Re: [time-nuts] Active antennas for a Thunderbolt...

2012-07-30 Thread Didier Juges
k that >bullet >antenna is the right thing to use. Somehow, I would think they should >know. >It is possible that they are prone to failure, I guess... > >It is surprising to me that the only antenna I can get to work is a >Motorola >puck that is supposed to be too low gain (and

Re: [time-nuts] Active antennas for a Thunderbolt...

2012-07-30 Thread Didier Juges
Looks like my bullet might be bad.. . Didier "Charles P. Steinmetz" wrote: >Chuck wrote: > >>I don't quite know what to say about that. Trimble seems to think >that bullet >>antenna is the right thing to use. Somehow, I would think they should >know. > >I normally use a choke-ring survey ant

Re: [time-nuts] Active antennas for a Thunderbolt...

2012-07-30 Thread Didier Juges
llet antenna? > >Steve K8JQ > >On 7/30/2012 2:46 PM, Didier Juges wrote: >> Chuck, >> >> I have one of the original red box TB. It came with the Trimble >Bullet antenna that is specified in the TB datasheet. >> >> The antenna works but gives ex

Re: [time-nuts] Motorola UT+ Interface Board

2012-08-13 Thread Didier Juges
I have bought similar items on ebay as bin for $5 with shipping. Didier paul swed wrote: >impressive >Shame there is not a buy now. 1cent plus $4 shipping and you have to >wait 2 >days to see if you won the bid. Or am I missing something? >Regards >Paul > >On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 7:11 PM, Chr

Re: [time-nuts] L1 GPS timing signal(s) into local time on computer(s)

2012-08-19 Thread Didier Juges
Another option is a "low end" laptop. I use a Dell D400 laptop, with a 1.8GHz Pentium M and it draws about 20W from A/C with the display blanked, which is the way an NTP server will be most of the time. The power brick rating assumes running the laptop AND charging the battery at the same time

Re: [time-nuts] ET-6000 firmware

2012-08-26 Thread Didier Juges
KO4BB is busy cutting plywood and boarding windows, will be back to fun stuff after Isaac... Didier KO4BB Robert Watzlavick wrote: >I finally got a flash programmer so I uploaded all three ROM images >(TCXO, OCXO, Rub) for the Datum ET-6000 / 9390-6000 to the KO4BB >website. Last year I sen

Re: [time-nuts] SC Cut

2012-09-12 Thread Didier Juges
you can probably cite from the time-nuts archive jim s wrote: > >On 9/11/2012 10:01 AM, Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote: >> The SC cut crystal is generally credited to Jack Kusters >> (of HP) and Errol Ernisse. The story was something like >> Errol proposed the concept and Jack actually made the

Re: [time-nuts] Gigatronics 6061A Manual request

2012-09-22 Thread Didier Juges
Doug, If the manual is unencumbered, I would appreciate it if you could upload it to my site http://www.ko4bb.com/manuals/ Thanks in advance, Diier KO4BB On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 6:45 PM, k4...@aol.com wrote: > Chuck, > Did someone send you a manual? I have a 6062A, probably very similar and >

[time-nuts] KO4BB out of space

2016-07-20 Thread Didier Juges
KO4BB.com ran out of disk space. Apparently the Control Panel indicated I was using 120GB out of 160 available, but it was off by about 40GB... About 90GB of that are manuals. A good bit of the extra are duplicate files that resulted from the site hosting transfer a couple of years ago that I

Re: [time-nuts] Very Accurate Delta Time RF Pulse Measurements

2016-08-01 Thread Didier Juges
Have you looked at the blitzortung.org system? There may be some ideas to glean from that On July 28, 2016 6:12:54 PM CDT, Jerome Blaha wrote: >Hi Guys, > >This is a little outside of time-nuts scope, but not by much. I'm >interested in finding the time between two rising edges above a set >th

[time-nuts] KO4BB Manuals

2016-08-11 Thread Didier Juges
Thank you to those who let me know of an issue with my Manuals site last week and this week. It turns out that the primary issue was not lack of disk space (even though that was going to be an issue very soon, so that has been fixed preemptively) but an issue with the download app. In the process

Re: [time-nuts] Working with SMT parts.

2016-08-11 Thread Didier Juges
I concur. I have been using ExpressPCB extensively over the last 2 years with great satisfaction now that it is possible to get Gerber files from them. I typically use the mini board pro service (3 bare boards, 2 sided with solder mask and silk screen) for prototypes and then buy the Gerbers to hav

Re: [time-nuts] Safely getting the electrical length of a connected antenna feedline

2016-08-11 Thread Didier Juges
I used the PPS from a Thunderbolt (fast rise lime, low rep frequency, was handy) and a digital storage scope and a couple of resistors to make a reflectometer based on this experiment: www.ko4bb.com/getsimple/index.php?I'd=coax-cable-impedance-matching You can very clearly see a 50 ohm/75 ohm m

Re: [time-nuts] Safely getting the electrical length of a connectedantenna feedline

2016-08-12 Thread Didier Juges
m guessing a mobile spell checker changed his " id= " to " I'd= " >(even though it was part of a URL). > >/tvb > >- Original Message - >From: "Didier Juges" >To: "Bob Albert" ; "Discussion of precise time and >frequen

Re: [time-nuts] Safely getting the electrical length of a connected antenna feedline

2016-08-12 Thread Didier Juges
other? >Bob > - >AE6RV.com > >GFS GPSDO list: >groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/GFS-GPSDOs/info > > From: Didier Juges >To: Bob Albert ; Discussion of precise time and >frequency measurement > Sent: Thursday, Augu

Re: [time-nuts] Working with SMT parts.

2016-08-12 Thread Didier Juges
n-standard and you can't use it for anything other then for their >service. Most people needing free PCB software use Eagle, some use >Kicad or some others. But Eagle seems to be kind of a universal >standard. > > > > >On Thu, Aug 11, 2016 at 8:55 AM, Didier Juges >wrote:

Re: [time-nuts] Working with SMT parts.

2016-08-12 Thread Didier Juges
on. However he charges for the program but it > >seems the prices are reasonable ( >http://www.robotroom.com/CopperConnection/Buy.html ). > >73BillWB6BNQ > > >Didier Juges wrote: > >>The way ExpressPCB works is that their free software produces boards >i

Re: [time-nuts] Working with SMT parts.

2016-08-12 Thread Didier Juges
it more involved than the ExpressPCB program and does have >GERBER files as a selection. However he charges for the program but it > >seems the prices are reasonable ( >http://www.robotroom.com/CopperConnection/Buy.html ). > >73BillWB6BNQ > > >Didier Juges

Re: [time-nuts] Working with SMT parts.

2016-08-13 Thread Didier Juges
I did not know Futurlec accepted ExpressPCB files, so I checked. The equivalent to ExpressPCB mini board pro service (2 sided, solder mask and silk screen, 3 pieces, same size) is $86 + shipping and one week to shipment. ExpressPCB is $75 in 3-4 days in your mailbox including FedEx (they do offer

Re: [time-nuts] Mini ovens packaging

2016-08-13 Thread Didier Juges
If you have to regulate over ambient temperature as high as 120C, you need an oven that regulates at a higher temperature, maybe 125 at least or 130C. You will have a lot of issues with long term reliability with something that operates 24/7 above 120C. Have you looked at a Peltier junction that wo

Re: [time-nuts] GPSDO - probably a stupid question.

2016-08-17 Thread Didier Juges
In fact, you do not want to "update the crystal one million times/second". The whole point of a GPSDO is to combine the excellent short term stability of the crystal with the excellent long term stability of the GPS signal. If you update the crystal in real time from the GPS data, you do not need t

Re: [time-nuts] Speaking clock

2016-08-17 Thread Didier Juges
I would like to find an emulator of the old voice synthesizer used in the Atlanta airport subway. "The next stop is concourse A. The color coded maps in this vehicle match the station colors." "This vehicle is leaving the station, please hold on." They replaced it in 1996 for the Olympics but I rem

Re: [time-nuts] GPSDO - probably a stupid question.

2016-08-17 Thread Didier Juges
Good point, and an example of how good digital filtering (helped with upsampling) can make the design of the analog filter much easier :) Reference the digital audio battles of the past century when 1 bit D/As running very fast started replacing the expensive 16 bit audio DACs running at 44kHz.

Re: [time-nuts] Prologix USB-GPIB Controller

2016-10-13 Thread Didier Juges
I buy a lot of stuff from eBay and Amazon, including batteries on occasion. Invariably, there has been a pretty good correlation between price and quality, but considerably more so with batteries. It really sucks paying $100 or more for a quality OEM laptop battery, but the alternative is to t

Re: [time-nuts] HP 59309A Clock runs, sets via GPIB, but no GPIB output?

2016-10-13 Thread Didier Juges
I am out of town but will be back over the week end. All uploads will be sorted by then. Didier KO4BB On October 11, 2016 1:54:06 PM EDT, Francesco Messineo wrote: >1818-2295A dump has been uploaded to ko4bb site, probably there's need >to be moved in the right place before it's available. >

Re: [time-nuts] Oscilloquartz Star-4 GPSDO (was: Thermal impact on OCXO)

2016-11-26 Thread Didier Juges
Re: Manual uploads to my site: I have limited internet access for another week. Uploads will be processed the week of December 5th. Didier KO4BB On November 19, 2016 7:05:52 PM GMT+01:00, Mark Sims wrote: >There was a copy uploaded to EEVBLOG. I uploaded it and another one >that Atilla fou

Re: [time-nuts] OT: ExpressPCB (cross-post from volts-nuts)

2016-12-10 Thread Didier Juges
There is a free tool (Robot Room Copper Connection) that will take EcpressPCB files and spit Gerber files. It is actually a full fledged PCB design software that seems to be significantly more capable than the ExpressPCB software even though I have not used it as such. Alternately you can send

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

2013-06-18 Thread Didier Juges
"audiophile outlets" You've got to be kidding but not even. At least, nobody is forcing anybody to buy them... Didier Peter Gottlieb wrote: >The current distortion from simple transformer-rectifier-capacitor >power >supplies contains a lot of third harmonic content. In a 3 phase system >(as

Re: [time-nuts] Oscillator temperature compensation

2013-06-22 Thread Didier Juges
A real treat would be to do the GPS receiver with tubes ;) Didier Joseph Gray wrote: >>Otherwise you might just as well lock it up instead. > >Hmm, a 1970 vintage tube transmitter with a GPSDO frequency lock :-) > >Thanks to everyone for the suggestions. I will spend more time with >this >rig

Re: [time-nuts] looking for low-power system for gps ntp timekeeping

2013-07-02 Thread Didier Juges
John, The SD Card issue is serious but not unique go the BBB. I believe there are ways to configure any Linux distro to make the SD card read only, at the cost of losing logging and data every time you power off. Alternately, one could partition the SD card with a second partition just for data

Re: [time-nuts] Speaking of Costas loops

2013-07-04 Thread Didier Juges
That works well for transponders with o LY one signal. On commercial satellites, each transponder is shared among multiple signals, so that would not work. Didier Jim Lux wrote: >On 7/3/13 2:21 PM, Dennis Ferguson wrote: >> >> On 3 Jul, 2013, at 11:47 , Bob Camp wrote: >>> The pipe in this c

Re: [time-nuts] Rb danger

2013-07-09 Thread Didier Juges
Marie Curie died at 66 of radiation related anemia. Not a bad age for the times, particularly considering the amount of radiations her body must have absorbed during her life. Didier lstosk...@cox.net wrote: >I just finished Bernard Jaffe's history of chemistry book. The Curies >spent years in

Re: [time-nuts] Very stable synthesizer, alternative to PTS(Programmed Test Sources) x10 or 040?

2013-07-10 Thread Didier Juges
Jim said: "It's like a HP 8663B (not the modern Agilent E8663).. very low noise," The Agilent E8663 has similar SSB phase noise spec as the older HP 8662A (-144dBc/Hz @ 10 kHz with option UNY, versus -143 for the 8662). You seem to imply they are different. Can you elaborate? Of course, the Agil

Re: [time-nuts] How dangerous if Rb lamp broken?

2013-07-10 Thread Didier Juges
Hui, you may want to check this page: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_relationship_between_sievert_and_becquerel Your English is much better than my Chinese, you are doing great, don't be embarrassed! Didier On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 8:53 AM, Hui Zhang wrote: > Hello Robert: > > I am a l

Re: [time-nuts] Subject: Leica L1 GPS Choke Ring Antenna

2013-07-12 Thread Didier Juges
Remember that coordinates are absolute, but altitude is relative to the ground. GPS knows your distance to the center of the earth, but it can only calculate your altitude if it knows where the ground or sea is at your location. There are several different earth models GPS receivers use to calcu

Re: [time-nuts] DDS module

2013-07-21 Thread Didier Juges
You probably meant "as an integer divider", you don't get a lot of spurs. Didier Bob Camp wrote: >Hi > >If the DDS is acting pretty much as a divider you don't get a lot of >spurs. The rest of the time there are spurs *somewhere* in the output >spectrum. Put another way, there are thousands of "

Re: [time-nuts] DDS module

2013-07-21 Thread Didier Juges
Some of the small surface mount canned oscillators are actually pll and not very good at that. I have a page about it somewhere on my web site. Didier KO4BB.com Graham wrote: >Good morning Joe (and all), > >I have been playing around with a few of these DDS modules as well as a > >couple of the

Re: [time-nuts] DDS module

2013-07-21 Thread Didier Juges
02 is definitely a distributor programmable unit. > >It is a digital synthesizer in a can with no effort towards clean >output. > >PLL? They would not bother to put a cleanup PLL in the can for the >intended microprocessor application. > >Tim N3QE > >On 7/21/13, Didier Jug

Re: [time-nuts] DDS module

2013-07-23 Thread Didier Juges
I am familiar with the Epson Seiko SG8002 series and nowhere does it say they are programmable. They are not user programmable for sure, only the distributor has the tools to do it. The data sheet does not have any information that would be a hint that they are PLL's. Http://WWW.KO4BB.com/Timin

Re: [time-nuts] RS 232

2013-07-26 Thread Didier Juges
There is a difference between managing the latency (as in ensuring that sound and video are synchronized, but latency itself is acceptable) and minimizing the latency as in a Morse code keyer where the operator has to manually control the generation of elements that can be as narrow as 20mS (one

Re: [time-nuts] RS 232

2013-07-26 Thread Didier Juges
I believe the trend for the last 10 years has been to use a positive threshold. I mess with serial ports all the time professionally and not and I do not remember the last time I saw one that did not work with a positive threshold. Didier KO4BB Bob Camp wrote: >Hi > >The gotcha with "standard"

Re: [time-nuts] RS 232

2013-07-26 Thread Didier Juges
26, 2013, at 4:52 PM, Jim Lux wrote: > >> On 7/26/13 12:50 PM, Didier Juges wrote: >>> There is a difference between managing the latency (as in ensuring >that sound and video are synchronized, but latency itself is >acceptable) and minimizing the latency as in a Morse cod

Re: [time-nuts] RS 232

2013-07-26 Thread Didier Juges
> Hi >>> >>> There's also the time honored approach of generating the side tone >off of the generated RF. In that case the latency to the transmitter >would matter quite a bit. I have no idea *why* you would run the key >through a computer in that case …. >>

Re: [time-nuts] 5MHz x 10MHz

2013-08-03 Thread Didier Juges
Some instruments (Tek 494 for instance) use a 100 MHz VCXO phase locked to 10 MHz for lower phase noise when multiplied into the microwave bands, demonstrating that there is more than one way to skin a cat. Didier KO4BB Bob Camp wrote: >Hi > >The math is pretty simple: > >The Q of quartz goes

Re: [time-nuts] time-nuts Digest, Vol 109, Issue 57

2013-08-17 Thread Didier Juges
Looking at the high price (and closed software) of what is currently offered, I have been thinking of making a kit of my GPSMonitor (see KO4BB.com) I think I could sell an assembled and tested kit with a 2x16 char display for $60 or so if I get 50 people interested. Of course, the source code i

Re: [time-nuts] time-nuts Digest, Vol 109, Issue 57

2013-08-17 Thread Didier Juges
y and those or $6.So you could assemble something for >$20. > >What's going on is that TI builds tens of thousands of these and sells >them >at cost. It is really hard to DIY a uP on a PCB for less than a >LaunchPad. > > >On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 8:42 AM, Didier Juges

[time-nuts] Thunderbolt Monitor

2013-08-17 Thread Didier Juges
This is a repost with a new thread. Sorry for the bandwidth. Looking at the high price (and closed software) of what is currently offered, I have been thinking of making a kit of my GPSMonitor (see KO4BB.com) I think I could sell an assembled and tested kit with a 2x16 char display for $60 or s

Re: [time-nuts] Lady Heather without a PC

2013-08-18 Thread Didier Juges
Go up about 7 or 8 messages. It is not a version of Lady Heather for the PocketPC, it is a monitor software for the Thunderbolt that runs on certain PocketPC (those like the iPaq that have a hardweare serial port). It is very far from the extended functionality of Lady Heather, but useful as a heal

[time-nuts] TBolt Monitor

2013-08-19 Thread Didier Juges
While I am at it, I will put a PPS stretcher and RS-232 driver on the same board since a number of those lose TBolts are used for NTP. I should be able to do that for the same price. It seems that 25 ms positive going should be sufficient? I have created a page to keep track of what I have promi

Re: [time-nuts] Lady Heather without a PC

2013-08-19 Thread Didier Juges
I can imagine creating a screen image as a jpeg and making it available via the web server. I have done that before for something else (a headless device.) Didier KO4BB Chris Albertson wrote: >On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 10:11 PM, Eric Williams >wrote: > >> Would be nice if someone did a Linux po

Re: [time-nuts] Lady Heather without a PC

2013-08-19 Thread Didier Juges
xactly > what is needed and we don't need to write the client side software. Unless > you'd want a custom display. > > I think the monitor should be able to run on atiny uP, something that cost > $20 or so and use very little power, under 1W. > > > On Mon, Aug 19

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

2013-08-23 Thread Didier Juges
An even bigger problem is that once they decide they are not making enough money with it, it won't even be available at any price. Didier KO4BB John Miles wrote: >Don't you just love paying to access research that your taxes already >paid >for? Gives you a warm, fuzzy feeling all over. :-P > >

Re: [time-nuts] Yb clock Allan deviation

2013-08-23 Thread Didier Juges
Frank, You are welcome to upload the article to my web site's manuals pages: Http://WWW.KO4BB.com/manuals Didier KO4BB Frank Stellmach wrote: >Hi, > >Andrew Ludlow himself was so kind to send me the Sciencexpress article, > >just a few minutes ago.. > >A pity that I can't post it here (2.2M

Re: [time-nuts] B.V.A. 8600 for sale

2013-08-29 Thread Didier Juges
In the first post, you state "*While I can offer some proof of operation for qualified TimeNutters, Allen Variance Noise and sigma-tau phase noise are difficult parameters to test without an acceptable reference, so I offer a 14 day acceptance trial to vetted buyers*." Which could be interpreted to

Re: [time-nuts] GPS-18, Windows, NTP & Lat Lon

2013-09-04 Thread Didier Juges
Jim, You should be able to piggyback a second serial port in parallel with the one used by NTP (just the Rx line and ground) and use any NMEA decoder. It does not even have to be the same computer. I have a quick NMEA decoder for Windows I wrote some time ago somewhere. Didier KO4BB Jim Lux

[time-nuts] TBolt temperature sensor

2013-09-11 Thread Didier Juges
With all that discussion about the old temperature sensor in the TBolt no longer being available, it would be easy to program a small microcontroller like the Silabs C8051F300 to emulate the old Dallas part. The chip costs $2.32 in unit quantity. It has an I2C transceiver, an analog/digital conv

Re: [time-nuts] Clock Driver Design

2013-09-28 Thread Didier Juges
As always, be careful with the hard and fast rules. Most crystal oscillators generate sine waves first, but if the oscillator is part of a GPSDO, it will have to be converted to square to be processed by the logic within the GPSDO, so even if the device has a sine output, there will be a square

Re: [time-nuts] A man with two clocks...

2013-10-04 Thread Didier Juges
Max, This is a very interesting project and well documented, thank you! Didier KO4BB David J Taylor wrote: >Among my time nut toys is a Consumer grade GPS clock and a similar WWVB >clock. The WWVB clock consistently runs about 0.2 seconds ahead of the >GPS >one. I know no one can say why with

Re: [time-nuts] Need to measure frequencies of two sources simultaneously

2013-10-25 Thread Didier Juges
"It would seem that you need two counters that share the same gate." That seems to be the best solution, but I am not aware of any off-the-shelf counter that does that. If you only need to count to 200MHz, you could do that in an FPGA. Would not be too expensive, just buy one of the many available

[time-nuts] Thunderbolt Simulator

2013-10-25 Thread Didier Juges
In order to test my upcoming Thunderbolt Monitor, I developed a small piece of software to allow me to generate controlled Primary and Supplemental timing packets per the Trimble spec. I think the result may be useful to those who own Trimble Tunderbolt monitoring tools, so I decided to make it ava

Re: [time-nuts] TS-2100 OCXO

2013-10-28 Thread Didier Juges
Gerhard, please send me the data sheets and I will post them on my site with the other manuals. Thanks Didier KO4BB www.ko4bb.com On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 7:30 AM, Gerhard Wittreich wrote: > In my quest to add an MTI 240 OCXO to my TS-2100 I ended up buying one on > eBay only to realize that

Re: [time-nuts] 32.768Khz Crystal/Resonator suggestions.

2013-11-02 Thread Didier Juges
It all depends on how accurate the frequency has to be. If you only need 2%, I would use a C8051F300 microcontroller's built-in oscillator (24.5MHz +/-2%) and divide it down using the processor itself. The chip comes in a 11 pin QFN that is 3x3 mm, a little bigger than you need, but it does not req

Re: [time-nuts] 32.768Khz Crystal/Resonator suggestions.

2013-11-02 Thread Didier Juges
I have actually used these chips at 125C and the factory even gave me extensive data supporting even higher temperature operation (for missile applications,m can't tell you more). Don't know about 150C though. That is pretty high. On Sat, Nov 2, 2013 at 8:36 AM, Didier Juges wrote:

Re: [time-nuts] 32.768Khz Crystal/Resonator suggestions.

2013-11-02 Thread Didier Juges
The C8051F300 also has a built-in temperature sensor and ADC, so you could probably implement temperature compensation without any additional component if needed. On Sat, Nov 2, 2013 at 8:37 AM, Didier Juges wrote: > I have actually used these chips at 125C and the factory even gave

Re: [time-nuts] Maxim DS1342

2013-11-11 Thread Didier Juges
You want to drive the RTC with an external PPS to get time/date into an Arduino? Why not feed the PPS to the Arduino and have it compute date and time? It is really not that hard to count seconds. You don't really need an external chip to do that. Didier KO4BB Russ Ramirez wrote: >I'm thinkin

Re: [time-nuts] Maxim DS1342

2013-11-11 Thread Didier Juges
Hi Russ, I will venture that the vast majority of applications are served with 2 pins and a $0.10 crystal rather than the external silicon implied by a 1Hz input. The advantage of off-chip timekeeping is the low power consumption of dedicated RTC chips that makes them able to run from a coin ce

Re: [time-nuts] Mains frequency filter

2013-11-16 Thread Didier Juges
For a non Time-Nuts application, I needed a narrow bandpass filter that would provide essentially zero phase shift (no more than 10 or 20uS was desired) over a frequency range of 55 to 65 Hz while providing useful reduction of the harmonics, particularly in the range of 400 to 1kHz. This was to

Re: [time-nuts] Mains frequency

2013-11-16 Thread Didier Juges
"Turns out that professional gear for this does not do time-stamping in this regard. Rather, they I-Q demodulate the signal with a reference signal at the nominal rate, low-pass filter it and pay attention to details of filtering like group-delay and compensation thereof." It makes sense to me. Th

Re: [time-nuts] Mains frequency

2013-11-18 Thread Didier Juges
Tom, Don't confuse everybody with facts, we had a good thread going :) The PicPet is holding its own very well in that application. I am surprised at the effect of the laptop supply. I would have certainly expected effect on phase noise (smaller taus), but not that close to the carrier. Do you

Re: [time-nuts] Mains frequency

2013-11-19 Thread Didier Juges
"Alternatively you can put mains through a 40-60 or 50-70 Hz bandpass filter to suppress anything but the fundamental" The problem with any filtering is precisely that the phase shift through any filter is highly dependent on the actual signal frequency, so if your purpose is timing, the filter

Re: [time-nuts] Isolation achieved by opamp based isoamp?

2013-11-21 Thread Didier Juges
One thing to keep in mind is that isolation through shielding usually results in much greater capacitance to ground (actually to the shield) from both input and output windings. Therefore, the actual isolation in practice is totally driven by how good the ground to the shield is. At RF, any induc

Re: [time-nuts] Off-Topic Question -- German Composition Resistors

2013-11-22 Thread Didier Juges
Must have been Allen Bradley :) Same problem here with military equipment! On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 4:17 PM, Robert Atkinson wrote: > May be a bit of drift and reading back to front. Some years ago we bought > a quantity of moulded carbon compostion resistors from a top US > manufacturer. A sampl

Re: [time-nuts] Crude Survey Technique

2013-11-24 Thread Didier Juges
The Thunderbolt uses single precision floating point and digital filtering for temperature so yes, you are going to see values like this. This is not unusual (precision clearly out of step with accuracy), like the HP network analyzers returning gain in dB with 4 decimals at microwave frequencies

Re: [time-nuts] recovering firmware on TS2100

2013-12-29 Thread Didier Juges
Feel free to upload the srec file if it works :) Didier KO4BB Anton Kapela wrote: >Rob, > >On Sat, Dec 28, 2013 at 11:00 PM, Robert Watzlavick > wrote: >> Are you talking about the archive named DatumET-6000TS-2100.zip and >the file >> named Tymserve.bin? > >Indeed, that's the file. > >> If so

Re: [time-nuts] Trimble Thunderbolt 1pps

2014-01-04 Thread Didier Juges
Since I had a couple of spare RS-232 driver gates, I built a simple PPS extender/level shifter in my Thunderbolt Monitor kit. It is not as general purpose (not configurable) as the Fat PPS kit from TAPR, but it works well for the Thunderbolt. You could easily build the circuit on a piece of perf

Re: [time-nuts] Trimble Thunderbolt 1pps

2014-01-05 Thread Didier Juges
I may have posted this link before. It is on topic, even though I was using coax cable: http://ko4bb.com/Test_Equipment/CoaxCableMatching.php It would be easy to do the same experiment with cat-5 cable. I would expect the pictures to look somewhat similar. Didier KO4BB Tom Van Baak wrote: >

Re: [time-nuts] Looking for Dual-Time "Atomic Clock"

2014-01-22 Thread Didier Juges
How about free software? http://www.ko4bb.com/ham_radio/Clock/ If you want a piece of hardware, my Thunderbolt monitor could relatively easily be convinced to display UTC and local time on its two line display. Some coding would be required. http://www.ko4bb.com/Timing/GPSMonitor/kit.php Didier

Re: [time-nuts] Looking for Dual-Time "Atomic Clock"

2014-01-22 Thread Didier Juges
. > > BTW great web site I have found a lot of good information here > > Paul. > > > > > On 1/22/14 5:43 PM, Didier Juges wrote: > >> How about free software? >> >> http://www.ko4bb.com/ham_radio/Clock/ >> >> If you want a piece of hardwar

Re: [time-nuts] Looking for Dual-Time "Atomic Clock"

2014-01-23 Thread Didier Juges
Hi Dick, "They look very nice, but kind of big for my desktop !!" Not very clear about what message you were responding to... Didier On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 4:19 PM, Richard Solomon wrote: > They look very nice, but kind of big for my desktop !! > > Thanks anyway, > > 73, Dick, W1KSZ > > > >

Re: [time-nuts] Examples of leap-seconds in local timezones

2014-01-24 Thread Didier Juges
I would support a leap minute. It will still be far enough in the future that I will not have to deal with it :) But then we would lose that wonderful subject of conversation and we would lose the practice of doing it somewhat regularly. I can see that the lack of practice could easily make it

Re: [time-nuts] Oscilloquartz 8600-3 Disassembly pictures...

2017-12-16 Thread Didier Juges
You are always welcome to upload time-nuts related material to my manual site www.ko4bb.com Didier KO4BB On Dec 14, 2017 1:03 AM, "Ulf Kylenfall via time-nuts" wrote: > > Tried to mail the pictures to Magnus. The mail bounced back. > Ole Petter Ronningen was kind to also offer space for themand

Re: [time-nuts] On the IETF leap-seconds.list SHA1

2017-12-21 Thread Didier Juges
I am so glad that my laziness has a new name that does not sound nearly as bad as the original one... I will be sure to remember that next time I do my "self appraisal". Merry Christmas everyone (I know I am early but my clock is fast...) Didier KO4BB On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 2:08 AM, Mike Cook

Re: [time-nuts] Furuno GT-8031 breakout board

2018-02-19 Thread Didier Juges
What do you mean by “Adafruit” pinout? On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 11:50 AM Mark Sims wrote: > No, the Tbolt does not have a separate receiver board... plus its' GPS is > rather special... the RF chain is locked to the OCXO so it does not produce > any sawtooth error. > > The Lucent KS firmware expe

Re: [time-nuts] Furuno GT-8031 breakout board

2018-02-19 Thread Didier Juges
Got the answer in the previous email :) On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 5:28 PM Didier Juges wrote: > What do you mean by “Adafruit” pinout? > > On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 11:50 AM Mark Sims wrote: > >> No, the Tbolt does not have a separate receiver board... plus its' GPS is >

Re: [time-nuts] Replacement A9 boards for the HP 5065A

2018-03-05 Thread Didier Juges
It depends on the quantity they buy. I just looked for X7R 0.1uF in 0805 at Digikey and the automotive grade (10%, -55 to +125) is cheaper than the non automotive grade with worse tolerance and more limited temperature range. Next time you buy it may be reversed... On Feb 25, 2018 1:51 PM, "Gerhar

Re: [time-nuts] Recommendations for Mains Power Monitor / Logger

2018-03-11 Thread Didier Juges
I like the sound card idea. However I believe it's much better to use the two channels. At least under Windows, it is much easier to track the relative phase of the two channels of one sound card than the absolute phase of one channel compared to the system clock. I have written an audio VNA in Vis

Re: [time-nuts] Setting correct date on Trimble Thunderbolt receiver

2018-03-28 Thread Didier Juges
Tom, In my TB monitor kit, I used your Julian date routines, adapted to the 8051 (no variable greater than 32 bits since my compiler does not support them either) to apply the GPS offset correction. It was very helpful. Didier KO4BB On Wed, Mar 28, 2018, 7:13 AM Tom Van Baak wrote: > Hi Mark,

Re: [time-nuts] Bodnar "Precision Frequency Reference (GPS Clock)" AND LeoNTP Networked Time NTP Server Questions

2018-05-18 Thread Didier Juges
A shield will definitely help with differential mode noise (the USB communication signal) but has little effect on common mode noise (the digital stuff coming from other parts of the circuit), a choke is the fix for common mode (if you can't get rid of the noise at the source, or otherwise return c

Re: [time-nuts] Ublox M8N - have I a XO or TCXO ?

2016-12-22 Thread Didier Juges
TCXO usually refers to Temperature Compensated Crystal Oscillator (no heater), as opposed to Oven Controlled Crystal Oscillator (OCXO) which has an oven. I would not expect a TCXO to become warm or draw more current at power up. An OCXO would. Didier KO4BB On December 21, 2016 1:29:00 PM CST, M

Re: [time-nuts] HP53132A Firmware Version 4613

2016-12-27 Thread Didier Juges
Hopefully that will be tomorrow. Didier KO4BB On December 27, 2016 2:37:23 PM CST, GandalfG8--- via time-nuts wrote: >I have just uploaded this firmware to Didier's (KO4BB) manuals site so >it >should be available for download in the near future. > >Regards > >Nigel >GM8PZR >_

Re: [time-nuts] Temperature (environmental) sensors

2017-01-04 Thread Didier Juges
I have C code (for the 8051) that is simply the translation of what's in the app note. It does temperature and humidity but not the barometric pressure (no double precision float on that compiler). Works exactly as advertised. I have two. You can see one in action here: http://www.ko4bb.com/tp

Re: [time-nuts] OT: Eagle PC CAD now Autodesk, $500/year

2017-01-20 Thread Didier Juges
I use Copper Connection, a $50 package (PWB layout only) that works very well for me. There is a free eval version that has some limitations. Didier KO4BB On Jan 19, 2017 11:01 PM, "Richard (Rick) Karlquist" wrote: > Off topic, but probably a lot of disgrunted Eagle users on this list. > Its o

Re: [time-nuts] Li-ion Battreries

2017-01-22 Thread Didier Juges
Well worth mentioning that you have found a reputable vendor. I may give them a try. A while back, I bought a dozen 18650 inexpensive(<$5 each) cells from 3 vendors picked at semi-random on eBay (4 from each) for evaluation and I tested each one of them with a data logger. The best one had about h

Re: [time-nuts] Dropbox is cool, but...

2017-02-05 Thread Didier Juges
Yes, I noticed that before. I have a number of tools that don't like running off a Dropbox folder, including several software development tools for starter. Too many files opened at the same time. Don't assume that because it looks like a normal folder, it works like one, even though for many thing

Re: [time-nuts] Line Frequency standard change - Possible ?

2017-02-11 Thread Didier Juges
One issue with power factor corrected power supplies is that in the short term (as a minimum, at the line frequency), they do behave like resistors (current goes up when voltage goes up) but as they have a slow voltage regulation loop to provide regulated output, they do behave like constant power

Re: [time-nuts] uC ADC resolution (was: Poor man's oven)

2017-06-07 Thread Didier Juges
The good news is that for oven control, you can typically filter the heck out of the data and the noise may actually help you with dithering if it's fairly random, so you should be able to get close to the specs. The main thing you need is stability, linearity should not be a factor. One limitation

Re: [time-nuts] backfill (was: Poor man's oven)

2017-06-09 Thread Didier Juges
The difficulty with hydrogen is to keep it where you want it. It does not take very much for it to leak out (or in, as the case may be) On Jun 8, 2017 4:58 PM, "Alan Melia" wrote: > Hi Bob, it also depends on what you allow to leak into the vacuum. > Hydrogen is a pretty effective remover of hea

Re: [time-nuts] GPS Antenna on Tower.

2017-06-20 Thread Didier Juges
If that is not time-nutty, I do not know what will :) On Jun 20, 2017 7:04 AM, "jimlux" wrote: > > for geodetic measurements, they drill a hole down to bedrock, and run a > pipe down to anchor the antenna to the bedrock. > > "All holes shall be drilled straight enough so that PVC casing can be >

Re: [time-nuts] Power connectors continued

2017-06-24 Thread Didier Juges
I have been forced to use micro-D by a customer on a military power supply, not even space rated, it was well over $100 each in 50 piece quantity (I think it was a 25 pin). However, unless they are mistreated (which is easy for the reason you listed), they seem reliable. I do not believe we have r

Re: [time-nuts] 5370B Input Board Repair [WAS: 5370B Question / help needed]

2017-07-19 Thread Didier Juges
That is very good information. I will add your email to the 5370 page on my web site. Didier KO4BB On Jul 18, 2017 4:02 AM, "Thomas Allgeier" wrote: > Hello All Again, > > > > I’ve got my 5370B going now and in the process made a “discovery” which I > thought might be worth sharing: > > The A3

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