Re: [time-nuts] Smaller, and smaller antennas

2019-03-05 Thread jimlux
On 3/5/19 3:05 PM, Charles Steinmetz wrote: Ho, hum, yet another fantastical claim for magical gain from a tiny-for-wavelength antenna. See the many discussions of same by Kurt N. Sterba over the last several decades, among many, many others. The laws of physics are stubborn things

[time-nuts] Newbie alert! Just acquired a Datum FTS-4040A

2019-03-05 Thread Taka Kamiya via time-nuts
Hello Time-nuts  I'd like to join your club. I've been lurking for quite some time.  During this time, I went to Xtal oscillator to OCXO to GPSDO to Rubidium to GPSD Rb to TODAY, Cesium standard.  I thought this would be a good time to stop lurking and start talking. The Cesium unit in

Re: [time-nuts] Motorola MC68HC11 Crystal

2019-03-05 Thread Joe Leikhim
Hi Bob; Jim; After I wrote that I did take a look at RS232 serial specs and yes, they are quite permissive. The programmer I have is simply an IBM PS2/E "pizza box" which is a 486 machine running DOS. Motorola was not very competent in their design of radio service software and as such, the

Re: [time-nuts] Motorola MC68HC11 Crystal

2019-03-05 Thread Jim Harman
Async communications will usually tolerate an timing error of about 0.5 bit time in 10 bits or about 5%. So if your oscillator is within 1% (10,000 ppm) you should be OK in that regard. I suspect your serial communication problem is coming from someplace else. Maybe the radio needs real RS-232

Re: [time-nuts] Motorola MC68HC11 Crystal

2019-03-05 Thread Bob kb8tq
Hi First off, the programmer will work with any of the crystals you are talking about. You should be fine at 0.1% which would be +/- 7.4 KHz relative to 7.3728 MHz. Indeed you should find that serial com will work fine at offsets even greater than this. In terms of birdies - does the radio

Re: [time-nuts] Smaller, and smaller antennas

2019-03-05 Thread Charles Steinmetz
Ho, hum, yet another fantastical claim for magical gain from a tiny-for-wavelength antenna. See the many discussions of same by Kurt N. Sterba over the last several decades, among many, many others. The laws of physics are stubborn things Best regards, Charles On 3/5/2019 1:48 PM,

[time-nuts] Motorola MC68HC11 Crystal

2019-03-05 Thread Joe Leikhim
It seems some Crystal experts are on line, so here goes with my question. I have this microcomputer circuit (attached) that is in a Motorola Systems Saber radio.  It contains a 68HC11 uC that requires Y400 which is a 7.3728 MHz crystal.  Motorola no longer provides an OEM replacement for this

Re: [time-nuts] Smaller, and smaller antennas

2019-03-05 Thread jimlux
On 3/5/19 9:33 AM, Gregory Beat via time-nuts wrote: No, this is not an “L-band”, GNSS antenna ... BUT it demonstrates the shrinking size. NEW Molex 206513 Antenna for 2.4 GHz, 3x3x4 mm in size. Less than $1.00 for quantity 1, both Mouser and Digi-Key now stocking.

[time-nuts] Smaller, and smaller antennas

2019-03-05 Thread Gregory Beat via time-nuts
No, this is not an “L-band”, GNSS antenna ... BUT it demonstrates the shrinking size. NEW Molex 206513 Antenna for 2.4 GHz, 3x3x4 mm in size. Less than $1.00 for quantity 1, both Mouser and Digi-Key now stocking. https://www.digikey.com/en/product-highlight/m/molex/2-4-ghz-ceramic-antenna