[time-nuts] Re; Motorola MC68HC11 Crystal

2019-03-06 Thread Joe Leikhim
The circuit was an attachment and it showed 24 pf caps on the legs of the micro. It appears it is being scrubbed in the mailserver. Am I using the correct load capacitance for the application? Here are my assumptions: CL=(24pf x 24pf)/24pf+24pf) + 6pf (stray is a guesstimate) = 18 pf On

Re: [time-nuts] Portable Time Standard

2019-03-06 Thread Joe Hobart
Hello Petr and others, Thank you for the suggestions. I have several DS3231 modules running. I was able to adjust one to 0.04 PPM fast, which is more than good enough for my requirement of one second a month (this is at a constant temperature, but these RTC chips are supposed to be temperature

[time-nuts] Lady Heather treats me badly.

2019-03-06 Thread Mark Sims
Try starting with the /rxk command line option to force Lucent KSx mode. Depending upon which side you are connected to you may also have to use /br=baud_rate to force the baud rate. One side runs at the default 19200 baud, the other runs at 9600 baud. If you got the source .zip file

Re: [time-nuts] Synthesized Signal Generator query

2019-03-06 Thread Leo Bodnar
E44xx-AP/DP are a bit rubbish in PN department. I have tested a few units at 1GHz and the results were within 1-2dB from the datasheet, so have a look there. Don't even bother with -A/D models. If you are looking for HP 8664A/8644B class performance, have a look at IFR/Aeroflex/Marconi 2041

Re: [time-nuts] Synthesized Signal Generator query

2019-03-06 Thread jimlux
On 3/6/19 7:44 AM, Don@True-Cal wrote: Hello all, I have my sights on an HP 8664A with Opt. 004 Low Phase Noise and want to keep the purchase around $1000. This signal generator meets all my requirements except being able to play table tennis on the top due to its size. Can anyone give me

[time-nuts] Lady Heather treats me badly.

2019-03-06 Thread Gerhard Hoffmann
Hi, yesterday I did install LH on my Linux system: got the zip file, unpacked it, compiled LH and after the usual ado I was able to connect to my Lucent KS-24361 pair. But somehow it looks like she's slowly dying: first the azimuth/strength display disappears; later the clock , the info

Re: [time-nuts] Motorola MC68HC11 Crystal

2019-03-06 Thread Roger Tilsley
Greetings Joe, Except for the difference in the marked frequency, there is no difference between the so-called "parallel resonant" and "series resonant" crystals. There is a minute difference in the physical dimensions and/or the angle of the cut(s) relative to the crystallographic axes to

[time-nuts] Synthesized Signal Generator query

2019-03-06 Thread Don@True-Cal
Hello all, I have my sights on an HP 8664A with Opt. 004 Low Phase Noise and want to keep the purchase around $1000. This signal generator meets all my requirements except being able to play table tennis on the top due to its size. Can anyone give me advise on any similar low phase noise source

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

2019-03-06 Thread jimlux
On 3/5/19 11:11 PM, Bruce Griffiths wrote: 2.4/0.1 = 24 not 240 !!! Indeed,you're right, but still, pretty high Q.. Bruce On 06 March 2019 at 17:36 jimlux wrote: ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com To unsubscribe, go to

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

2019-03-06 Thread Bill Slade
My calculation was a bit hasty. Q_rad is around 123, not 7e6 (misplaced factor of 2pi). Still pretty bad, tho'. So, we have 1/24 -1/123=1/Qloss or Qloss = 25; typical of what you'd find in a lumped LC circuit. Cheers From: time-nuts on behalf of Bill Slade

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

2019-03-06 Thread paul swed
Taka welcome to the time-nuts. Though I have no details on the Cesium its always good to meet a new time-nut. You have been lurking in the shadows to go from the basic systems to the Cesium. Nice. I am sure you will find help here in the group. Regards Paul WB8TSL On Tue, Mar 5, 2019 at 10:34 PM

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

2019-03-06 Thread Bruce Griffiths
2.4/0.1 = 24 not 240 !!! Bruce > On 06 March 2019 at 17:36 jimlux wrote: > > > 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