[time-nuts] WWVB: measuring local 60 KHz noise

2018-05-06 Thread Alberto di Bene
On 5/6/2018 6:39 AM, Charles Steinmetz wrote: So, yes, a sound card designed for signals up to ~22kHz should handle SAQ at ~17kHz, but sound cards that can digitize signals above 22kHz are rare. Some "professional" sound cards handle signal frequencies up to ~40kHz, but very, very few handle

Re: [time-nuts] WWVB: measuring local 60 KHz noise

2018-05-06 Thread Alberto di Bene
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Re: [time-nuts] WWVB: measuring local 60 KHz noise

2018-05-05 Thread Alberto di Bene
If you have a sound card capable of sampling at 192 kS/s, you don't need an SDR to receive a signal at 60 kHz... just connect the output of an active antenna, like e.g. the mini-whip, directly to the Line-In of the sound card, then use, for example, HDSDR as software, setting the sampling

Re: [time-nuts] Antenna Supply voltage

2018-01-08 Thread Alberto di Bene
On 1/8/2018 11:12 PM, Neville Michie wrote: I have just scanned through the Thunderbolt manual and found no information on the supply of power to the antenna. Is there a standard for the supply of power to the antenna? Are there 3.3v , 5v and 12v antennae? Will any antenna work safely on any GPS

Re: [time-nuts] Simple open source microcontroller solution to tune DDS needed

2017-12-14 Thread Alberto di Bene
The problem with the 9854 DDS is that the analog reconstruction filters that you have to place after its outputs, are not guaranteed to have *exactly* the same phase behavior  between the two sections (I and Q). This may or may not be important, depending on the application. For sure, for an

Re: [time-nuts] Propagation delay within analog radio, (Radio Shack Timecube) and an SDR, at HF

2017-12-03 Thread Alberto di Bene
Message resent... I had forgotten that this group is HTML-fobic = On 12/3/2017 12:22 AM, jimlux wrote: In SDR implementations (obviously not the Timecube) the latency can be quite long, and can be variable. Most SDR implementations

Re: [time-nuts] Propagation delay within analog radio, (Radio Shack Timecube) and an SDR, at HF

2017-12-03 Thread Alberto di Bene
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Re: [time-nuts] RFDO - Experience and questions

2017-03-06 Thread Alberto di Bene
On 3/6/2017 3:47 PM, Graham / KE9H wrote: What antenna are you using that you call the "mini-whip?" Specifically, how long is the "whip?" http://dl1dbc.net/SAQ/miniwhip.html 73 Alberto I2PHD ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To

Re: [time-nuts] Vintage Frequency Measurement

2017-02-16 Thread Alberto di Bene
On 2/15/2017 5:29 PM, Tim Shoppa wrote: For those of us who have to translate between the old "cps" and the modern "Hz", I found this handy conversion table on the web: http://www.aqua-calc.com/convert/frequency/hertz-to-cycle-per-second Tim N3QE Nahhh this is much better :-)

Re: [time-nuts] Lady Heather Version 5 is now available

2016-12-12 Thread Alberto di Bene
On 12/12/2016 7:38 PM, Azelio Boriani wrote: Maybe that the "Start In" field in the Properties Panel must be set if windows is not in US language mode. When windows is italian, for example, the Program Files folder becomes Programmi. Azelio, none of my PCs is set for Italian languages...

Re: [time-nuts] Lady Heather Version 5 is now available

2016-12-11 Thread Alberto di Bene
On 12/12/2016 12:00 AM, John Miles wrote: But when Heather's initial working directory isn't in the usual Program Files hierarchy, it tries to load the .cfg file from the same directory as the executable. In my case the ,cfg files was in the same directory as the executable, outside the

Re: [time-nuts] Lady Heather Version 5 is now available

2016-12-11 Thread Alberto di Bene
On 12/11/2016 1:25 AM, Mark Sims wrote: The heather.cfg file has a com port setting (/1u) and a /rxa (receiver auto-detect) command line option setting which gets processed before the settings on the command line. Try editing heather.cfg file and change the /1u command to /0 Problem

Re: [time-nuts] Lady Heather Version 5 is now available

2016-12-11 Thread Alberto di Bene
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Re: [time-nuts] Lady Heather Version 5 is now available

2016-12-10 Thread Alberto di Bene
On 12/10/2016 4:56 PM, Mark Sims wrote: Lady Heather version 5.0 is now available for download from: http://www.ke5fx.com/heather/readme.htm Thanks for this new version. I started it under Windows XP SP3, with the option /rxx as I currently have my TBolt connected to another PC, but

Re: [time-nuts] Audio format with embedded timestamps?

2016-12-03 Thread Alberto di Bene
On 12/2/2016 8:01 PM, jimlux wrote: If anyone needs it, I've got python and Matlab/Octave code to read and decode VRT format files, although I don't support ALL possible sample encodings. The standard contemplates all sorts of strange packing and formats - I do signed 16 bit and signed 24 bit.

Re: [time-nuts] Change COM Port in Lady Heather

2016-10-30 Thread Alberto di Bene
On 10/30/2016 9:57 PM, Alberto di Bene wrote: Maybe I am wrong, but, if memory serves, you can only choose between COM1 and COM2. Higher port numbers are not accepted. Well, I was definitely wrong... I looked at the readme.html document of LH, and it says, when describing the command line

Re: [time-nuts] Change COM Port in Lady Heather

2016-10-30 Thread Alberto di Bene
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Re: [time-nuts] Change COM Port in Lady Heather

2016-10-30 Thread Alberto di Bene
On 10/30/2016 4:15 PM, Richard Mogford wrote: I read that to change the COM port in Lady Heather, you type “/“ and then the COM port number, such as 3. So you enter “/3” to change to COM 3. i tried this, but it does not seem to change the input COM port from 1 to 3. Maybe I am wrong, but,

Re: [time-nuts] Need Time Help

2016-10-06 Thread Alberto di Bene
On 10/6/2016 8:10 PM, Wes wrote: Although I personally ceased pursuing this activity many years ago, there remain some of us, who are not Luddites, but still believe that "Deep Search Decoding" is a questionable practice, no matter how it is rationalized. "Deep Search Decoding" of the JT

Re: [time-nuts] OT : New Horizons FEC

2016-03-02 Thread Alberto di Bene
On 3/2/2016 4:30 PM, jimlux wrote: New Horizon's telecom design is here: http://www.boulder.swri.edu/~tcase/NH%20RF%20Telecom%20Sys%20ID1369%20FINAL_Deboy.pdf ... Jim, thanks. Quite a lot of material to read... I am sure it will be useful for a new

[time-nuts] OT : New Horizons FEC

2016-03-02 Thread Alberto di Bene
Pardon me for the OT request... I know that some of you are deeply involved with space communication (may be Jim Lux ?) and I am quite curious about the Forward Error Correcting codes used in the New Horizons probe, that as of now is beyond Pluto, and still sends correct photos with its meager

Re: [time-nuts] Has my TBolt gone south ?

2015-08-12 Thread Alberto di Bene
On 8/12/2015 8:29 PM, Hal Murray wrote: How long did you wait after turning it on? How good is your antenna position? Did you tell it to remember the location after a survey finished? If it's been off for a few weeks, it doesn't know where the satellites are. To get started, it has to find one

[time-nuts] Has my TBolt gone south ?

2015-08-12 Thread Alberto di Bene
Today I switched on again my TBolt after a few weeks of power down. It looks like it has decided to take a period of rest, maybe definitive... The link below is a screen capture of LH, with some annotation from me. Is there anything that, in your experience, I can try to diagnose the failure and

Re: [time-nuts] wtd: WWVB info

2015-08-06 Thread Alberto di Bene
On 8/5/2015 12:43 AM, Donald wrote: /Does anyone have a schematic for building a simple WWVB receiver ?/ You might give a look at this : http://armradio.weaksignals.com The board itself costs less than 25 USD. The other components just a few $$. Of course you need to know how to solder...

Re: [time-nuts] HP5328A HP5328B option 040

2015-04-23 Thread Alberto di Bene
On 4/23/2015 9:20 AM, VK2DAP wrote: /1) Generally speaking, would it be correct to say that when a product model number changes from A to B,// //that represents an improvement or major update to a product?/ I remember having read (don't recall where...) that the HP5328B was a cost-reduction

Re: [time-nuts] Looking for advice to get a submillisecond setup

2015-02-21 Thread Alberto di Bene
On 2/20/2015 4:25 PM, Jim Lux wrote: /For an inexpensive NTP for few hundred dollars to get better than a millisecond end of things, I think the integrated GPS antenna/receiver with a suitable computer right next to it is the way to go. Then you're just running a network cable and power. /

Re: [time-nuts] Navstar Systems Ltd (was: Looking for advice to get a submillisecond setup)

2015-02-21 Thread Alberto di Bene
Probably best to just pop it open and see what’s inside. Unless you get very lucky, the fiber optic cables, connectors, and transmitter / receivers will be tough to find. Thanks Bob, Jim, Chris, David for your answers. Well, I have already a few timing resources, like a Thunderbolt, a

Re: [time-nuts] 510 doubler

2015-01-28 Thread Alberto di Bene
On 1/27/2015 11:57 PM, Bruce Griffiths wrote: /The only viable solution is to use better filtering of the output of a switching multiplier./ What about filtering the doubler output with a 10 MHz xtal ? 73 Alberto I2PHD --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus

Re: [time-nuts] gravity, space and time

2014-12-12 Thread Alberto di Bene
On 12/12/2014 10:08 PM, Hal Murray wrote: /Our clocks aren't good enough. It's a very hard problem. Here is the scale: //http://www.ligo-la.caltech.edu// Yes. There are experiments set up in the US, in Italy and in Japan, to detect gravitational waves, funded by various universities. So

Re: [time-nuts] thoughts on lightning arrestors

2014-11-28 Thread Alberto di Bene
On 11/28/2014 6:57 PM, Bob Camp wrote: /A mountain top (or skyscraper top) communications setup can be designed to// //take multiple direct lightning hits an hour and keep right on going and do// //it for may years. There are//*lots*// of systems out there like that./ Last April 25 there was

Re: [time-nuts] ARM boards for low-cost GPSDOs

2014-04-10 Thread Alberto di Bene
On 4/10/2014 11:38 PM, Hal Murray wrote: Does anybody have a favorite low-cost ARM board? I'm looking for a simple Arduino like setup rather than something that runs Linux. The idea is to get 32 bit counters so a bunch of the recent discussion can be ingnored. == I can't recommend

Re: [time-nuts] New GPS chips on Indegogo

2014-01-16 Thread Alberto di Bene
Don't know what happened... my previous message was relayed with an almost empty body... Here it is again. 73 Alberto I2PHD = On 1/14/2014 8:05 PM, lstosk...@cox.net wrote: /This isn't drawing lots of attention, but

Re: [time-nuts] New GPS chips on Indegogo

2014-01-15 Thread Alberto di Bene
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Re: [time-nuts] OT - Old Hatfield 2105 Step attenuator specs

2014-01-10 Thread Alberto di Bene
On 1/8/2014 11:13 PM, Alan Melia wrote: /Hi Alberto it is quite interesting to continue that test with no attenuator but the shells of the coax plugs connected together. I would guess with the gear you have the resultant would be at least 120dB downbut this is not the case for all

Re: [time-nuts] OT - Old Hatfield 2105 Step attenuator specs

2014-01-08 Thread Alberto di Bene
On 1/6/2014 2:13 PM, Giuseppe Marullo wrote: /I would like to know the specs for this attenuator, especially the maximum frequency, if any good folk has a ballpark idea... I was not able to locate any info about it./ I too have one, bought cheaply a couple of years ago on eBay. I tested its

Re: [time-nuts] GPS with 10KHz output

2013-09-19 Thread Alberto di Bene
On 9/19/2013 5:33 AM, Chris Albertson wrote: But 10KHz does allow a simpler design for the GPSDO that can be done 100% analog A very simple, full analog, GPSDO that exploits the 10 kHz from a Jupiter GPS receiver can be found here : http://gpsdo.i2phd.com/ 73 Alberto I2PHD

Re: [time-nuts] de Witte's Experiment

2013-08-28 Thread Alberto di Bene
On 8/27/2013 5:25 PM, Steven Kluck wrote: /If I had a couple of extra cesium frequency references, I would want to try Roland de Witte's experiment. Simple and fascinating! Position one clock about 1500 meters to the east of the other, set up a long (temperature controlled) coax cable

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

2013-08-17 Thread Alberto di Bene
On 8/17/2013 5:52 PM, Chris Albertson wrote: /TI sells their MSP430 Launch Pad for $10 (shipped)/ Much better than that. TI has reduced the price of the EK-LM4F120XL Stellaris LM4F120 LaunchPad Evaluation Board which now costs USD 7.99 shipped... And that board sports a Stellaris LM4F120H5QR

Re: [time-nuts] SDR Radio Opinion- Next Question

2013-08-07 Thread Alberto di Bene
On 8/7/2013 3:44 AM, Chris Albertson wrote: /These phone now days have quad core 32-bit CPUs and GPUs that can be tapped for compting power for thing like FFTs and other DSP./ Much less is needed... next September it will be released a new SDR that runs on an ARM Cortex M4F, single core, that

Re: [time-nuts] SDR Radio Opinion- Next Question

2013-08-07 Thread Alberto di Bene
On 8/7/2013 6:02 PM, Russ Ramirez wrote: /Hi Alberto, can you say which SDR software this is? I have a TI TIVA board that is M4F based and am wondering if this new SDR code will support boards like this./ Hi Russ, I am afraid it is not a software untied to a specific hardware... The

Re: [time-nuts] SDR Radio Opinion- Next Question

2013-08-06 Thread Alberto di Bene
On 8/6/2013 5:12 AM, Chris Albertson wrote: /It depends of it you want to be the kind of ham who understands radios and can build and design them or the kind who would have never remove the cover off his commercial built radio.Linux is the best OS for developers and those who like to build

Re: [time-nuts] SDR Radio Opinion- Next Question

2013-08-05 Thread Alberto di Bene
On 8/5/2013 11:52 PM, J. Forster wrote: 75 to 1300 MHz USB Ability to function as a crude SA. Not crawling w/ birdies or aliasing issues. Will run on Win XP. Demod selecttable for all modes at all frequencies. In a package, rather than a loose PCB. $150 I bought this from China :

[time-nuts] How quartz crystals are (were) fabricated

2013-07-31 Thread Alberto di Bene
A really fascinating story in pictures of the preparation and manufacture of quartz crystals for radio communication. Dating back to 1943... how times have changed... Copied from another list. http://archive.org/details/6101_Crystals_Go_to_War_01_20_16_21 73 Alberto I2PHD

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

2013-07-01 Thread Alberto di Bene
On 7/1/2013 10:47 PM, Attila Kinali wrote: General rule of thumb: if lots of people are using it, there is a better chance to find good support for it. The Odroid/hardkernel boards are a nice negative example in that regard. Attila, could you please comment a bit further on the Odroid

Re: [time-nuts] +12 Volts 1A (plus a bit) supply?

2013-06-28 Thread Alberto di Bene
On 6/27/2013 9:09 PM, KD0GLS wrote: /The PT5101 was the 5-volt version. I think there is (or used to be) a 3-amp series as well, but I don't recall the part number. Maybe with a little digging on the TI website you can find a suitable replacement that will meet your needs. Last time I

Re: [time-nuts] Win XP and NIST time

2013-03-26 Thread Alberto di Bene
On 3/26/2013 7:21 PM, Dan Kemppainen wrote: Keep in mind, we are after all, taking about windows. An operating system that IS NOT real time operating system. (You think it is, try move a continuous stream of a few 6+ MBytes/Sec data to it!) Well, the Perseus SDR, when set to its maximum

Re: [time-nuts] single board PCs

2013-01-07 Thread Alberto di Bene
On 1/7/2013 1:25 AM, Jim Lux wrote: If you're building a standalone widget (e.g. something like an NTP server we've been discussing, etc.) with an embedded PC, don't want to fool with hardware designing, etc.; use off the shelf OSes (win and Linux) and software (Matlab, Labview); have solid

Re: [time-nuts] Is there anything wrong with DCF77?

2013-01-01 Thread Alberto di Bene
On 1/1/2013 9:42 PM, Tom Harris wrote: If you can look at the output of a DCF77 demodulator you should see a nice clean set of 100ms/200ms pulses every second. All you need is a CRO, or you could just use a LED to indicate the state. This is how DCF77 looks, when received with an SDR

Re: [time-nuts] For my whole life timezones have been weird

2012-11-03 Thread Alberto di Bene
On 11/3/2012 6:32 AM, Sarah White wrote: /Wonder if there is any sensible way to petition microsoft to fix this stupid mistake dating back to the DOS era. Windows 8 / metro is out now, and I can't bloody stand the changes. Would be nice if windows 7 had an update to fix this issue:

Re: [time-nuts] For my whole life timezones have been weird

2012-11-03 Thread Alberto di Bene
On 11/3/2012 6:31 PM, Orin Eman wrote: There was also OS/2... The best OpSys ever killed by IBM itself, as an internal, confidential, report indicated that developing middleware for Windows NT could produce much more revenues than continuing to develop OS/2... So they decided to let it

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

2012-07-30 Thread Alberto di Bene
On 7/30/2012 6:39 PM, Chris Albertson wrote: I use one just like auction #180518378555. It is only 26dB but the thing is very reliable. It is a helix antenna inside and the mounting holes on the bottom line up with a standard iron pipe flange so mounting is easy. That's exactly the same

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

2012-05-02 Thread Alberto di Bene
On 5/2/2012 5:47 PM, cfo wrote: The mail actually looks quite authentic , Correct name phone# etc. But i have never heard of such a request before. And was wondering if any Italian T-Nut could verify that this request is valid. It seems a bit strange to me ... I am from Italy, and I can

Re: [time-nuts] Neutrinos not so fast? (defectove connector)

2012-02-23 Thread Alberto di Bene
On 2/23/2012 1:04 AM, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: I simply don't buy the story that tightening the connector makes a consistent 60 nanoseconds difference on a signal. I spoke with a physicist of Cern, friend of the leader of the team that performed the Opera experiment. He told me that

Re: [time-nuts] Low-Cost Rubidium Performance

2012-02-09 Thread Alberto di Bene
On 2/9/2012 3:36 AM, John Ackermann N8UR wrote: As threatened, I've measured stability (out to a trustworthy 10K seconds) and phase noise of the three popular telecom surplus Rb standards. I looked at two units of the FE-5680, two units of the Efratom FRS, and one Datum LPRO. Which variety

[time-nuts] FE-5680A 1 pps photo

2012-02-02 Thread Alberto di Bene
I managed to take a photo at the scope screen showing the 1 pps pulse from an old FE-5680A (the one that does not need the 5V and does not output the oscillator signal - just the 1pps). Exposure was 30 sec, F9. The signal was barely visible with naked eye, and some jittering is present. The room

Re: [time-nuts] Leap second

2012-01-06 Thread Alberto di Bene
On 1/5/2012 11:26 PM, Jim Palfreyman wrote: Leap second has been announced for July. Jim Yes, this was copied from another list : Subject: Bulletin C number 43 INTERNATIONAL EARTH ROTATION AND REFERENCE SYSTEMS SERVICE (IERS) SERVICE INTERNATIONAL DE LA ROTATION TERRESTRE ET DES

[time-nuts] NavSymm - Ericsson GPS Timing Receiver

2011-12-30 Thread Alberto di Bene
I received as a gift from a friend what looks like a timing GPS antenna integrated with the receiver, with optical links for Rx and Tx (?). This the label on the box : http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15089947/NavSymm2.jpg And these are the upper and lower sides of the unit :

Re: [time-nuts] FE-5680A Shipping question

2011-12-30 Thread Alberto di Bene
On 12/30/2011 6:38 PM, Chris Albertson wrote: Mine was sent by China Post. The Chinese post office. Took 10 days to get to California. For me, this is typical for stuff I buy from Chinese eBay sellers. The Hong Kong Post is slightly faster. I've think it might just be a matter of luck

Re: [time-nuts] Simple GPSDO

2011-12-30 Thread Alberto di Bene
On 12/30/2011 8:59 PM, Murray Greenman wrote: 2. The excellent 10kHz design by James G3RUH http://www.jrmiller.demon.co.uk/projects/ministd/frqstd.htm requires a 10kHz GPS source, and folk on this group asked where you can get a modern GPS module with 10kHz output. One suitable answer is

Re: [time-nuts] Those pesky Neutrinos again...

2011-11-20 Thread Alberto di Bene
On 11/20/2011 8:17 PM, Robin Kimberley wrote: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15791236 Thoughts anyone? Theoreticians are inclined to think in terms of a fourth spatial dimension. This is the current line of thought at CERN. In this perspective, the neutrinos would have traveled

Re: [time-nuts] Those pesky Neutrinos again...

2011-11-20 Thread Alberto di Bene
On 11/20/2011 11:17 PM, Hal Murray wrote: How does that interact with the SuperNova observations? I thought that was a good match for current theories. From what I know of the supernova observations (very little, indeed), in that case there were some assumptions, impossible to verify for

Re: [time-nuts] FE-5680A

2011-11-10 Thread Alberto di Bene
On 11/10/2011 11:02 PM, Peter Bell wrote: Assuming it's the same as the units I have (two labels, with FEI P/N 217400-30352-1 on the upper label and two barcodes on the lower label) then the +5V supply runs all the logic in the unit. It looks like there are many variants of the FE-5680A...

Re: [time-nuts] TEC party file format?

2011-06-29 Thread Alberto di Bene
Al it does it capture a timmer/counter when a pulse comes in. Then fets a flag a user program can read that says data available. The user level programs reads the device ad gets the captured counter value, the flag is reset. Very simple and very low overhead. How does the pulse trigger the

Re: [time-nuts] 60 Hz measurement party

2011-06-26 Thread Alberto di Bene
A simple way to measure the line frequency (up to a given precision...) is to watch on a waterfall program to one of its harmonics. In the following picture you can see the 53rd harmonic of the 50 Hz line frequency in Italy. It was captured by just connecting a random length of wire to the line

Re: [time-nuts] 60 Hz measurement party

2011-06-26 Thread Alberto di Bene
On 6/26/2011 6:03 PM, Tom Van Baak wrote: Alberto, That's a cute plot. I see 53 x 50 = 2650. What is the x axis scale? Tom, that capture was taken a few months ago, from memory it should cover about 15 or 20 minutes. But I'm curious -- the pending issue with 60 Hz in the US is more about

[time-nuts] Does TB keep almanac data ?

2011-06-13 Thread Alberto di Bene
Every time I switch on my Thunderbolt (cold start) Lady Heather tells me that there are no almanac data. It takes a few tens of minutes before they are collected again. I was under the impression that TB had some sort of non volatile memory, and it must have it, as it is capable of remembering

Re: [time-nuts] Strange temperature peak

2011-05-28 Thread Alberto di Bene
On 5/27/2011 10:58 PM, WarrenS wrote: The Tbolt uses a special method to get high resolution data from its temperature sensor by combining three things. The first is the sensor's standard data output which is used for the most significant bits. This gives about 1 deg resolution. 2nd an

Re: [time-nuts] Strange temperature peak

2011-05-28 Thread Alberto di Bene
On 5/27/2011 10:58 PM, WarrenS wrote: The Tbolt uses a special method to get high resolution data from its temperature sensor by combining three things. The first is the sensor's standard data output which is used for the most significant bits. This gives about 1 deg resolution. 2nd an internal

[time-nuts] Strange temperature peak

2011-05-27 Thread Alberto di Bene
I left my Thunderbolt running with Lady Heather started. Returning after a few hours in the room, which is at a constant temperature (underground, no heating, no air conditioning), I found the following plot on the Lady Heather screen : http://www.sdradio.eu/images/ladyheather.gif which shows

Re: [time-nuts] Strange temperature peak

2011-05-27 Thread Alberto di Bene
On 5/27/2011 8:59 PM, francesco messineo wrote: since the plot has a step jump, seems only a few tens mC, and then it comes slowly back to the normal track, I'd rule out at least an external temperature change: the thunderbolt can easily detect an hand in its proximity even for a few seconds,

Re: [time-nuts] 3586A HQ PDF Manual available

2010-12-09 Thread Alberto di Bene
On 12/9/2010 11:18 PM, Roberto Barrios wrote: Luckily I've been able to invest a few unexpected evenings on the manual and all the long boring work is already done. I'm now reviewing it thoroughly as I'd like to avoid having to fix silly mistakes after people have already downloaded it

Re: [time-nuts] yet another GPSDO design, or so

2010-06-29 Thread Alberto di Bene
On 6/29/2010 11:10 AM, Attila Kinali wrote: Yes, 16bit D/A seems to be the maximum that is currently available. It crossed my mind to build a 24bit R-2R D/A using discrete components, but this might have actually a worse performance than a off the shelf 16bit D/A. (temperature drifft, resistor

[time-nuts] HP-3816A vs HP-3815A

2010-01-15 Thread Alberto di Bene
What are the differences between the two GPSDOs referenced in the subject ? While Internet is plenty of information on the 3816, the 3815 seems to be rarely (if ever) referenced.. TNX Alberto I2PHD ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com

Re: [time-nuts] Adret 4101A, the DCF77 and a good antenna

2009-10-20 Thread Alberto di Bene
Marco A. Ferra wrote: Do you have any experience on this equipment (we don't have the manual, just a brochure with a few pages [1]), the DCF77 signal itself or an ideia for a antenna that could be very sensitive to this signal? If you want to buy it ready made :

[time-nuts] EU opens up Egnos system for public use

2009-10-16 Thread Alberto di Bene
Anybody has some more info about this ? http://tinyurl.com/yjeaodn Alberto I2PHD ___ 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] Mark Sims and gnat posteriors

2009-08-20 Thread Alberto di Bene
Dick Moore wrote: Mark -- my friend, mentor, and former employer, Paul Klipsch (sadly, now deceased) used to use the unit of furlongs per fortnight -- also ffn, 1 Furlong= 660 ft = 201.168 m 1 Fortnight = 14 days = 1,209,600 s One furlong per fortnight is very nearly 1

Re: [time-nuts] GPSDO project (SDR)

2009-06-29 Thread Alberto di Bene
Dave Baxter wrote: Personally, I wouldn't bother with any high accuracy clock/oscillator for the SDR, unless you can also synch the AD sampling clock in the soundcard. The SDR-IQ, SDR-14, Qs1r, Perseus and the HPSDR project do not rely on a sound card ADC to sample any signals. The RF

Re: [time-nuts] Sound Cards for locking to GPSDO 10 MHz references

2009-06-02 Thread Alberto di Bene
J.D. Bakker wrote: You could always transform this from a hardware problem to a software problem. Take the output of your GPSDO, divide it down to somewhere inside the audio band, feed it to a spare input on your USB sound card and have software track this reference and correct the received

Re: [time-nuts] Sound Cards for locking to GPSDO 10 MHz references

2009-06-02 Thread Alberto di Bene
Magnus Danielson wrote: No need to switch on the soldering iron... Never do in hardware what can be done in software :-) Respectfully I disagree. There are tasks which is better managed by software and tasks which is better managed by hardware. In the world of FPGAs, it is also worth

Re: [time-nuts] Sound Cards for locking to GPSDO 10 MHz references

2009-06-02 Thread Alberto di Bene
Magnus Danielson wrote: Hmm, do you get a feeling that I am actually object very much to just toss it into the processor. I think you are right. :) I suppose you are familiar with the old American adage that says that to a man with a hammer every problem looks like a nail :-) Each of

Re: [time-nuts] V standards

2008-12-02 Thread Alberto di Bene
WarrenS wrote: Dick Here is one way to add 2 LS bits (or more) to any Dac no matter how it is made. This assumes that the Dac that you are adding these bits to is 0 to 5 volts Fullscale and accurate enough to justify adding LS bits. To add 2 LS bits to a 14 bit Dac. An easy ways to

Re: [time-nuts] CE Mark

2008-08-15 Thread Alberto di Bene
And beware from the CE Mark on goods coming from China What it does mean is just China Export, and I am not kidding... 73 Alberto I2PHD ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to

[time-nuts] Thunderbolt vs Z3801A

2008-07-20 Thread Alberto di Bene
Somebody had to pose this question... given the respective sizes of the Trimble Thunderbolt and the HP Z3801A, the simplicity of the first and the complexity of the second, it comes natural to ask ourselves, what advantages does the HP unit have to justify the differences ? Is the Z3801A

[time-nuts] Power splitter on the Thunderbolt units

2008-07-17 Thread Alberto di Bene
What is the power splitter glued on some of the Thunderbolt units meant for ? Apparently it is good up to 500 MHz, so it can't be used for the signal coming from the antenna. Maybe it was just part of complete product which the Thunderbolt was part of. Just curious 73 Alberto I2PHD

Re: [time-nuts] TBolt UK import

2008-06-22 Thread Alberto di Bene
Phil Staton wrote: For Info: Importing 2 TBolts into the UK costs $29.11 duties and fees. Phil G4FXY I think that depends on the carrier. I received recently items from the US. In one case the shipping was done using the TNT - Traco courier, and they dutifully passed the goods through the

[time-nuts] Conexant GPS board

2008-05-08 Thread Alberto di Bene
I know that many of the readers of this group are quite familiar with OEM GPS boards, generally used to build GPSDOs or something similar. I happen to have a Conexant GPS board, Part # TU30-D160-031 and I am in search of the relative datasheet. I find on Internet many references to similar

[time-nuts] Z3801A User Manual

2008-05-07 Thread Alberto di Bene
If somebody needs the User Manual of the Z3801A, it can be downloaded from here : http://www.weaksignals.com/bin/Z3801A_UserManual.pdf 73 Alberto I2PHD P.S. It will stay there a few days only, so if you need it, get it now. ___ time-nuts mailing

Re: [time-nuts] gps timing antennas

2008-02-13 Thread Alberto di Bene
Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: I would suspect that the higher domes is a concession to weather: when mounted on a building or tower, a steeper angle of the surface will collect less snow and dirt. And offers a less comfortable rest place for birds and pigeons... my Z3801A from time to time

[time-nuts] Time hackers

2007-12-12 Thread Alberto di Bene
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2007/12/time_hackers 73 Alberto I2PHD ___ 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] WG: EZGPIB other software

2007-08-21 Thread Alberto di Bene
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Re: [time-nuts] WG: EZGPIB other software

2007-08-21 Thread Alberto di Bene
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Re: [time-nuts] WG: EZGPIB other software

2007-08-21 Thread Alberto di Bene
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Ulrich Bangert wrote: Friends, my Outlook holds an option under International options that reads Codierung ausgehender Nachrichten automatisch wählen which means as much as Coding of outgoing mails is choosen

Re: [time-nuts] Motorola VP docs

2007-02-15 Thread Alberto di Bene
Geodetics wrote: Bob, I'm afraid not. I'm no longer with Synergy and I don't think they will ever do it. You should email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and request the VP Command Reference in case you don't have it. If you can explain your problems I might still be able to help. Randy I

Re: [time-nuts] Motorola VP docs

2007-02-15 Thread Alberto di Bene
Randy Warner wrote: Alberto, Jason Rabel has this on his site. I sure am glad I took the time to do this in 2000. Had to scan in 150 pages, run them through a TERRIBLE OCR program, and spend endless hours watching TV and reformatting everything... Randy Randy, thank you for

Re: [time-nuts] Thunderbolt GPSDO

2007-02-14 Thread Alberto di Bene
From the pictures on eBay, that board has a Trimble oven. I have a cased Thunderbolt, bought a few years ago, and its OCXO is marked as follows Piezo (tm) Crystal Company, Carlisle, PA Model 2900082 - 112 Freq. 10.000 MHz S/N 1331 Does anybody know how the two OCXOs compare ? If the Trimble is

Re: [time-nuts] Odetics 325: Replacing receiver...?

2006-12-13 Thread Alberto di Bene
Bruce Lane wrote: Actually, I've gotten quite lucky antenna and receiver-wise. I had the unit open today, and discovered that the receiver is a fairly late-model Magellan OEM type, specifically an OEM 5000. I've already dropped a note to Thales (who bought Magellan) to see if I

Re: [time-nuts] How do I know my GPS stabilized oscillator is working?

2006-07-30 Thread Alberto di Bene
Didier Juges wrote: --- snip --- The question that comes up is: how do I know my GPSDSO is working and how do I evaluate its stability? --- snip --- Couldn't you plot the EFC value vs time, and check whether it tends asymptotically towards a (pseudo-)stable value ? Knowing the Hz/V

Re: [time-nuts] Thought experiment on a low cost timing board

2006-02-25 Thread Alberto di Bene
Arnold Tibus wrote: Unfortunately there is only the hex list of the pic code. As I would like to experiment as well with this modification and try to change some parameters to fit my LPRO and some different OCXOs I own, is there a way to get the commented source code of it? I

Re: [time-nuts] Thought experiment on a low cost timing board

2006-02-23 Thread Alberto di Bene
Tom Van Baak wrote: I'm curious about the 10 kHz signal. Can you send me a pointer to it? Usually 1 Hz is good enough and in practice most GPSDO use an averaging algorithm that is more akin to 0.01 Hz to 0.001 Hz. http://gpsdo.i2phd.com/ 73 Alberto I2PHD

Re: [time-nuts] CW12 the M12+ replacement?

2006-02-05 Thread Alberto di Bene
Arnold Tibus wrote: Hello, perhaps of general interest: I found an intersting note via GPS-world, new for me, but perhaps already well known, telling that the Motorola M12+ is now replaced by an improved version, the CW12 from Navsync. (Designed as a functionally equivalent

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