Re: [time-nuts] VLF Phase-tracking receivers.

2014-08-12 Thread paul swed
OK now I am on a real keyboard. the ole iphones a bit small. I was indeed aware that the subs use msk 20-50hz as I have measured in the past. But avoided the details on the small keyboard. I have also used several of the military radios when I was in the Navy. Far to many years ago. NAA thats

Re: [time-nuts] VLF Phase-tracking receivers.

2014-08-10 Thread paul swed
On iPhone Yes but those stations are fsk so the offsets an issue We may assume the transmitter is accurate But how accurate? Then the fsk generator On Saturday, August 9, 2014, Kenneth G. Gordon kgordon2...@frontier.com wrote: On 9 Aug 2014 at 19:17, paul swed wrote: Ken All of the phase

Re: [time-nuts] VLF Phase-tracking receivers.

2014-08-10 Thread Kenneth G. Gordon
On 10 Aug 2014 at 6:24, paul swed wrote: Hello again, Paul. Thanks for replying. Please see below. On iPhone Yes but those stations are fsk so the offsets an issue. As I understand it from back in the 1970s when I was first working on this sort of thing, the modulation is not FSK, but MSK

Re: [time-nuts] VLF Phase-tracking receivers.

2014-08-10 Thread Mike Feher
-886-5960 office 908-902-3831 cell -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Kenneth G. Gordon Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2014 12:27 PM To: paul swed; time-nuts@febo.com Subject: Re: [time-nuts] VLF Phase-tracking receivers. On 10 Aug

Re: [time-nuts] VLF Phase-tracking receivers.

2014-08-10 Thread Martin VE3OAT
As I recall (it was a long time ago), it was called Minimum Shift Keying and used the minimum frequency shift (FSK) that would permit reliable detection of a bit (mark or space) at the given information rate. Something like 25 Hz shift at 50 baud keying. But it was necessary to control the

Re: [time-nuts] VLF Phase-tracking receivers.

2014-08-10 Thread Jim Lux
On 8/10/14, 9:26 AM, Kenneth G. Gordon wrote: On 10 Aug 2014 at 6:24, paul swed wrote: Hello again, Paul. Thanks for replying. Please see below. On iPhone Yes but those stations are fsk so the offsets an issue. As I understand it from back in the 1970s when I was first working on this sort

Re: [time-nuts] VLF Phase-tracking receivers.

2014-08-10 Thread Jim Lux
On 8/10/14, 11:54 AM, Mike Feher wrote: Unless on what you were working on it had a different meaning, MSK means Minimal Shift Keying. It is still a PSK modulation of any order, however the transition between significant phase locations is not instantaneous, but, shaped in various ways to smooth

Re: [time-nuts] VLF Phase-tracking receivers.

2014-08-10 Thread Kenneth G. Gordon
On 10 Aug 2014 at 15:24, Martin VE3OAT wrote: As I recall (it was a long time ago), it was called Minimum Shift Keying You're correct: I just looked it up. and used the minimum frequency shift (FSK) that would permit reliable detection of a bit (mark or space) at the given information

Re: [time-nuts] VLF Phase-tracking receivers.

2014-08-10 Thread Kenneth G. Gordon
On 10 Aug 2014 at 19:00, Jim Lux wrote: It can also be FSK.. but it's essentially the narrowest band simple modulation that is constant envelope. As I said, back in the 1970s, the Navy installed special equipment to enable phase-stable output. Dunno the exact details, but that was what I

[time-nuts] VLF Phase-tracking receivers.

2014-08-09 Thread Kenneth G. Gordon
Hello, I'm new here, but would like to get some advice, if possible. I have been going through my inventory here of items which were given to me in an estate some time ago. Amongst many other things, I find three Tracor or Textran 599 receivers. One 599-CS with its manual, a 599 (no suffix)

Re: [time-nuts] VLF Phase-tracking receivers.

2014-08-09 Thread paul swed
Ken All of the phase tracking receivers no longer work due to the new bpsk wwvb modulation. Certainly if you need accuracy any of the GPSDOs out there are better then the old wwvb receivers. I have a 599 and will hope that the project I have been working on for far to long will allow it to track

Re: [time-nuts] VLF Phase-tracking receivers.

2014-08-09 Thread Brooke Clarke
Hi Paul: Are the phase tracking receivers able to receive any VLF stations (like used by the military)? Have Fun, Brooke Clarke http://www.PRC68.com http://www.end2partygovernment.com/2012Issues.html http://www.prc68.com/I/DietNutrition.html paul swed wrote: Ken All of the phase tracking

Re: [time-nuts] VLF Phase-tracking receivers.

2014-08-09 Thread paul swed
Some can. But the big mega power ones here run FSK or in reality MSK about 25-50Hz from what I can tell. The other comment I have is that there no published data on the stability or reference. I could speculate its good but have no idea actually. Would have to build a receiver to figure it out.

Re: [time-nuts] VLF Phase-tracking receivers.

2014-08-09 Thread Kenneth G. Gordon
On 9 Aug 2014 at 19:17, paul swed wrote: Ken All of the phase tracking receivers no longer work due to the new bpsk wwvb modulation. Hello, Paul. Yes. I knew that WWVB had switched to BPSK, but these receivers were specifically designed to tune to any of the VLF stations between 3 and