Re: [time-nuts] Looking for a low power very low noise DC/DC converter (100 - 200 ma 10VDC or 15VDC)

2016-10-31 Thread Christopher Brown
On 10/30/16 22:17, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > > In message <b9fda620-e1da-1f84-4109-1757951d2...@woods.net>, Christopher > Brown writes: > >> Could not find anything with really good specs so am currently thinking >> something like a Traco TDN 3-1213W

[time-nuts] Looking for a low power very low noise DC/DC converter (100 - 200 ma 10VDC or 15VDC)

2016-10-30 Thread Christopher Brown
Not entirely on subject since this is for a transceiver, but figured this would be the group most likely to generate a useful answer. I happen to like the older Icom IC-271H and 471H, I have a pair of each where one is currently the control and one is the in-progress unit. All the normal stuff

Re: [time-nuts] Lucent KS-24361/Z3812A GPSDO initial setup

2014-10-26 Thread Christopher Brown
these in the lab though. And yes to get the longest run time, just power the main unit from the battery as Bob suggested. Now I am just waiting on some DB-9 connectors. I ran out of them and the local RatShak went TU. Tom - Original Message - From: Christopher Brown cbr

Re: [time-nuts] Lucent KS-24361/Z3812A GPSDO initial setup

2014-10-25 Thread Christopher Brown
Might want to dial that back a bit. Since 12V/7ah batteries are mentioned I am assuming standard small gelcell units. Proper float voltage for a deep cycle is lower than a SLI type, and gellcell even lower. Generally 13.6 - 13.8 would be the gellcell range, with 13.6 being right on for long

Re: [time-nuts] HP5370 extender cards?

2014-08-13 Thread Christopher Brown
YES! Currently working my way through 3 salvaged 5370Bs. :) On 8/13/14, 12:43 PM, Mark Sims wrote: Well, after doing my TM500 extender cables, I was thinking of doing an extender board for the HP5370 boards. It would take two 36 pin extender cards to extend a card out of the card cage

Re: [time-nuts] Speaking of 5370s

2013-09-01 Thread Christopher Brown
West switches http://www.rbarrios.com/projects/HPSWITCH/ if now .. sorry -pete On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 2:32 AM, Christopher Brown cbr...@woods.net wrote: Working on reviving a 5370B, have everything working except the switches. (multiple switches took impact damage). So

Re: [time-nuts] Speaking of 5370s

2013-08-31 Thread Christopher Brown
, Christopher Brown cbr...@woods.net wrote: Working on reviving a 5370B, have everything working except the switches. (multiple switches took impact damage). So, if anyone has 5370 or 5345 front switch/control board(s) they want to part with, let me know

[time-nuts] Speaking of 5370s

2013-08-30 Thread Christopher Brown
Working on reviving a 5370B, have everything working except the switches. (multiple switches took impact damage). So, if anyone has 5370 or 5345 front switch/control board(s) they want to part with, let me know. ___ time-nuts mailing list --

Re: [time-nuts] Remote GPS Oscillator Steering

2013-04-19 Thread Christopher Brown
I happen to have a less than ideal ham shack/lab and antenna setup. The shack/lab is second floor in the rear. The main antenna is an inverted L 30ft straight back from the shack. There are about 50 pounds of type 31 ferrite in the house suppressing _everything_ to the point that I cannot

Re: [time-nuts] Connectors

2013-04-14 Thread Christopher Brown
If using silicone oil or grease you do need to keep the water glass issue in mind. If exposed to chlorine or phosphorus in can convert to straight silicon leaving a glass coating. Silicon oil containing contact cleaners used in a marine environment can be an issue. phosphor-bronze alloy

Re: [time-nuts] Possibly off topic - Jitter on Ethernet over poweradapters

2013-02-11 Thread Christopher Brown
Ahem! Ethernet over powerline! NOT PoE! The various forms of ether over power are (for practical purposes) a wireless ethernet protocol coupled into the AC wiring. And yes, it is noisy timing wise, for all the same reason that a simplex/shared variable rate 802.11 system is. On 2/10/13

Re: [time-nuts] WWVB new modulation...

2012-11-24 Thread Christopher Brown
and all my cables are Belden 8281. The D.A.'s are rack mount and use plug in cards and are not that well enclosed. Burt, K6OQK From: Christopher Brown cbr...@woods.net To: time-nuts@febo.com Subject: Re: [time-nuts] WWVB new modulation... On 11/23/12 8:28 AM, Burt I. Weiner wrote: I

Re: [time-nuts] WWVB new modulation...

2012-11-23 Thread Christopher Brown
On 11/23/12 8:28 AM, Burt I. Weiner wrote: I still have two of the Heathkit clocks, but alas, they won't work at home because of my standards. Burt, K6OQK Are your equipment and interconnects leaking that badly? ___ time-nuts mailing list --

Re: [time-nuts] Is it sensible to update every few seconds from NTP server?

2012-11-07 Thread Christopher Brown
There are 2 different things here. Setting the time based on a single query. Disciplining the local clock Many of the built in NTP clients just Set the time every X Setting one of these to SET the local clock every X seconds is a less than good thing. If you timing needs are loose, let

Re: [time-nuts] Tracking NTP displacement and correlationbetweentwo clients.

2012-10-05 Thread Christopher Brown
That is his point. Initial time comes from MB clock. System (OS) time is set from that at boot. During NTP startup for a client it is normal to do a ntpdate to hard set the OS clock (direct one time set). From there ntpd would track and adjust. HOWEVER, there are limits to how much ntpd will

[time-nuts] Symmetricom 58532A and 58536A group delay figures

2012-09-30 Thread Christopher Brown
Assuming it does not snow again, should finish the cabling to the new rooftop tripod and switch to the new antenna and splitter tomorrow. For the LMR400 main run and jumpers is simple enough, will just measure. That leaves the antenna and splitter, both have and amp and bandpass filter and I

Re: [time-nuts] Modern motherboard with RS232 port

2012-08-19 Thread Christopher Brown
(assuming both are sine waves) + Peak Volts * 0.707 = RMS volts, again for sine waves only. + - Original Message - From: Christopher Brown cbr...@woods.net To: time-nuts@febo.com Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 3:38 PM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Modern motherboard

Re: [time-nuts] Fun with the Z3815

2012-08-11 Thread Christopher Brown
On 8/11/12 4:16 AM, Azelio Boriani wrote: Very strange the inductor on the antenna cable: my Z3815A has a capacitor also because there is a different power for the antenna and I suspect that you have a short between the Furuno antenna power and the Z3815A antenna power. Think you

[time-nuts] HP 5335 parts

2012-06-10 Thread Christopher Brown
Picked up a 5335A, works, but not in as good a shape as I hoped. HPIB interface board and bracket have been removed, along with both cables running to the HPIB connector board. The gate time control is intermittent. Minor, but the screen panel is cracked and the little plastic tabs damaged.

Re: [time-nuts] Trimble Thunderbolt GPS Antenna

2012-04-29 Thread Christopher Brown
Agreed, I picked up a new in box Symmetricom 58532 this winter. I was very surprised to get a usable signal from indoors (through attic, shingles, 4 inches of ice and 2 - 3 feet of snow). From the same room, my SIRFIII based GPSes would take 5 minutes or more to warm-lock and would randomly

[time-nuts] HP 10811D question

2012-04-28 Thread Christopher Brown
I have a 5370B with a -60111, and a 5335 with a dead 10544. I also have a 10811D sitting on the desk. I have been through the 10811A/B manual, and what looks like an extension for the D/E and various -XXX versions. It looks to me like the D is a drop in replacement for the A, but did not see

Re: [time-nuts] HP 10811D question

2012-04-28 Thread Christopher Brown
and the 10811D/E specifications they are perfectly equal. Pinout is the same as can be seen here http://www.qsl.net/d/dk7nt/cro/download/5091-1639E.pdf compared with www.hparchive.com/Manuals/HP-10811AB-Manual.pdf On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 11:19 AM, Christopher Brown cbr...@woods.netwrote