Re: [time-nuts] FE-5680A software calibration units ?

2015-09-21 Thread Nick Sayer via time-nuts
> On Sep 19, 2015, at 4:20 PM, Nick Sayer via time-nuts > wrote: > […] > I’ve tested it against GPS and as it came, it had about a 0.5 ppm error. Oops. That was supposed to be 0.5 ppb - 500 ppt. ___ time-nuts mailing list --

Re: [time-nuts] FE-5680A software calibration units ?

2015-09-21 Thread Bob Camp
Hi Assuming it shows locked, that would suggest that (for what ever reason) it’s been re-tuned at some point after it left the factory. Bob > On Sep 20, 2015, at 9:06 PM, Nick Sayer via time-nuts > wrote: > > >> On Sep 19, 2015, at 4:20 PM, Nick Sayer via time-nuts

Re: [time-nuts] FE-5680A software calibration units ?

2015-09-21 Thread Nick Sayer via time-nuts
When I got it, the setting was zero. That suggests to me that the factory tuning was erased, assuming that the factory tunes it the same way - by changing the value adjusted by that software. > On Sep 21, 2015, at 4:34 AM, Bob Camp wrote: > > Hi > > Assuming it shows locked,

Re: [time-nuts] FE-5680A software calibration units ?

2015-09-21 Thread ewkehren via time-nuts
Depends on who you got it from Sent from Samsung tabletNick Sayer via time-nuts wrote:When I got it, the setting was zero. That suggests to me that the factory tuning was erased, assuming that the factory tunes it the same way - by changing the value adjusted by that

[time-nuts] FE-5680A software calibration units ?

2015-09-19 Thread Nick Sayer via time-nuts
I’ve designed and built a small power/interface board for my FE-5680A. It takes DC power from a surplus laptop power supply (16-24 VDC) and uses a buck converter to drop that down to 15v and a 5v LDO to supply the 5v pin. It brings the serial and PPS out to a 4 pin SIP header and the 10 MHz to