[time-nuts] Re: Oncore UT+ Bad Almanac

2021-11-13 Thread paul swed
Jerry I think thats the fastest way. Leave on for 24 hours to see if it grabs the almanacs if not oh boy somethings up. One other trick if it will allow this, is to see what satellites are up and select a strong one. Some of the older systems allowed you to do that. Regards Paul WB8TSL WB8TSL On

[time-nuts] Re: HP 3561a Service Manual

2021-11-13 Thread Richard (Rick) Karlquist
I was working for HP in 1983 at the division that produced the 3561. In those days everyone had "terminals" that were used to remotely log in to shared computers. These terminals had a bunch of PC cards with gold plated edge-card connectors. It was SOP that one's terminal would stop working

[time-nuts] Oncore UT+ Bad Almanac

2021-11-13 Thread k1jos
I have a two Oncore UT+ v2.2 (NOS) and prepping for a project I checked them out using SynTAc software. They both show "Bad Almanac" even after I updated my Long/Lat/Alt. These Oncore's do not have battery backup. I read the manual and it seems the software will show zero satellites visible

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2021-11-13 Thread Jesse Lackey
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[time-nuts] Re: HP 3561a Service Manual

2021-11-13 Thread Jim Harman
If you are getting RAM refresh errors with a device of that vintage, check the power supplies that feed the RAM chips. In those days, there was a second supply voltage (-12V?) that was used only for refreshing the data. On Sat, Nov 13, 2021 at 12:27 AM Dan Rae via time-nuts <