Re: [time-nuts] Austron 2100 LORAN C manual I have a pdf!

2018-04-26 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Hello Paul, I wanted to say 'Thanks' - I downloaded that recently. I'm obviously interested in any Austron schematics; manuals; references; datasheets... . 73's, John AJ6BC On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 9:46 AM, paul swed wrote: > In looking at the threads and putting away

[time-nuts] MTI-Milliren OCXO Issue

2018-01-19 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Hello All, Just wondering - has anyone made any recent purchases with MTI-Milliren regarding OCXO's? I've had a recent interaction with them that makes me think their OCXO's could go the way of the dinosaur; maybe it's just me; hoping someone on the list has some recent experience with

Re: [time-nuts] Instrument BASIC

2016-03-02 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
, John C. Westmoreland, P.E. < j...@westmorelandengineering.com> wrote: > Magnus, > > There's an outside chance a buddy of mine may know what to do - I will > check with him but no promises unfortunately. > > It could take a few days. > > The lib on SourceForge is called N

Re: [time-nuts] Instrument BASIC

2016-02-27 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
re are a lot of TCLs on sourceforge > Regards > Paul > WB8TSL > > On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 5:01 PM, John C. Westmoreland, P.E. < > j...@westmorelandengineering.com> wrote: > > > Magnus, > > > > I used to be responsible for a couple of labs

Re: [time-nuts] Instrument BASIC

2016-02-27 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
, Magnus Danielson < mag...@rubidium.dyndns.org> wrote: > John, > > On 02/27/2016 11:01 PM, John C. Westmoreland, P.E. wrote: > >> Magnus, >> >> I used to be responsible for a couple of labs in the late 90's early >> 2000's >> where we had several

Re: [time-nuts] Instrument BASIC

2016-02-27 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Magnus, I used to be responsible for a couple of labs in the late 90's early 2000's where we had several of these. First - do you have this option installed: Add Agilent Instrument BASIC 1C2 ? We automated the VSA's using GPIB and TCL. I jumped through some hoops to make the TCL library

Re: [time-nuts] Springer textbooks >10 years old now available for download as PDF at no cost

2015-12-29 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Thanks Gregory! Happy 2016! John W. AJ6BC On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 5:42 PM, paul swed wrote: > Scott, > Thank you for sharing these with Time-nuts. > I have to say some good reading over the winter. > Regards > Paul > WB8TSL > > On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 3:16 PM, Scott

Re: [time-nuts] Loran C returning to a station near you...

2015-07-15 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Time-Nuts, Was better than 500 nS accuracy ever achieved with Loran? 73's, John Westmoreland AJ6BC On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 10:18 PM, Dale Cannon dalec...@cfl.rr.com wrote: Folks, I know that there is a longing for LORAN-C to return, but this weekend, I did a Google Maps flyover of each

Re: [time-nuts] Any other useful purpose for Austron 2100F or SRS FS700 receivers in US

2015-07-12 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Hello Jim, Would you happen to have complete schematics for the Austron 2100F? 73's, John AJ6BC On Sat, Jul 11, 2015 at 2:38 PM, paul swed paulsw...@gmail.com wrote: They can be useful as a comparator between two references as long as you have a LORAN C simulator to drive the system. I

Re: [time-nuts] leap second video from NICT Japan

2015-07-05 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Hello Dikshie, Thanks for sharing this. Wow, not sure we had anything in the US that was comparable - crowd actually applauded. Best Regards, John W. On Sat, Jul 4, 2015 at 5:15 PM, dikshie diks...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, This is leap second video from NICT Japan.

Re: [time-nuts] Ublox 6T receiver, noisy PPS.

2015-01-16 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Hello Dan, I have a LEA-6T running; have a nice external antenna, etc - it's been running for several days - I will check the 1PPS and report if I find anything like what you've discussed. Regards, John On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 4:03 PM, d...@irtelemetrics.com wrote: Hi All, I've been

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

2014-12-12 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Folkert, If we had a 'Time Quake' - would we even know? Regards, John W. On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 12:42 PM, folkert folk...@vanheusden.com wrote: Hi, If I understood it well, we should occasionally encounter gravitational waves going through, well, the whole galaxy. As time and space are

Re: [time-nuts] 1900kHz radiolcation testing on east coast US?

2014-12-08 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Is the signal still there? I looked here on the West Coast - don't really see anything. Thanks, John AJ6BC On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 12:42 AM, Dr. David Kirkby (Kirkby Microwave Ltd) drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk wrote: On 8 December 2014 at 07:24, Chris Wilson ch...@chriswilson.tv wrote:

Re: [time-nuts] 1900kHz radiolcation testing on east coast US?

2014-12-08 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
AJ6BC On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 2:05 AM, John C. Westmoreland, P.E. j...@westmorelandengineering.com wrote: Is the signal still there? I looked here on the West Coast - don't really see anything. Thanks, John AJ6BC On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 12:42 AM, Dr. David Kirkby (Kirkby Microwave Ltd

Re: [time-nuts] 1900kHz radiolcation testing on east coast US?

2014-12-08 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Hello, Can someone please post a *.wav file of what it sounds like provided you have an SDR set-up? If you need someplace to post - please send the file to me offlist and I'll put it on either an ftp site or http. I am not so convinced what I saw wasn't noise or some stations from China

Re: [time-nuts] 1900kHz radiolcation testing on east coast US?

2014-12-08 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
...@gmx.net wrote: Recorded last night. Audio bandwidth is a few kHz, but as mentioned before the signal is about 20 kHz wide. https://www.dropbox.com/s/bnp8zcpgw86l6ww/1910.wav?dl=0 This morning (14:21 UTC) nothing is heard Frits W1FVB Whitefield, NH On 12/8/14, John C. Westmoreland, P.E. j

Re: [time-nuts] GPS once a day issues ?

2014-10-20 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Bob, You mean the Sun, correct? Regards, John On Oct 20, 2014 4:16 AM, Bob Camp kb...@n1k.org wrote: Hi Yes, but there’s this large object in the sky that modifies the ionosphere as it travels in a “about one a day” track. It appears to be coming up just about now, but I do need more

Re: [time-nuts] Lightning arrestors for GPSDO antenna

2014-10-17 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Hello Dave, I think we had a similar question recently - and I have been told the PolyPhaser products are gas tubes - I haven't opened one up yet. TESSCO sells these online - you can find them here: https://www.tessco.com/products/displayProducts.do?groupId=90143subgroupId=91046 Regards, John W.

Re: [time-nuts] LTE-Lite module

2014-10-17 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Said, What tool(s) did you use to generate that data and output the graph? Thanks, John On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 6:10 PM, S. Jackson via time-nuts time-nuts@febo.com wrote: Jim, Here is the resulting 10MHz phase noise plot from the 20MHz TCXO output: In a message dated 10/17/2014

Re: [time-nuts] GPS jump

2014-10-09 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Hello Jim, I am just a novice here - but, when you say noticeable, can you please tell us how noticeable? What is a small downturn vs. a noticeable one? I just put up an outdoor GPS antenna. If there is anything I can do to possibly help, please give me instructions. I do not have direct

Re: [time-nuts] WTB: GPS Antenna Splitter

2014-10-07 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
minimal cost. http://www.prc68.com/I/4GPS.shtml Have Fun, Brooke Clarke http://www.PRC68.com http://www.end2partygovernment.com/2012Issues.html http://www.prc68.com/I/DietNutrition.html John C. Westmoreland, P.E. wrote: Dave, Can you please let us know what you go

Re: [time-nuts] Yokogawa TA320 Time Interval Analyzer

2014-10-06 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Hmm, I think they are Japanese: http://www.yokogawa.com/ydk/mr/marine/cs/ydkmr-ma-cs-contactus-top-en.htm Regards, John Westmoreland On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 4:14 PM, Dr. David Kirkby (Kirkby Microwave Ltd) drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk wrote: I see this on eBay

Re: [time-nuts] WTB: GPS Antenna Splitter

2014-10-06 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Dave, Can you please let us know what you go with for your splitter choice? I noticed companies like EndRun Technologies use ones from these folks: http://gpsnetworking.com/GPS-antenna-splitters.asp TESSCO might stock those if you ask them. Regards, John W. On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 6:09 PM,

Re: [time-nuts] Clock level conversion 5V - 3.3V

2014-09-30 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Mark, Lots of good parts on this page: http://www.onsemi.com/PowerSolutions/parametrics.do?id=648 But as others are pointing out - it depends Regards, John On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 2:46 PM, Mark Haun hau...@keteu.org wrote: Is there a best way to do this without adding phase noise? For

[time-nuts] GPS-III

2014-07-24 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Hello All, Does anyone know yet of any companies that are making GPS-III receiver chip-sets/modules yet? Some web-sites on GPS-III: http://www.gps.gov/systems/gps/modernization/ http://www.gps.gov/systems/gps/modernization/civilsignals/

[time-nuts] OT?: Hittite to be bought by AD

2014-06-10 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Hello, Thought this could be of interest to some of you: Chipmaker Analog Devices to buy Hittite in $2 billion deal | Reuters http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/06/09/uk-analog-devices-acquisition-idUKKBN0EK0Z920140609 Regards, John W. ___ time-nuts

[time-nuts] Maybe A Little Off Topic: connectBlue acquired by u-blox

2014-05-20 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Hello All, Thought this may interest some of you - I am certainly interested: http://www.u-blox.com/en/ad-hoc-releases/1659-u-blox-acquires-connectblue-adds-wi-fi-and-bluetooth-connectivity.html Best Regards, John W. ___ time-nuts mailing list --

Re: [time-nuts] Phase noise and geomagnetism

2014-04-28 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Antonio, That is a great question. I am not 100% sure of the answer myself, but I am sure others will chime in. I used to be responsible for an RF lab in which we did a lot of low-noise measurements; had shielded racks, chamber, etc. - I can tell you from experience that anything that can raise

Re: [time-nuts] Japan / Time-Nuts

2014-03-28 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Tom, If you have time - you may visit New Japan Radio: http://www.njr.com/ 3-10, Nihonbashi Yokoyama-cho,Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-8456, Japan TEL: + 81-3-5642-8222 / FAX: + 81-3-5642-8220 I believe there are people there that also deal or know those that know about vintage equipment in the area.

Re: [time-nuts] more ADEV tools

2014-03-20 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Tom, Thank you for posting this. Regards, John Westmoreland On Mar 20, 2014 3:16 PM, Tom Van Baak t...@leapsecond.com wrote: I wrote two new ADEV command line tools that some of you may be interested in. adev4 calculates adev for a linear range, from tau to tau step tau. adev5

Re: [time-nuts] Another atomic clock question

2014-03-07 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Hello David, Not sure what is wrong here - I still can't reach it. If it isn't too much trouble - can you send me a screen shot off-list - I can look up the patents as long as the numbers are listed. Thanks! John W. j...@westmorelandengineering.com On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 11:09 PM, David J

Re: [time-nuts] Another atomic clock question

2014-03-07 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
David, Thanks - got it. Best Regards, John W. On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 10:53 PM, David J Taylor david-tay...@blueyonder.co.uk wrote: Hello David, Not sure what is wrong here - I still can't reach it. If it isn't too much trouble - can you send me a screen shot off-list - I can look up

Re: [time-nuts] Another atomic clock question

2014-03-06 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
To the Mike that posted: http://www.pst.netii.net/patents.htm - I tried going to your site - can't reach it. Is the site operational? I wanted to take a look at your patents. Thanks, John Westmoreland On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 2:40 PM, Bob Camp li...@rtty.us wrote: Hi In modern GPS

Re: [time-nuts] Software for Brilliant Instruments B1220?

2014-03-01 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Hello Richard, Do you mind telling us how far that set you back? I did a quick archive search - I found a post where Shalom stated the BI220 cost: *BI220 is $2,950* They are local to me - so I am going to check out this piece of equipment too - looks like a good/great choice for doing the

[time-nuts] Peregrine Ends Prescalers

2014-03-01 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Hello All, I just found out this last week that Peregrine has decided to EOL all of their prescalers. Thought that could be of interest to some in the group. Regards, John W. ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to

Re: [time-nuts] ID this filter

2014-02-21 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Pete. I bet these guys can help: http://www.klmicrowave.com/filter-specifications.php Regards, John W. On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 3:21 PM, Pete Lancashire p...@petelancashire.comwrote: https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/111617808980322733757/albums/5982995737892775185 Any have the specs ?

[time-nuts] Now For Something Completely Different...GPS Security

2014-02-14 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Hello Time Nuts, I thought this would be of interest to the group: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fadf1714-940d-11e3-bf0c-00144feab7de.html Regards, John W. ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to

Re: [time-nuts] Now For Something Completely Different...GPS Security

2014-02-13 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Kingdom http://www.ft.com/topics/places/United_Kingdom, - Drones http://www.ft.com/topics/themes/Drones - On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 7:20 PM, John C. Westmoreland, P.E. j...@westmorelandengineering.com wrote: Hello Time Nuts, I thought this would be of interest to the group: http

Re: [time-nuts] MC100LVEL34

2014-02-06 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Hello John M., Thanks for the plot. Did you take that out past 1MHz - I assume it stayS 'flat' - maybe not. What explains that little spike at 10kHz for the AD9511? Interesting artifact. Thanks, John W. On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 12:44 AM, John Miles j...@miles.io wrote: (Different John here)

Re: [time-nuts] MC100LVEL34

2014-02-06 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
the software didn't get rid of them all. You can assume they'll be reasonably flat past 1 MHz. That's as far as those plots went. -- john, KE5FX Miles Design LLC -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts- boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of John C

Re: [time-nuts] MC100LVEL34

2014-02-05 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Hello John, Did you happen to do any phase noise measurements? Thanks, John W. On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 10:07 PM, John Pease john_pease...@yahoo.com wrote: I was wondering how many of you have experience with this ECL part from On Semi: MC100LVEL34 ? John, I use this part quite

[time-nuts] ECL Discussion: The On Semi MC100LVEL34 (/2/4/8 Prescaler/Divider)

2014-02-04 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Hello, I was wondering how many of you have experience with this ECL part from On Semi: MC100LVEL34 ? The url is: http://www.onsemi.com/PowerSolutions/product.do?id=MC100LVEL34 I did search the archive - via Google - last discussion I saw was the new clock distribution part from Linear

Re: [time-nuts] high (spacial) precision GPS in Kickstarter

2014-01-24 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Hello Daniel, Appears that is precision for position - not necessarily time. I think NIST had a write-up on something very similar. Regards, John Westmoreland On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 5:40 PM, Daniel Mendes dmend...@gmail.com wrote:

[time-nuts] Fwd: REQ: Manuals and Schematics for the Austron 2110

2014-01-22 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Westmoreland -- Forwarded message -- From: John C. Westmoreland, P.E. j...@westmorelandengineering.com Date: Sat, Dec 28, 2013 at 7:00 PM Subject: REQ: Manuals and Schematics for the Austron 2110 To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement time-nuts@febo.com Hello All, Does

Re: [time-nuts] Fwd: REQ: Manuals and Schematics for the Austron 2110

2014-01-22 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Max, Thanks for your reply. I have sent you an e-mail off list. 73's, John AJ6BC On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 8:04 PM, Max vk3...@gmail.com wrote: On 23/01/2014 1:28 PM, John C. Westmoreland, P.E. wrote: Hello Time Nuts, I hope everyone doesn't mind - I did get a few responses

Re: [time-nuts] 'CPLDs for clock dividers' Thread

2014-01-05 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Hello All, I was looking at the archives - what was the outcome of this: Thanks to everyone for their advice. I bought a CoolRunner II development board (only $39!) and will let you know how it goes. Matt On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 10:59 AM, Matt Ettus boyscout at gmail.com

Re: [time-nuts] 'CPLDs for clock dividers' Thread

2014-01-05 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Hello Tom, Thanks for replying. I will be interested to see what you end up with for jitter, phase noise, and propagation delay; to name a few. Looks like an interesting part from the datasheet. Thanks, John W. On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 8:29 PM, Tom Minnis tom_min...@att.net wrote: I am

[time-nuts] sand9 TCMO

2014-01-05 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Hello All, I thought this may be of interest to the group - a start-up company - Sand9 - has developed a temperature controlled MEMS oscillator (TCMO): http://www.sand9.com/product/tcmo/ . Best Regards, John Westmoreland ___ time-nuts mailing list --

Re: [time-nuts] From Burt - K6OQK...

2013-12-31 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Hello Burt, Yes - we also wish good health and much contentment in the New Year to you as well and to our fellow time-nuts! 73's and 88's as they apply!, John Audrey AJ6BC On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 10:28 PM, Burt I. Weiner b...@att.net wrote: Gang, Best wishes to all for good health and

Re: [time-nuts] REQ: Manuals and Schematics for the Austron 2110

2013-12-30 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
recall. I will have time to scan it in a couple of days. Christmas greetings from Norway! - Harald P.S. I have been a long time lurker on the time-nuts list, but I believe this is my first useful contribution :-) -Opprinnelig melding- Fra: John C. Westmoreland, P.E. [mailto:j

[time-nuts] REQ: Manuals and Schematics for the Austron 2010B

2013-12-30 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Hello time-nuts, Another request - does someone in the group have the manuals and schematics for the Austron 2010B - disciplined frequency standard? Thanks and Happy New Year! John Westmoreland ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To

[time-nuts] REQ: Manuals and Schematics for the Austron 2110

2013-12-28 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Hello All, Does someone in the group have the manuals and schematics for the Austron 2110 - microprocessor controlled disciplined frequency standard? A lot of the Austron manuals are on the 'net - but I cannot find the one for the 2110 (yet). Thanks In Advance! John W.

[time-nuts] Austron

2013-12-26 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Hello Time-Nuts! I hope everyone is enjoying their Holiday Season! I have a question - I have been doing a little research lately on the company that used to be in Austin, TX - Austron - they seemed to have filed quite a few patents in areas of interest to our group. Here's one just as an

Re: [time-nuts] Austron

2013-12-26 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Hello Thomas, Yes - I was aware of that. And there is another company in there too I think - EndRun Technologies. Someone from that company told me about Austron. I am hoping someone on this list was employed by or worked for Austron. Thanks, John Westmoreland On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 10:41

Re: [time-nuts] Future of Time splinter meeting atAmericanAstronomical Society

2013-12-21 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Hello All, I read some of the material. Some of it makes it sound that the proposal is so earth-shattering and mind-bending that no mere mortal can understand what it means. So, are they talking about basing it off of a physical phenomena, like one of the atomic clocks at NIST or something like

Re: [time-nuts] national nc2001 atomic clock on eBay

2013-11-17 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
I do like the name Atomichron NC 2001 - pretty cool name for something made in 1954. I agree - before I would buy it I would have to see some shots of the innards. I think the seller did himself a misservice by not putting it in a more orderly location before posting that picture. Regards,

Re: [time-nuts] Off Topic Sortof: Board Rework Stations

2013-11-15 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
, John C. Westmoreland, P.E. j...@westmorelandengineering.com wrote: Graham, Thanks - good info. On eBay you can get these for ~$250.00 - depending on whether it is the T-862 or T-862++. So I guess that is a pretty good buy. Best Regards

Re: [time-nuts] Off Topic Sortof: Board Rework Stations

2013-11-14 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
try to solder something valuable. In the hands of a skilled operator, it does beautiful work. --- Graham == On 11/13/2013 9:00 PM, John C. Westmoreland, P.E. wrote: Hello All, I was wondering if anyone on this list has used the T862++ rework stations on the PCB's you work on - http

Re: [time-nuts] Off Topic Sortof: Board Rework Stations

2013-11-14 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
listings they mention in some of them that what they are selling is “without lenses”. My impression was that you needed to focus the IR (like with a lens) to really get it to work well. I did not dig far enough to sort that part out. Bob On Nov 14, 2013, at 6:41 PM, John C. Westmoreland, P.E

[time-nuts] Off Topic Sortof: Board Rework Stations

2013-11-13 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Hello All, I was wondering if anyone on this list has used the T862++ rework stations on the PCB's you work on - http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dtoolsfield-keywords=t862%2B%2Brh=n%3A228013%2Ck%3At862%2B%2B Are these as good as advertised? Thanks In Advance, John

Re: [time-nuts] Trimble 34310-T EFC Question

2013-11-06 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Hello Bob, If you think you are getting any high frequency into the EFC control - it may be worth putting a(nother) low-pass filter in there. Are you measuring noise on that line? Do you have a snap-shot of a schematic? Or, can you take a picture of that circuit? I would hazard a guess you

Re: [time-nuts] video of CSAC GPSDO

2013-11-04 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Said, How much do the CSAC's run? Thanks, John Westmoreland On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 5:14 PM, saidj...@aol.com wrote: Hello, fyi KF5OBS did a nice video review of the CSAC GPSDO (and Lecroy high end scope) that's posted on Youtube now:

Re: [time-nuts] video of CSAC GPSDO

2013-11-04 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
publicly :) About one tenth of the price of the next higher available Cesium reference though, and not much more than some used decades-old functional FTS Cesiums selling on Ebay. Please call the office for quotes on CSAC units. Thanks, Said On Nov 4, 2013, at 17:27, John C. Westmoreland, P.E

Re: [time-nuts] Thunderbolt tuning DAC theory of operation

2013-11-04 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Stu, I read this basically when it was posted. I would like to thank you for posting this. The theory on how to discipline an OXCO is something that I want to learn more about - and posts like this help with that a lot. So, thank you Stu - much appreciated! Best Regards, John Westmoreland

Re: [time-nuts] video of CSAC GPSDO

2013-11-04 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
. Thanks, Said On Nov 4, 2013, at 17:27, John C. Westmoreland, P.E. j...@westmorelandengineering.com wrote: Said, How much do the CSAC's run? Thanks, John Westmoreland On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 5:14 PM, saidj...@aol.com wrote: Hello, fyi

Re: [time-nuts] Surface Mount OCXO Questions

2013-10-31 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
, etc.) Bob LaJeunesse From: John C. Westmoreland, P.E. j...@westmorelandengineering.com To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement time-nuts@febo.com Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2013 10:54 PM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Surface Mount OCXO

Re: [time-nuts] Surface Mount OCXO Questions

2013-10-30 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
hole underneath the oven. I have seen all three cases. As usual, it is suggested that you read the [] manual. Best regards, --- Graham / KE9H == On 10/29/2013 9:18 PM, John C. Westmoreland, P.E. wrote: Hello, I was wondering if I could get some recommendations on surface mount

Re: [time-nuts] Surface Mount OCXO Questions

2013-10-30 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
designed it in ….. Bob On Oct 30, 2013, at 8:37 PM, John C. Westmoreland, P.E. j...@westmorelandengineering.com wrote: Graham and Time Nuts, (thanks for the answers.) I have another question - I am looking at a part from MTI. I wanted to use one of their 3.3V parts

Re: [time-nuts] GPSDO choices

2013-10-30 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Dave, I have an LC_XO and a GPSDO, both from Jackson Labs. There are more than just a few of us also that are a part of the OpenHPSDR effort that have evaluated the units (GPSDO) for over 1 year now (I have a project that is a bit overdue...but that is another story...) But, I haven't seen one

Re: [time-nuts] Surface Mount OCXO Questions

2013-10-30 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
full performance with a 3.3V feed. I am sure their parts meet specs, you just need to understand them. P.S. - I would stick with linear regulators feeding the OCXO, not a switcher. --- Graham == On 10/30/2013 7:37 PM, John C. Westmoreland, P.E. wrote: Graham and Time Nuts, (thanks

[time-nuts] Trimble Mini-T

2013-10-29 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Hello, I was talking to a distributor here in San Jose and they told me the Trimble Mini-T is no longer available. Does anyone on this list know why Trimble decided to stop making it? The distributor doesn't know. Thanks, John Westmoreland ___

Re: [time-nuts] GPS time module

2013-10-29 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Thanks for the comparison Said. I am glad I have an LC_XO. ;) Regards, John Westmoreland On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 4:35 PM, saidj...@aol.com wrote: Sorry in advance guys, I could not resist doing a short comparison between our LC_XO module and this new Selig/RF-Suisse 1x1 module. Please

Re: [time-nuts] Trimble Mini-T

2013-10-29 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
. Bob On Oct 29, 2013, at 7:30 PM, John C. Westmoreland, P.E. j...@westmorelandengineering.com wrote: Hello, I was talking to a distributor here in San Jose and they told me the Trimble Mini-T is no longer available. Does anyone on this list know why Trimble decided to stop making

[time-nuts] Anyone Know What The Models Were In This NIST Paper?

2013-10-29 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Hello, Does anyone know what Models A, B, C, and D were in this paper? Or maybe had a good idea? http://www.nist.gov/customcf/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=50196 Thanks! John Westmoreland ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to

Re: [time-nuts] Trimble Mini-T

2013-10-29 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
, Oct 29, 2013 at 4:55 PM, Bob Camp li...@rtty.us wrote: Hi I believe they were not making enough of them to make it worth continuing production. Bob On Oct 29, 2013, at 7:30 PM, John C. Westmoreland, P.E. j...@westmorelandengineering.com wrote: Hello, I was talking

Re: [time-nuts] Anyone Know What The Models Were In This NIST Paper?

2013-10-29 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 6:31 PM, Bob Camp li...@rtty.us wrote: Hi That’s always one of those “we can only tell you if you work for the US government” sort of things. If anybody knows it’s one of those “you better not tell” things. Bob On Oct 29, 2013, at 8:40 PM, John C. Westmoreland, P.E

[time-nuts] Surface Mount OCXO Questions

2013-10-29 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Hello, I was wondering if I could get some recommendations on surface mount OCXO's vs. the traditional through hole. I was also wondering on the board layout - if you found it necessary to leave a thermal moat so to speak - and what worked best. Maybe the OCXO has an internal air barrier that

Re: [time-nuts] 3-D GPS antenna?

2013-10-13 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Peter, I took a look at the article - interesting and thanks for posting the link. Regards, John Westmoreland On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 2:11 PM, Peter Gottlieb n...@verizon.net wrote: http://www.technologyreview.**com/news/519811/a-cure-for-**

Re: [time-nuts] GPSDO choices

2013-10-07 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Paul, I can speak for a few of us over in the OpenHPSDR group that are also 'time-nuts' - We have the GPSTCXO eval kit that Said is speaking of and we have been very satisfied. It is a great fit for what we're doing. We are working on a new board now that is near completion that can either have

Re: [time-nuts] GPSDO choices

2013-10-07 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
PM, John C. Westmoreland, P.E. j...@westmorelandengineering.com wrote: We have the GPSTCXO eval kit that Said is speaking of and we have been very satisfied. I have one. It's nice but I want a 1PPS BNC too (without soldering) and no more tiny antenna connectors. -- Paul

Re: [time-nuts] Detecting GPS and other jammers

2013-10-07 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Bob, I think what you have pointed out is interesting - I have even given it more than a passing thought on how to design what is on the CellBusted site. I am working on a design of my own on how to detect low-power RF signals using a wide-band method of detection. 73's, John Westmoreland AJ6BC

Re: [time-nuts] GPSDO choices

2013-10-07 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
, 2013 at 9:15 PM, Paul tic-...@bodosom.net wrote: On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 8:01 PM, John C. Westmoreland, P.E. j...@westmorelandengineering.com wrote: I didn't realize the issue here was the BNC connector and your dislike of the MMCX style connector that is pretty much a standard for passive GPS

Re: [time-nuts] Clock Driver Design

2013-09-27 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Tom, OK - one question for now if that is OK - your video amp - is it base-band or broadband? Regards, John W, On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 11:11 PM, Tom Minnis tom_min...@att.net wrote: Thanks for all your thoughts on the subject. Let me play back what I have learned and how it may apply to my

Re: [time-nuts] Clock Driver Design

2013-09-27 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Hal, SN74LVC1G125 - Single Bus Buffer Gate with 3-State Output TI does all of their testing: f = 10MHz for the chip - that is in the datasheet. If you drive it too hard, expect it to drive too much capacitance, etc - yeah - the voltage waveform will suffer. But, using it within the spec - I

Re: [time-nuts] Clock Driver Design

2013-09-26 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Tom, If you are building your own board - I have used this part: SN74LVC1G125 - Single Bus Buffer Gate with 3-State Output and it is suitable for the job. I have measured the performance of the logic family - and what I observed follows what is in the spec sheets from TI. I did not

Re: [time-nuts] Clock Driver Design

2013-09-26 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Bob, Totally agree. 24mA of drive at 3.3V is pretty nice in a small footprint for the parts we are discussing. Of course as you have pointed out you can drive them at 5V too. Mini-circuits is a good place to look too - especially for us hobbyists:

Re: [time-nuts] JL LC_XO Performance

2013-09-22 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
). http://jaunty-electronics.com/blog/2012/10/review-jackson-labs-gpstcxo-eval-board/ Hope that helps, Said On Sep 20, 2013, at 16:42, John C. Westmoreland, P.E. j...@westmorelandengineering.com wrote: Bob, Oh yes - but he would want to refrain from comment I would think. Regards

Re: [time-nuts] JL LC_XO Performance

2013-09-20 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
So, I take it no one has looked at these units yet? Thanks, John Westmoreland On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 7:51 PM, John C. Westmoreland, P.E. j...@westmorelandengineering.com wrote: Hello All, I just spoke with JL - I should have one of the Jackson Labs' LC_XO's in my hands soon (TCXO option

Re: [time-nuts] JL LC_XO Performance

2013-09-20 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Bob, Oh yes - but he would want to refrain from comment I would think. Regards, John On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 4:31 PM, Bob Camp li...@rtty.us wrote: Hi I'd bet that Said has seen a few of them ….. Bob On Sep 20, 2013, at 6:37 PM, John C. Westmoreland, P.E. j

Re: [time-nuts] Leap second smear at Google

2013-09-20 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Christopher, Obviously GOOG needs a time-nut on their staff! Interesting stuff! John W. On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 6:48 PM, Christopher Quarksnow cquarks...@gmail.com wrote: Besides the famous Android stint described in Google bug 5485 https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=5485

[time-nuts] JL LC_XO Performance

2013-09-19 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Hello All, I just spoke with JL - I should have one of the Jackson Labs' LC_XO's in my hands soon (TCXO option) - I was wondering if any of you have had a chance to look at it - and what your opinion is of the unit? If you have taken any detailed measurements you would like to share - that will

Re: [time-nuts] GPSDO vs Rb standard

2013-09-18 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Azelio and Fellow Time Nuts, Isn't the GPS 1PPS signal supposed to be 'precise' to within what error? I imagine this is in the specs of the specific receiver - but I was wondering if some of you have actually measured what that is - and could report the numbers that you have found. Thanks! John

Re: [time-nuts] Req: Decent GPS AntennaActive/Passive Recommendation

2013-09-16 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Hello Everyone, Thanks for the feedback - I certainly have a lot to think about. Seems eBay could be a preferred vendor for antennas. I don't need anything too fancy - but I would like something that does OK in wind and rain, I don't have to worry too much about snow at my current location -

Re: [time-nuts] Req: Decent GPS AntennaActive/Passive Recommendation

2013-09-16 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Hello Everyone, While we're on the subject - not to get too far off on a tangent - I have been doing 'web-research' on this - but can someone recommend a great site or reference for the specifications of the GPS signaling sent down by a GPS satellite? For instance, I learned that PPS for a

Re: [time-nuts] Req: Decent GPS AntennaActive/Passive Recommendation

2013-09-16 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Thanks Jim. Best Regards, John W. On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 9:25 PM, Jim Lux jim...@earthlink.net wrote: On 9/16/13 6:43 PM, John C. Westmoreland, P.E. wrote: Hello Everyone, While we're on the subject - not to get too far off on a tangent - I have been doing 'web-research

[time-nuts] Req: Decent GPS Antenna Active/Passive Recommendation

2013-09-15 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Hello Time Nuts, I hope this isn't too off topic. Can I please have some recommendations for a decent active or passive GPS Antenna to add to the antenna farm that doesn't break the ole' piggy bank? Thanks In Advance, John Westmoreland ___ time-nuts

Re: [time-nuts] Req: Decent GPS Antenna Active/Passive Recommendation

2013-09-15 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Hello David, Thanks for the pic! Well, I need something that I can put outside, in the weather, with my verticals, and other antennas. I am a Ham radio enthusiast, and I want something I can properly mount and can be an all-weather device and can live happily 'in the farm' so to speak. I

Re: [time-nuts] Req: Decent GPS Antenna Active/PassiveRecommendation

2013-09-15 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Hello David, The polar orbiting APT antenna looks interesting. Thanks again for the pics! And - I know your call sign now too! 73's, John AJ6BC On Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 2:14 AM, David J Taylor david-tay...@blueyonder.co.uk wrote: Hello David, Thanks for the pic! Well, I need something

Re: [time-nuts] GPS outage?

2013-09-06 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Lisa, Thanks for this update. How many Resolution-T receivers are out there? Not to go off on another tangent - but I have heard something about 'GPS jamming during the America's Cup'. Hmmm. Regards, John Westmoreland On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 8:54 AM, Lisa Perdue perdue.l...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [time-nuts] GPS outage?

2013-09-06 Thread John C. Westmoreland, P.E.
Fellow Time Nuts: Is this a site to be trusted?: http://adn.agi.com/SatelliteOutageCalendar/SOFCalendar.aspx Regards, John W. On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 6:41 PM, John C. Westmoreland, P.E. j...@westmorelandengineering.com wrote: Lisa, Thanks for this update. How many Resolution-T receivers

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