[time-nuts] Efratom LPRO Rubidium

2008-07-06 Thread Charles S. Osborne
I have one of the Lucent RFTGm-II-Rb Rubidium cell site standards. It's misbehaving. Knowing the amount of experience on this list, I figured I'd ask before I dive in much deeper where I have no schematics. Initially I believed one of the DC-DC converters was not working after warmup. But after

Re: [time-nuts] Lucent RFTG-m-XO 15MHz - 10MHz

2008-04-13 Thread Charles S. Osborne
I've done three 15 MHz to 10 MHz conversions now, an RFTGm-II-Rb, RFTG-m-XO, and an RFTGm-II-XO. So I'll mention the quick and dirty mod that worked. The circuit boards are virtually identical between all three. I pulled the 15 MHz metal cased filter out. Backtrack from the +23dBm 15 MHz output,

Re: [time-nuts] Racal-Dana 1992 switches

2008-03-29 Thread Charles S. Osborne
Hawkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement' time-nuts@febo.com Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 9:09 PM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Racal-Dana 1992 switches Charles S. Osborne said, in part, Now the real question is... is there a clever way to make the Racal

Re: [time-nuts] Racal-Dana 1992 switches

2008-03-27 Thread Charles S. Osborne
Matt, Not seeing a better alternative posted for the Racal 1992, and having dozens of similar bad Toko switches on some Pacific Measurements 1038-N10 Scalar Analyzers, I decided to buy a bunch of the Jameco ones and give it a try. Definitely not a form fit replacement. But if you're not too

Re: [time-nuts] Wanted to buy or borrow -- RFTG-m-XO L106A

2008-03-16 Thread Charles S. Osborne
John, I have my RFTGm-II-XO (L109) open on the workbench (I'm changing the 15MHz output to 10 MHz) and tried the sequence you mentioned below. Mine reacts similarly. However, if you reapply a 10 MHz external source to the 10 MHz REF In sma it locks after maybe 15 minutes and XO frequency

Re: [time-nuts] PC clock comparison software?

2006-12-20 Thread Charles S. Osborne
help troubleshoot that since I could see which branches failed when, and if they recover. Network loading is minimal except from the main website server to the Internet via T1 ( soon OC3, then that will be minimally loaded too except during distance learning and video conferencing). tnx, Charles S

[time-nuts] PC clock comparison software?

2006-12-19 Thread Charles S. Osborne
. In the near future some video conferencing and remote telescope users will add to the chunkiness of the network variable load. Thoughts on my test software delemma? Thanks, 73, Charles S. Osborne, K4CSO Technical Director Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute 1 PARI Drive, HC 73, Box 638 Rosman, NC

Re: [time-nuts] GPS receiver replacements for UT+

2006-01-05 Thread Charles S. Osborne
in the Smithsonian museum in Washington. That's when you know your technology is becoming dated. Hi! Thanks, Charles S. Osborne Technical Director Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute 1 PARI Drive, HC 73, Box 638 Rosman, NC 28772-9614 http://www.pari.edu 828-862-5813 direct 828-862-5554 main 828-862-5877

Re: [time-nuts] Unknown Efratom 10MHz Assy, information asked

2005-11-02 Thread Charles S. Osborne
back over to the OCXO side. Does anyone have a pinout for the RS422/1PPS or Interface dB15 connectors on this type unit? And is there any software out there which will look into the lock status/control similar to GPSCon does with the Z3801A/Z3816As? Thanks, Charles S. Osborne, K4CSO Technical