Re: [time-nuts] Number of GPS sats in the sky?

2015-07-10 Thread Chris Hoffman
http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/?Do=constellationStatus http://www.gps.gov/systems/gps/space/ IIRC: 6 planes, 6 slots each, so 36 to cover the sphere, and the GPS aperture is big (high orbits) so guess up to 1/2 of the constellation could ever be in view (... yeah, right): 18? On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at

Re: [time-nuts] What's the easiest way to divide by 10 for Thunderbolt reference output?

2012-07-24 Thread Chris Hoffman, KG6O
John, That's interesting to me. What exactly are the actual structural limitations of [that] pic? -CH On Jul 24, 2012, at 7:55, John Ackermann N8UR j...@febo.com wrote: Unfortunately, the TAPR T2-Mini divider (http://www.tapr.org/kits_t2-mini.html) can't quite get to 1 MHz from 10 MHz

Re: [time-nuts] Timing Health Monitoring

2012-07-19 Thread Chris Hoffman
by a make-shift cubicle with walls of HP and Marconi gear in various states... and a sweet, aged, bearded geek with trifocals... It's telling, I think, that the first FMS was built on an Apple II. -CH Chris Hoffman cq.k...@gmail.com http://ar.ctur.us On Jul 18, 2012, at 7:00 PM, Richard H

[time-nuts] Zero-Crossing Detector Design?

2012-07-19 Thread Chris Hoffman
the uC. -CH Chris Hoffman cq.k...@gmail.com http://ar.ctur.us ___ 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] Trimble Mini-T end of life

2012-07-19 Thread Chris Hoffman
How about a couple of buffers for counting external (opto-isolated) pulses or sines? A 1 to 5Vpp range might do it, maybe with a sensitivity north of 100MHz? -CH Chris Hoffman cq.k...@gmail.com http://ar.ctur.us On Jul 19, 2012, at 12:15 AM, saidj...@aol.com wrote: Hello everyone

Re: [time-nuts] Zero-Crossing Detector Design?

2012-07-19 Thread Chris Hoffman, KG6O
an RS485 line receiver like the ST3485, MAX483, ADM485. They are actually transceivers so they must be tied permanently in RX. Since they are differential you can also put a 1:1 (or a 1:4 to raise the level) transformer to isolate the input too. On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 6:03 PM, Chris Hoffman cq.k

Re: [time-nuts] Zero-Crossing Detector Design?

2012-07-19 Thread Chris Hoffman, KG6O
on this. Sorry to say how you search is equally a good question. On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 3:19 PM, Chris Hoffman, KG6O cq.k...@gmail.comwrote: Thank you, Azelio! I don't suppose there's an impromptu FAQ page out there, is there? -CH On Jul 19, 2012, at 11:58, Azelio Boriani azelio.bori

Re: [time-nuts] Zero-Crossing Detector Design?

2012-07-19 Thread Chris Hoffman, KG6O
on this. Sorry to say how you search is equally a good question. On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 3:19 PM, Chris Hoffman, KG6Ocq.k...@gmail.comwrote: Thank you, Azelio! I don't suppose there's an impromptu FAQ page out there, is there? -CH On Jul 19, 2012, at 11:58, Azelio Borianiazelio.bori

Re: [time-nuts] Timing Health Monitoring

2012-07-19 Thread Chris Hoffman, KG6O
Ah! The very height of elegance in a good design [imho] : no upgrade needed. -CH On Jul 19, 2012, at 12:40, Magnus Danielson mag...@rubidium.dyndns.org wrote: On 07/19/2012 05:48 PM, Chris Hoffman wrote: Richard, This paper is fascinating to me. I finally understand how the TMDE/Metrology

Re: [time-nuts] time-nuts Digest, Vol 96, Issue 70

2012-07-17 Thread Chris Hoffman, KG6O
constellation. On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 11:59 PM, Chris Hoffman cq.k...@gmail.com wrote: All, Though somewhat outmoded, looking forward to starting my own time shop with two XL-DC controllers that I have been lucky enough to pick up recently. My question: Do I really need to invest

[time-nuts] Timing Health Monitoring

2012-07-17 Thread Chris Hoffman, KG6O
What advice does anyone have on building/finding cheap [visual?] comparison devices to display or detect a timing [lesajo?] from my 10MHz sine wave ports? Further, what timing/health metrics could/should I be aware of and/or looking for? I do not want to spend good money on another

Re: [time-nuts] Timing Health Monitoring

2012-07-17 Thread Chris Hoffman
is implemented, but it appears roughly equivalent). Do you have any examples I should be looking for? -CH Chris Hoffman cq.k...@gmail.com http://ar.ctur.us On Jul 17, 2012, at 11:51 AM, MSproul wrote: On Jul 17, 2012, at 11:09 AM, Chris Hoffman, KG6O wrote: What advice does anyone have

[time-nuts] XL-DC Antenna Requirements

2012-07-16 Thread Chris Hoffman
Hoffman cq.k...@gmail.com http://ar.ctur.us -CH Chris Hoffman cq.k...@gmail.com http://ar.ctur.us ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow