, I don't remember any of them

Re: [time-nuts] Nixie - tube clock - 16 Digit Readout !

2008-08-17 Thread David Forbes
is -- Tim, There is a Yahoo group called NeoNixie that is devoted to the art of creating nixie clocks. A few of its members - the ones who want their clocks to be somewhat accurate - are also members of this group. -- --David Forbes, Tucson, AZ http://www.cathodecorner.com

Re: [time-nuts] TBolt question

2008-08-24 Thread David Ackrill
Thomas A. Frank wrote: Just to add a little confusion to the mix, mine is marked 5/1/03 Rev A I wonder who will prove to have the last maked TB? Mine has 4/26/04 Rev E, which I guess is the American notation for 26th April 2004. Dave ___

Re: [time-nuts] Thunderbolt self-survey results...

2008-08-30 Thread David Ackrill
Michael Baker wrote: However, after completing its self-survey it thinks its elevation is 11.2 meters when the actual elevation of its antenna (on my house roof) is 28.4 meters. I've not found any GPS receiver, available to the general pubic anyway, that correctly reports its height above

Re: [time-nuts] Thunderbolt self-survey results...

2008-08-30 Thread David Ackrill
There's a discussion of the different height measurements and the errors found when using 4 Garmin GPS receivers at http://users.erols.com/dlwilson/gpsvert.htm ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to

Re: [time-nuts] New to the list...Hello from Melbourne

2008-08-31 Thread David Ackrill
Clint Jeffrey - VK3CSJ wrote: As for me now, there are a couple of interests, I'm wanting to put together a receiver operating at 8.4GHz where the PLO is referenced (10MHz) from a OCXO which in turn is getting it's reference from a GPS Rx with a 10KHz output, all for the sake of increased

Re: [time-nuts] Temp control of LPRO

2008-09-10 Thread David Forbes
WB6BNQ wrote: Hi Neville, In all seriousness, I thought the Rubidium physics package is heated for reasons. Now that you are heat sinking it, what has happened to the current draw for the whole unit ? Or am I misunderstanding something ? BillWB6BNQ He's not cooling it, he's

Re: [time-nuts] Trimble GPSDO power suply unit

2008-09-11 Thread David Medin
I'm glad to hear that Tom will replace the unit for you. I've worked with Asian multivoltage switching supplies for years, and what the manufacturer usually won't tell you is that their primary output (usually the +5) of a multivoltage PS needs at least a 10 - 20 percent (or so) minimum load in

Re: [time-nuts] Trimble GPSDO power suply unit.

2008-09-12 Thread David Ackrill
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: After connecting all wires to the Trimble plug and made a check if all voltage is correct and left the PS unit to run on the table without load/connecting to the GPSDO, about 15min got a big bang and the Power Supply Unit blow-up. On my unit the PSU was not working

Re: [time-nuts] Thunderbolt Monitor (Didier Juges)

2008-09-13 Thread David Medin
When I get my Tbolt, I was planning to program a PIC18F6722-based board I have already designed and produced, into the role of passthru/monitor to indicate lock. What other features would everyone want to see on a Tbolt monitor board relative to features/displays? What kit price range

[time-nuts] What outdoor antenna for Tbolt?

2008-09-13 Thread David Medin
What outdoor bullet antenna are people using for their Tbolts (manufacturer and model number), where did you find it, and how much did you pay for it? I'm looking at several eBay antennas and the like crossing my fingers that the bias voltage and current will work, but I'd rather

Re: [time-nuts] Testing frequency using NTP

2008-10-02 Thread David Forbes
of magnitude better. Curiously, the icworks.com domain name is now available for purchase. -- --David Forbes, Tucson, AZ http://www.cathodecorner.com/ ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin

Re: [time-nuts] AC Connector On HP 5061B

2008-10-03 Thread David Forbes
WB6BNQ wrote: Tom Van Baak wrote: On the DA you will want to ensure all your output cables are of identical length as this will ensure that all signals are in phase at the timebase input(s). It's a small thing really a fraction of a picosecond but it's there and easily compensated for.

Re: [time-nuts] Does the EU or another European country have an equivalent of http://www.usno.navy.mil ?

2008-10-06 Thread David Ackrill
Gretchen Baxter wrote: Hi, I am doing research for my employer around time synchronization. I have found a lot of good information at http://www.usno.navy.mil But does the EU or other European countries have a similar source? Several universities and scientific organisations in various

[time-nuts] Sound and time

2008-10-11 Thread David Forbes
At 12:16 PM + 10/11/08, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: As former sound technician... I used to do that stuff too, being the bass player/sound guy in a cheesy bar band. Loads of fun! Any more time nuts with sound reinforcement experience? -- --David Forbes, Tucson, AZ http

Re: [time-nuts] How many seconds in a year?

2008-10-14 Thread David Forbes
that is guaranteed to count seconds correctly in future years, short of having it receive leap second announcements twice a year and adjust its timekeeping accordingly. -- --David Forbes, Tucson, AZ http://www.cathodecorner.com/ ___ time-nuts

[time-nuts] Jeopardy questions

2008-10-15 Thread David Forbes
? It is indeed amusing how the word year so muddies this simple parameter of celestial mechanics, by inserting politics into the question. -- --David Forbes, Tucson, AZ http://www.cathodecorner.com/ ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com

Re: [time-nuts] Time-zones and World time..

2008-10-30 Thread David Ackrill
Steve Rooke wrote: I guess the question is, what's the likely-hood of a world standard time being adopted (sort of like Star Trek)? I would say it's very unlikely to happen. People tend to prefer the time in their area to match up with the day. So, having the sun come up at 7pm wouldn't

Re: [time-nuts] Time-zones and World time..

2008-10-30 Thread David Forbes
the sun is at its highest). That caused major problems for the railroads. -Chuck Harris Chuck, I don't think you meant to say sidereal time, which is based the stars, not the sun. There are 366.25 or so days in a sidereal year! -- --David Forbes, Tucson, AZ http://www.cathodecorner.com

[time-nuts] CHU: do not stay tuned...

2008-11-19 Thread David McGaw
is that there will be an announcement soon of a frequency change. Be ready to retune, David McGaw ___ 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.

[time-nuts] Any nixie project people out there?

2008-11-23 Thread David Medin
I appreciate the assistance I've gotten here in getting my Tbolts set up and generating that beautiful traceable 10 MHz for my benches at home and work. I've got a giveback IF someone plans to put it to good use. My faithful Ballantine 5700A 9 digit nixie frequency counter isn't

Re: [time-nuts] Voltage standards

2008-11-30 Thread David Forbes
Dewars lying around... one of them could be retrofitted to hold a cryogenic standard if we felt like it. But there's the rent of regularly buying that LHe to keep the standard cold. Kinda like being a drunkard on fine Scotch whisky without the buzz. -- --David Forbes, Tucson, AZ http

Re: [time-nuts] Fw: How to schedule a leap second on 5071A?

2008-12-31 Thread David Moisan
Yes it did. But then it ran backwards until I refreshed it! -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Tom Van Baak Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 6:44 PM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re:

[time-nuts] GPS antenna gain

2009-01-14 Thread David McGaw
with an M12M-T. I have tried a second VIC-100 with the same results. Would anyone have an explanation for this? Thanks, David McGaw N1HAC ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo

Re: [time-nuts] GPS antenna gain

2009-01-14 Thread David McGaw
Yes, more correctly I used 2 power inserters, one each way, to shunt the antenna power around the attenuator so that the antenna is powered and the GPS receiver sees the antenna as connected. David At 08:50 PM 1/14/2009, you wrote: And I did not make myself clear. If you were using power

Re: [time-nuts] beryllium oxide

2009-01-16 Thread David Forbes
d.sei...@comcast.net wrote: Since we're on the subject, what does BeO typically look like when it's used as a washer, heatsink, etc. I ask because I tend to keep everything and I modify things all the time. Is there any way besides being painted that it could pass as Al? -Dave Dave,

[time-nuts] Boatanchor docs: HP AC-4 counter module manual

2009-01-31 Thread David Forbes
second. -- --David Forbes, Tucson, AZ http://www.cathodecorner.com/ ___ 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] Never mind Thunderbolts...

2009-02-24 Thread David Forbes
one to dream about building a real Rb vapor cell timekeeping device that's all exposed. Sure, the vapor cell would have to be temperature stabilized, and various other improvements would have to be made, and it wouldn't work really well. But think of the geegaw appeal! --David F

Re: [time-nuts] Tektronix 603/604, looking for any documentation

2009-02-25 Thread David Forbes
for any help about this. --ga German, I have a 603 manual at the office. I could mail it to you if you wanted to pay postage, or I could scan a few pages of interest. -- --David Forbes, Tucson, AZ http://www.cathodecorner.com/ ___ time-nuts mailing list

Re: [time-nuts] PCB connector for a 10811A

2009-03-11 Thread David Forbes
. EDC306150-ND single sided 15 pin .156 pitch EDC307300-ND double sided 2x15 pin .156 pitch -- --David Forbes, Tucson, AZ http://www.cathodecorner.com/ ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin

Re: [time-nuts] Cabling GPS antennas

2009-04-07 Thread David McGaw
of the receiver and antenna will not be 1:1 either. Good luck, David At 08:47 AM 4/7/2009, you wrote: The reason that such cable mismatch isnt a problem is that the VSWR of the Thunderbolt input is relatively high. Bruce Christian Vogel wrote: Hi Steve, these frequencies. I was thinking

Re: [time-nuts] OT: 10 MHz data capture, help

2009-04-10 Thread David Forbes
or ASCII values. Here's a 30MSPS card: http://www.advantech.com/products/PCI-1714U/mod_GF-HQHV.aspx --David Forbes, Tucson ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts

Re: [time-nuts] Certichron

2009-04-28 Thread David Forbes
it's a good indicator of a website's time source.) So I don't have much faith in their service, if they can't even get their website's clock right. -- --David Forbes, Tucson, AZ http://www.cathodecorner.com/ ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts

Re: [time-nuts] Consumables or the Time Nut

2009-04-30 Thread David Forbes
?? Thanks Stan, W1LEFN41srCape Cod Stan, I did this recently. The ink is soluble in, of all things, water! -- --David Forbes, Tucson, AZ http://www.cathodecorner.com/ ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go

Re: [time-nuts] 5070B once more.... (actually 5370A fans)

2009-05-22 Thread David Forbes
and maintenance reasons. Given that many of these ECL chips are no longer made, keeping them cool for long life is of utmost importance. -- --David Forbes, Tucson, AZ http://www.cathodecorner.com/ ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com

Re: [time-nuts] 5070B once more.... (actually 5370A fans)

2009-05-22 Thread David Forbes
as well as any model can, given the clumpiness of failures. P.5-13 gives the temperature failure rate multiplier for ECL chips: 25C 0.10 45C 0.27 55C 0.42 65C 0.63 75C 0.94 85C 1.4 95C 1.9 So my off-the-cuff guess of failures doubling for every 10C rise is not too wrong. --David Forbes

[time-nuts] Hi!

2009-06-13 Thread David Findlay
Hi my name is David and I have a rubidium standard. It's a Efratom 100334-006 and outputs 10mhz. What can I do with it? As I understand it I need to provide it a reference to set it's frequency. I was thinking it'd be cool to build a counter that counts the waves and is thereby a clock

[time-nuts] test mailing from a new member

2009-06-14 Thread David Bengtson
If this had been a real message, there would have been content here. ___ 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] test mailing from a new member

2009-06-15 Thread David Bengtson
wrote: Hej David! David Bengtson skrev: If this had been a real message, there would have been content here. Assuming there had been a real message there, like a presentation of you, what would it say? Cheers, Magnus ___ time-nuts mailing list

Re: [time-nuts] test mailing from a new member

2009-06-16 Thread David Bengtson
On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 6:07 PM, Magnus Danielsonmag...@rubidium.dyndns.org wrote: Hal Murray skrev: david.bengt...@gmail.com said:  I've recently gotten an opportunity to work on a GPSDO at work, and so I now have a real need to pick up some more information on the design tradeoffs and

[time-nuts] TB DAC, was Re: Embarrassing stuff...

2013-06-02 Thread David Hooke
... On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 12:10 PM, David Hooke dhooke-re5jqeeqqe8avxtiumw...@public.gmane.org wrote: OK. This MV89 is mounted on a PCB with SMA connectors for the EFC, REF and 10MHz. I connected the EFC from the TB to the REF out of the oscillator, not for very long, and things haven't been quite

Re: [time-nuts] Cheap 9.8Mhz Sa.22c's

2013-06-02 Thread David McGaw
be enabled and are functional. A AD9851 DDS fed 29.4912 MHz and set to multiply by 6 could give 10.3051758 MHz, off by ~3 E-10, well within the range of the digital control. 73, David On 6/2/13 5:19 PM, Tom Miller wrote: - Original Message - From: Chris Albertson

Re: [time-nuts] Cheap 9.8Mhz Sa.22c's

2013-06-05 Thread David McGaw
/PistonTrimmerCapsIndex.html. Perhaps something that small would not be too bad for shipping. Regards, David On 6/5/13 7:29 PM, Mark C. Stephens wrote: Talking about punishment, I pulled the old 9390 out yesterday and plugged it in. Up the GPS came, but after 8 hours, still no lock LED. (the lock LED

Re: [time-nuts] HP and other equipment failure

2013-06-14 Thread David Kirkby
On 14 June 2013 05:48, Perry Sandeen sandee...@yahoo.com wrote: There are two long standing truths about electronic equipment. One you can’t have too much filter capacitance. Two, you can’t cool too much. (Please spare me the liquid nitrogen or submarine battery comments.) Regards,

Re: [time-nuts] Looking for an old french disertation

2013-06-14 Thread David Kirkby
On 14 June 2013 20:24, Claudio Girardi claudio.gira...@virgilio.it wrote: Unfortunately, as far as I understood, you need to be a student at a French university for obtaining an interlibrary loan. The global French libraries catalog (http://ccfr.bnf.fr) does not list any additional (i.e.

Re: [time-nuts] HP and other equipment failure - availability

2013-06-16 Thread David Kirkby
On 16 June 2013 01:33, k...@aol.com wrote: Greetings Gentlemen! I have been following the thread on HP equipment repair, as I have a bunch of it and am waiting the inevitable day when something starts to smoke. That being said, I agree with the gentlemen that say fixing is better than

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

2013-06-26 Thread David Kirkby
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 Probably nothing ground breaking for any

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

2013-06-27 Thread David Kirkby
On 27 June 2013 06:08, Doug Calvert dfc-l...@douglasfcalvert.net wrote: On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 10:07 PM, Dan Rae dan...@verizon.net wrote: And BBC tv shows are not available (legitimately) for download or on demand outside the UK anyway. What is your point? Would you prefer that I only

Re: [time-nuts] Cross border shipping == was: GPS receivers W/timing outputs greater than 1PPS

2013-06-27 Thread David Kirkby
someone, not sure who wrote I don't know why they think there is additional risk with international shipments. Just send it with a signature required, and it has exactly the same risk as any ordinary shipment in the US. But a lot of vendors feel the same way. As someone

Re: [time-nuts] Cross border shipping == was: GPS receivers W/timing outputs greater than 1PPS

2013-06-27 Thread David Kirkby
On 27 June 2013 12:30, Robert Atkinson robert8...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: It actually even easier than ever now. Ebay.com do a global postage programme http://pages.ebay.co.uk/shipping/globalshipping/buyer-tnc.html#paymentsplit The seller ships it to a US processing center (an item I just won went

Re: [time-nuts] wwvb 60 khz tuning fork crystals Some insights

2013-06-27 Thread David McGaw
and will oscillate without the crystal controlling it - just try it with a resistor for feedback and a capacitor to ground at the input, no crystal. David N1HAC On 6/27/13 6:30 PM, paul swed wrote: I will say the fact is the 74hc14 is a bit of a power pig we are talking 12 ma. The rcvr

Re: [time-nuts] Lead acid battery noise levels

2013-07-09 Thread David Kirkby
On 9 July 2013 04:52, Mark Spencer mspencer12...@yahoo.ca wrote: Hello, I've just reviewed the thread from earlier this year regarding low noise power supplies and some related information about the noise levels of certain batteries.Has anyone ever come across any data pertaining to the

Re: [time-nuts] Lead acid battery noise levels

2013-07-11 Thread David Kirkby
On 11 July 2013 05:47, Mark Spencer mspencer12...@yahoo.ca wrote: Eric: http://tf.nist.gov/general/pdf/1133.pdf discusses the noise levels of various batteries. Regards Mark S Sod's Law comes into play here. From a quick read of that, it seems NiCd are best, but they are being phased

Re: [time-nuts] Spectrum Analyzer Suggestions

2013-07-14 Thread David Kirkby
On 14 July 2013 04:09, Perry Sandeen sandee...@yahoo.com wrote: List, I just purchased a HP 3585 spec analyzer on E bay The problem is I didn’t know the beast weighed a svelte 88 pounds! Double Hernia time! An SA is generally not something one moves around a lot, but if you do, and have

Re: [time-nuts] WWVB odd propagation 07/14/2013

2013-07-14 Thread David McGaw
The Earth's geomagnetic field has been unsettled (K=4) and the Solar Wind magnetic field has been negative (energizing) all day. Could be a setup for a big kick. David On 7/14/13 9:56 PM, paul swed wrote: Well this is pretty strange. Working on the WWVB d-psk-r and testing a new simple

Re: [time-nuts] Spectrum Analyzer Suggestions

2013-07-15 Thread David Kirkby
On 15 July 2013 14:19, Robert LaJeunesse rlajeune...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Rigol, unlike most of the Asian based manufacturers, does have a support office in the States. They have also had a noticeable presence at the Dayton Hamvention. I'm rather pleased with the low-end Rigol scope I bought

Re: [time-nuts] GPS 18 behavior

2013-07-21 Thread David McGaw
and high. David On 7/21/13 9:02 AM, Jim Lux wrote: I don't have a GPS-18 in front of me, and I'm modifying some software remotely, and I ran across an issue that someone on this list probably knows off the top of their head. Does the GPS-18 put out 1pps pulses even if it hasn't got a fix

[time-nuts] TPLL linearity and other questions

2013-07-22 Thread David Hooke
to around 1Hz. Are there any analysis packages I should look at to explore PN output, or is spectrum lab the best best? Thanks from a beginner. david ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman

Re: [time-nuts] Subject: HP Agilent VLF Comparator Receiver 117A Frequency

2013-07-25 Thread David Smith
That's my HP 117A receiver that I listed. It's $120 and I pay for shipping. It's the last of three I had. Shipping will cost between $20 -$25 depending on where you live. I could either offer it for sale or send it to the landfill. I chose to offer it to someone who might want to own a piece of

Re: [time-nuts] RS 232

2013-07-25 Thread David McGaw
. David On 7/25/13 10:21 AM, paul swed wrote: Debating the band belive ideal for older is +-3V. But I would need to check. And how old is old? Not to sure many of the old 1488 1489 devices are around anymore. I think more compatibility would be supported by the +-1.4 you mention. Regards Paul

Re: [time-nuts] GPS Spoofing

2013-07-26 Thread David McGaw
LORAN can be good to 60 ft. On 7/27/13 12:21 AM, Jim Lux wrote: On 7/26/13 8:45 PM, J. Forster wrote: I gather from the article, the GPS position was spoofed and the autopilot, in bringing it back to where it was supposed to be, actually took it off course. There are places where a few

[time-nuts] Rockwell/Conexant Jupiter(?) 10kHz Output Off Frequency

2013-07-27 Thread David Smith
anyone recognise these boards and have experience with extracting 10kHz from them? Regards, David Smith ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow

Re: [time-nuts] Warped back to 1993

2013-08-14 Thread David Malone
seems to work for me, though it may not be pedantically correct. Hal might have some comments on if it could easily be improved. It might be an interesting option to have in the NMEA driver, but it does seem a litle hacky. David. --- refclock_nmea.c.orig2010-11-10 03:38:22.0

[time-nuts] PTPv2 grandmaster with a Z3805A?

2013-08-20 Thread David Gravereaux
is an Intel i210 and supports hardware timestamping. My Ethernet switch also supports 1588 as Class A traffic. I can't seem to find a manual specific for the Z3805A. Are the 3.58 MHz ACPI timers okay or should I use the 25MHz HPET ones for system clock? -- David Gravereaux davyg...@pobox.com

Re: [time-nuts] PTPv2 grandmaster with a Z3805A?

2013-08-20 Thread David Gravereaux
the use of the phc2sys utility? Probably a better question for the linuxptp group. -- David Gravereaux davyg...@pobox.com signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go

Re: [time-nuts] PTPv2 grandmaster with a Z3805A?

2013-08-20 Thread David Gravereaux
On 08/20/2013 01:16 PM, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: In message 5213b89d.4070...@pobox.com, David Gravereaux writes: I guess I can't go with TSC on this hardware. You never should, for precision timekeeping, for a host of technical hacks, all outside your control. The most interesting

Re: [time-nuts] PTPv2 grandmaster with a Z3805A?

2013-08-20 Thread David Gravereaux
On 08/20/2013 01:16 PM, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: In message 5213b89d.4070...@pobox.com, David Gravereaux writes: I guess I can't go with TSC on this hardware. You never should, for precision timekeeping, for a host of technical hacks, all outside your control. Good to know, thanks. I

Re: [time-nuts] PTPv2 grandmaster with a Z3805A?

2013-08-22 Thread David Gravereaux
On 08/20/2013 01:51 PM, David Gravereaux wrote: Also, and still back to my question, NTPd's control of the radio and PPS signal wouldn't be using the same PPS kernel service would it? Answering my own question, the clock at /dev/ptp0 (on the NIC) is not the same as the realtime and needs

Re: [time-nuts] Yb clock - NPR Story on Atomic Clocks

2013-08-23 Thread David McGaw
Here is an announcement article: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/early/2013/08/21/science.1240420.full David On 8/23/13 10:51 AM, Frank Stellmach wrote: Wow, this new type of clock is not even 100 times more longterm stable than the Cs fountain clock, it's even short-term stable as a H

Re: [time-nuts] DIY HP/Agilent 53131A 010 High Stability Timebase Option

2013-08-28 Thread David McGaw
Option 001 for the 5342A did use a 10544A which looks like it just plugs into the same socket as the standard oscillator. As Rick says, the 10811 will also work. David On 8/28/13 12:30 PM, Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote: I have an 18 GHz HP 5342A frequency counter, which I don't seem

Re: [time-nuts] Advantages of differential oscillator structures?

2013-08-29 Thread David McGaw
BTW, the venerable Motorola MC12061 oscillator is a bipolar version of this circuit. It was good for audio clocks in the 12 MHz range, including VCXOs using a series varactor. David On 8/10/13 2:34 PM, Bob Camp wrote: Hi Any bets on weather or not they have actually designed a 12.8 MHz

[time-nuts] HP3048 RMB software

2013-09-13 Thread David Hooke
HTBasic (RMB) and PN3048 using a NI GPIB card. I'm very pleased! Thanks. david ___ 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] HP3048 RMB software

2013-09-13 Thread David Hooke
Sorry Folks, I had included an image from the 3048A Ops manual, but it didn't show up in the post. The question remains valid however. Cheers, david Hi Folks, This is from the June 1990 version of the HP 3048A System Ops manual: Does anyone have a secret stash of the RMB A.03.0x

Re: [time-nuts] Example of clocks interlocking with each other

2013-09-13 Thread David McGaw
The first character was dropped off: http://io9.com/5947112/watch-32-discordant-metronomes-achieve-synchrony-in-a-matter-of-minutes On 9/13/13 1:44 PM, Tim Shoppa wrote: I first read about this is Scientific American a couple decades ago. A slightly different set of clocks become largely

Re: [time-nuts] Example of clocks interlocking with each other

2013-09-13 Thread David McGaw
Compromise. On 9/13/13 7:56 PM, Max Robinson wrote: Question about the two metronome experiment. Is the slow one sped up or the fast one slowed down? Or do they arrive at a compromise? Regards. Max. K 4 O DS. Email: m...@maxsmusicplace.com Transistor site

Re: [time-nuts] Example of clocks interlocking with each other

2013-09-13 Thread David McGaw
be multiple solutions. The TV oscillator example is different as the driving source is not influenced by the locked oscillator. Now, can we lock multiple atomic oscillators together into a super-accurate ensemble? David On 9/13/13 10:13 PM, Bill Hawkins wrote: Maybe not. We need the math

[time-nuts] NIST off-line

2013-10-01 Thread David McGaw
NIST is off-line due to the shutdown. http://www.nist.gov/pml/div688 ___ 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] Bell Labs ad 1952

2013-10-03 Thread David McGaw
I have one of those crystals too. Have the oven somewhere. Had the chassis, just like the picture. Would have made a great anchor for a battleship. David N1HAC On 10/3/13 6:24 PM, paul swed wrote: Yes remember back then there was Ready Kilowatt (Detroit Edison) power was cheap cheap

Re: [time-nuts] trimble antenna connector

2013-10-04 Thread David McGaw
They recommended using 75 ohm TV cable with F connectors as being low-loss and cheap. The 50-75 ohm mismatch is negligible in this application. David On 10/4/13 12:38 PM, Eric Garner wrote: why do older thunderbolts use an F connector for the antenna? (the current version uses a BNC

Re: [time-nuts] Interesting idea

2013-10-08 Thread David McGaw
The correct link is http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/hijuno/ David N1HAC On 10/8/13 1:17 PM, Paul K. wrote: FYI Follows is a post I picked up off of the Drake Group. It sounds interesting. Paul K. WA0BAG Hello ALL; NASA spacecraft Juno, bound for Jupiter, will have a earth fly-by Wednesday

Re: [time-nuts] Splitter for GPS antenna suggestions?

2013-10-25 Thread David McGaw
amplifier is that it requires something like 16V so needs a separate supply. 73, David N1HAC On 10/25/13 7:01 PM, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX wrote: Splitters for satellite TV pass DC to/from one receiver and block it for the others. The GPS frequency is well within the satellite downlink

[time-nuts] HP E1938A Oscillator settings

2013-10-26 Thread David Hooke
to understand the red and blue settings, the default PID parameters and the rim/mass ratio controls. Thanks, david ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts

Re: [time-nuts] HP Z3817A Reverse Engineering

2013-10-27 Thread David Hooke
Hi Ed, My E1938 also came from a very battered STLN4096A from the same source, and I might also try to get the other boards functional. Could you share the details of the GPS connections, and which GPS receiver you used? Cheers, david I recently purchased a Motorola STLN4096A with the HP

Re: [time-nuts] HP Z3817A Reverse Engineering

2013-10-28 Thread David Hooke
Thanks Ed (and Skip), I've bolted the PCBs back together, and have it connected both via SatStat and Ulrich's Z38XX. I'll let the oscillator cook for another week and check the PN and ADEV, and if the E1938 looks good, figure out the UT+ configuration. Cheerio. Hi David, Skip Withrow

Re: [time-nuts] The 5MHz Sweet Spot

2013-11-01 Thread David McGaw
the influence of the package. David On 11/2/13 1:07 AM, Bob Camp wrote: Hi The real answer is that nobody knows. The economics essentially make finding out very expensive. Q most certainly goes up, I don’t think anybody disputes that. The questions about flicker / ADEV all revolve around small blank

Re: [time-nuts] Loran

2013-11-15 Thread David McGaw
Can you tell whether it is coming from Wildwood or another site? David N1HAC On 11/14/13 9:02 PM, paul swed wrote: Sounds pretty good not banging in here like the old chain did. austron 2100 says 38db srs700 says 47 rcvr gain and 25 db noise margin. hp3856b's says -53dbm or 500uv. Regards

Re: [time-nuts] Mains frequency

2013-11-16 Thread David Malone
on a sound card. You can get lots of (slightly noisy) samples per second. I took chunks of this data and took the Fourier transform to find the dominant frequency: http://www.maths.tcd.ie/~dwmalone/time/leap2012/#mains but I guess you could filter it and count crossings too? David

Re: [time-nuts] Motorola GPS antenna type GCNT20A3A

2013-12-12 Thread David McGaw
This should be equivalent to the Synergy Timing 3000 antenna: http://www.synergy-gps.com/images/stories/pdf/anttiming3000_tn888.pdf. David N1HAC On 12/12/13 2:59 PM, Dave Brown wrote: They do ship internationally but to a limited number of countries. For some reason the UK is not on the list

Re: [time-nuts] Trimble Thunderbolt 1pps

2014-01-27 Thread David McGaw
I pointed out a while ago that the modern chips like the MAX232 have a positive receiver threshold so TTL drive is fine for short runs. 73, David On 1/27/14 10:35 AM, Javier Herrero wrote: On 27.01.2014 15:08, Attila Kinali wrote: In practice, the receiver chip only has one power supply

[time-nuts] Datum 9150 series manuals

2014-02-04 Thread David Jensen
range is quite welcome. Please let me know what you have- even if they're being sold. Thanks! David Jensen djen...@ieee.org mailto:djen...@ieee.org w8pdp ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https

Re: [time-nuts] housing multiple GPS timing receivers in the same box.

2014-02-05 Thread David McGaw
as it does lend some isolation between the receivers. David On 2/4/14 4:50 PM, mike cook wrote: Le 4 févr. 2014 à 22:35, Volker Esper a écrit : http://www.ebay.de/itm/HP-58516A-GPS-1-4-signal-Distribution-Amplifier-Splitter-N-type-/300997787447?pt=US_Ham_Radio_Receivershash=item4614ddbf37

Re: [time-nuts] clock and cannon at noon story

2014-02-06 Thread David Malone
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Re: [time-nuts] LORAN C GRIs heard and not. Other info

2012-03-02 Thread David McGaw
It makes sense that they would be using that chain. Seneca is the primary and an eLoran station. David On 3/2/12 1:51 PM, paul swed wrote: 13:50 89700 great lakes is back on the air -65 db austrons locking. So it would seem several things. Crazy propagation today They dropped power and shut

Re: [time-nuts] New atomic clock

2012-03-13 Thread David McQuate
The article was accepted for publication on Feb 22, 2012in Physical Review Letters. The March issue has already been published, so maybe this one will be in the April issue. The title is Single-ion nuclear clock for metrology at the 19th decimal place Authors: C. J. Campbell, A. G.

Re: [time-nuts] Chinese credit card fraud

2012-03-17 Thread David Kirkby
On 16 March 2012 16:22, Rix Seacord eseac...@verizon.net wrote: Luckily, I use PayPal for most of my online purchases. From the experience of a friend, who bought something eBay that needed refunding by Paypal, it was a long complex process 1) Buy bandbag from eBay she believed was a fake. 2)

[time-nuts] SimpleLink CC44000 GPS Development Kit

2012-03-28 Thread David Armstrong
It appears that TI has entered the GPS market. I don't know if this would make a good start on a GPSDO or not? Comments? https://estore.ti.com/SimpleLink-CC44000-GPS-Development-Kit-P2945C159.aspx ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com

Re: [time-nuts] Best reason

2012-03-28 Thread David McGaw
Mechanical wristwatches are capable of good precision. I have an inexpensive 40-year old Caravelle (Bulova) that with reasonable adjustment can still keep to a few seconds per day. I never have considered quartz watches to be better unless they can be adjusted, which most cannot. David

Re: [time-nuts] Pulsar Source?

2012-03-28 Thread David McGaw
What would it take (how big a dish) to receive a pulsar directly, such as the millisecond one in the Crab Nebula? DBTV, TVRO? David On 3/28/12 2:29 PM, Tom Knox wrote: If pulsars are natures best clocks, I wonder how practical it would be to use satellites to receive and rebroadcast

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