Re: [time-nuts] MiniMac 2816AT

2011-03-07 Thread GandalfG8
It seems to be an L1/L2 dual frequency surveying receiver. Searching for minimac 2816, without the AT, seemed to produce a few more results with the following from 1988 amongst them _http://cedb.asce.org/cgi/WWWdisplay.cgi?58399_ (http://cedb.asce.org/cgi/WWWdisplay.cgi?58399)

Re: [time-nuts] MiniMac 2816AT

2011-03-07 Thread bg
In some references it is said to replace the TI-4100. Maybe something to document at http://www.ion.org/museum/cat_view.cfm?cid=11scid=9 where some other early receivers are presented. -- Björn It seems to be an L1/L2 dual frequency surveying receiver. Searching for minimac 2816,

Re: [time-nuts] MiniMac 2816AT

2011-03-07 Thread Jim Palfreyman
I love the lightweight comment. It has to weigh 20kg! On 7 March 2011 19:19, gandal...@aol.com wrote: It seems to be an L1/L2 dual frequency surveying receiver. Searching for minimac 2816, without the AT, seemed to produce a few more results with the following from 1988 amongst them

Re: [time-nuts] MiniMac 2816AT

2011-03-07 Thread Hal Murray
I love the lightweight comment. It has to weigh 20kg! Is there a Moore's law for size/weight of GPS receivers? Has anybody plotted it? -- These are my opinions, not necessarily my employer's. I hate spam. ___ time-nuts mailing list --

Re: [time-nuts] MiniMac 2816AT

2011-03-07 Thread Magnus Danielson
On 03/07/2011 07:41 PM, Hal Murray wrote: I love the lightweight comment. It has to weigh 20kg! Is there a Moore's law for size/weight of GPS receivers? Has anybody plotted it? Should be possible, but one should consider similar properties like L1/L2 carrier phase tracking and storage.

[time-nuts] MiniMac 2816AT

2011-03-06 Thread Jim Palfreyman
Hi All, Sorting through my old junk and this beast peaked its head above the pile. I opened it up not even knowing what it was. Seeing Antenna, 1PPS and 10 MHz connectors did get me wondering if it was a GPS unit. It's quite large and heavy. It contains a large (in size!) hard drive and what