[time-nuts] Useful links pertaining to FE-5680A

2012-02-01 Thread Paul F. Sehorne
eBay's nichegeek sent me this links. I have not yet checked them out. http://www.vectron.com/products/ocxo/C4550A2-0275.pdf http://www.leapsecond.com/museum/fei5650a/ http://www.vk3um.com/Reference Data/Reference Locking the IC-910.pdf ___ time-nuts

Re: [time-nuts] Thunderbolt GPS TimeKeeper

2012-01-22 Thread Paul F. Sehorne
Where does one find Trimble Timekeeper software? and documentation on how to use it? Thanks, Paul On 1/22/2012 3:06 PM, Dennis Czelusniak wrote: As of 01 January 2012 all three of my systems began to Sync.the year incorrectly. I am using Trimble TimeKeeper ver. 1.02. The year 2020 now

Re: [time-nuts] 15 volt power supply for FE-5680A on eBay

2012-01-21 Thread Paul F. Sehorne
On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 6:25 PM, Chris Albertson albertson.ch...@gmail.comwrote: What I bought is a 15V open frame supply from allelectronics.com for $11.50. It turned out to be a very high quality power supply (Digikey has the same unit for almost $40) This PS does not drop volts even with

Re: [time-nuts] 15 volt power supply for FE-5680A on eBay

2012-01-21 Thread Paul F. Sehorne
I'll have to set up the test again and measure voltage drop across the leads and the voltage directly at the power supply supply terminals. On 1/21/2012 5:34 PM, David wrote: On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:20:39 -0600, Paul F. Sehorne p...@sehorne.org wrote: On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 6:25 PM, Chris

Re: [time-nuts] 15 volt power supply for FE-5680A on eBay

2012-01-21 Thread Paul F. Sehorne
Good that you pointed that out to me. I ran the test again. The voltage at the power supply terminals never dropped below 15.25 vdc with up to 3 amp load applied. When will I learn... darn those clip leads got me... again. On 1/21/2012 5:34 PM, David wrote: The total regulation

Re: [time-nuts] 15 volt power supply for FE-5680A on eBay

2012-01-20 Thread Paul F. Sehorne
Correcting link http://www.ko4bb.com/dokuwiki/doku.php On 1/20/2012 10:47 AM, shali...@gmail.com wrote: I started a wiki page with the pin-out information ans was planning to copy the most interesting posts, but I do not have one, so the incentive is pretty low at this point. If you want

Re: [time-nuts] FE-5680A worked for only 5 minutes.

2012-01-20 Thread Paul F. Sehorne
and the 5vdc current at ~80 ma. On 1/19/2012 1:15 PM, Paul F. Sehorne wrote: I received my two FE-5680As late yesterday. This morning I hooked one of them up. It locked on in a couple of minutes and at about five minutes quick working. There is a smell of something burnt inside. I have not opened

Re: [time-nuts] FE-5680A worked for only 5 minutes.

2012-01-20 Thread Paul F. Sehorne
nichegeek and I are exchanging emails. nichegeek has been very responsive, but before making a decision on how to handle this he asked me to power up the second one and report back. On 1/20/2012 1:37 PM, paul swed wrote: Yup after things get settled those are the right currents. So try the

[time-nuts] FE-5680A worked for only 5 minutes.

2012-01-19 Thread Paul F. Sehorne
I received my two FE-5680As late yesterday. This morning I hooked one of them up. It locked on in a couple of minutes and at about five minutes quick working. There is a smell of something burnt inside. I have not opened the case to investigate the damage. I had the unit attached to two

[time-nuts] 15 volt power supply for FE-5680A on eBay

2012-01-18 Thread Paul F. Sehorne
How important is the 15vdc at the initial startup 2amp, and then how important at the .7 amp settled rate? I just received two of these http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=280439877318 Unloaded voltage is ~15.5vdc. At 700 ma voltage drops to 14.3 volts and with 2 amp load drops

[time-nuts] FE-5680A - screws in my unit are 1/16 hex

2012-01-18 Thread Paul F. Sehorne
Peter, After your message below, I took another look at the screws in my FE-5680A. EGG ON MY FACE. They are hex and 1/16 works just fine. I also tried 1.5mm (too small) and 2mm (too large). Paul On 1/18/2012 9:29 PM, Peter Gottlieb wrote: Looked at mine with a loupe as well and they are

[time-nuts] FE-5680A what is the size of the Torx??

2012-01-17 Thread Paul F. Sehorne
I received my two FE-5680s today. The first thing I want to do is inspect the insides. The smallest Torx I have is a too-big T-8. What size is needed? I'll need to do an internet search for the correct size. Thanks, Paul ___ time-nuts mailing

Re: [time-nuts] FE-5680A what is the size of the Torx??

2012-01-17 Thread Paul F. Sehorne
punch them out. There are no nuts on the back. The screws bite directly into the fiberglass PCB. Mine were T-16 but many people report they are hex not torx. Maybe it depends on what kind of screw they had around the day it was built. On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 2:42 PM, Paul F. Sehorne[1]p

Re: [time-nuts] FE-5680A what is the size of the Torx??

2012-01-17 Thread Paul F. Sehorne
Great! Thanks. My T-8 was just a bit too big. On 1/17/2012 6:31 PM, Brian, WA1ZMS wrote: I used a T7 bit for mine. -Brian, WA1ZMS ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to

Re: [time-nuts] FE-5680A what is the size of the Torx??

2012-01-17 Thread Paul F. Sehorne
I'll give that a try. In the meantime, I'll try to come up with an Torx of the correct size. Brian said T-7 fit his. On 1/17/2012 6:07 PM, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R wrote: I have a tool with a number of Allen wrenches. The smallest of the lot fits the screws that hold the oscillator to

Re: [time-nuts] FE-5680A what is the size of the Torx??

2012-01-17 Thread Paul F. Sehorne
That I've got. Will give it a try. Thanks On 1/17/2012 9:04 PM, J. L. Trantham wrote: Mine opened with a 1/16th inch Allen wrench. Joe ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to

Re: [time-nuts] FE-5680A what is the size of the Torx??

2012-01-17 Thread Paul F. Sehorne
Okay. Thanks, Chuck On 1/17/2012 8:35 PM, Chuck Harris wrote: Home Depot sells a little HUSKY brand screwdriver tool that has replaceable bits. It has all the tiny torx sizes. The correct tool has a black end cap, and costs about $6 -Chuck Harris

Re: [time-nuts] FE-5680A Mechanical Question

2012-01-12 Thread Paul F. Sehorne
It appears to me that the Mailman application does not provide the search capabilities that, for instance, a Yahoo group does. I suppose that I am guilty of asking questions that have already been asked and answered; but my attempts at finding answers in the archives results in a lot of

[time-nuts] How to search time-nuts archive

2012-01-12 Thread Paul F. Sehorne
Thanks, Bjorn. On 1/12/2012 11:20 AM, b...@lysator.liu.se wrote: It appears to me that the Mailman application does not provide the search capabilities that, for instance, a Yahoo group does. I suppose that I am guilty of asking questions that have already been asked and answered; but my

[time-nuts] How do I get to the archived messages?

2012-01-11 Thread Paul F. Sehorne
How do I get to the archived messages? Can someone provide a link? Thanks, Paul ___ 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] How do I get to the archived messages?

2012-01-11 Thread Paul F. Sehorne
I was able to access the archives via the link that was appended by the system to the email below (and will likely be appended to this email as well) On 1/11/2012 1:03 PM, Paul F. Sehorne wrote: How do I get to the archived messages? Can someone provide a link? Thanks, Paul

Re: [time-nuts] FE-5680A arrived

2012-01-11 Thread Paul F. Sehorne
I notice that on eBay nichegeek provides a NEW OCXO VECTRON 63.8976Mhz with the FE-5680A. What is it used for. Is something external needed besides the power supply? Thanks, Paul ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go