[time-nuts] Function of LEDs on E1938 board?

2022-07-11 Thread Dan Rae via time-nuts
Can anyone tell me what the group of four LEDs in one corner of the E1938 board indicate?  There is no indication of function on the schematic. Thanks for any enlightenment! Dan ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com To unsubscribe

[time-nuts] Re: Z3801A GPS Rx board substitute?

2022-04-09 Thread Dan Rae via time-nuts
I have attached a LH screen shot which includes a two hour long holdover of the 3801A in question.  Needless to say none of the six other GPSDOs connected to the same antenna / distribution amp were affected.  It is certainly not an oven failure. I'll be waiting for Synergy... Dan ac6ao

[time-nuts] Z3801A GPS Rx board substitute?

2022-04-08 Thread Dan Rae via time-nuts
My faithful 3801, some 207 thousand hours old, has developed an occasional fault that I think must be down to the Motorola Oncore 6 channel board and I wonder if there is an available unit that could replace this, or what the recommended substitute is?  eBay searches don't show any of the

[time-nuts] Re: A Nice Slice of History

2021-12-26 Thread Dan Rae via time-nuts
On 12/26/2021 6:05 PM, Bob Albert via time-nuts wrote: Link doesn't work. https://worldradiohistory.com/BOOKSHELF-ARH/Tube-Technology/Handbook-of-Piezoelectric-Crystals-John-P-Buchanan-1956-(701-pages).pdf worked for me, all 700 odd pages of it. Thanks Nigel, and Happy Hogmanay, Dan

[time-nuts] Re: HP 5065A, no 2nd harmonic.

2021-11-30 Thread Dan Rae via time-nuts
On 11/30/2021 7:19 AM, Bob kb8tq wrote: Hi Quick and dirty way to check the oven is to monitor current. It should start out near the max rated power and drop back after a few minutes. And it's worth checking the thermal fuse, which I've had fail in a lot of them. Dan

[time-nuts] Re: 1 pps / Gerber files

2021-11-25 Thread Dan Rae via time-nuts
On 11/24/2021 1:06 PM, Gerhard Hoffmann wrote: Hi, it took some time to make the Gerbers, It is much appreciated Gerhard, all the work you have done to make these available to the group.  Many thanks! Now, the inevitable query; is anyone planning on ordering some of these boards, and is

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

2021-11-12 Thread Dan Rae via time-nuts
Norman, From the code 0 7 26, if there is just one faulty RAM IC you will see down the bottom of the screen a RAM hex number from 0 to F. On page 6-59 in Volume 1 you will find a list of the IC numbers that correspond to those RAM numbers.   However since you seem to have an additional Error

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

2021-11-12 Thread Dan Rae via time-nuts
On 11/12/2021 9:57 AM, Norman Reitz via time-nuts wrote: Hi, I hope someone here can help. I want to setup a HP 3048a phase noise measurement Set. So I bought the HP 3561a  an the interface. After testing the HP3561a I hat two error Codes: #0 7-26 and  #0 7-31. Does someone got the

[time-nuts] Re: Some assistance with Ball-Efratom FRK-L Rb Osc. Needed

2021-09-22 Thread Dan Rae via time-nuts
Walter, at least in my FRK manual the External frequency Adjustment is addressed on page 4-7.  In brief you connect a 1k0 variable resistor between pins 8 and 9 as you have the variety with those connections.  I have a pencilled note saying that you may need to add some components

Re: [time-nuts] HP-10811AB-OCXO interface questions

2020-09-02 Thread Dan Rae via time-nuts
On 9/1/2020 10:24 PM, Manfred Bartz wrote: Hi all, I bought 2 x 10811 OCXOs for a 10MHz GPSDO project I am working on. The OCXOs came with an interface board HP 05328-20027, see attached Manfred, the -hp- system of numbering would indicate that this was from a 5328 counter.  There are two

Re: [time-nuts] questions about oscilloquartz 10MHz module

2020-02-03 Thread Dan Rae via time-nuts
On 2/3/2020 12:58 PM, gandalfg8--- via time-nuts wrote: I'm not in anyway trying to detract from the 8663, or from its performance, but until someone is brave enough to attack one with a hacksaw and prove otherwise, I still have the one that, until the EFC circuit in it became flaky,

Re: [time-nuts] Z3801A going into Holdover

2019-06-21 Thread Dan Rae via time-nuts
Thanks to all who offered advice.  I have attached a LH screen shot showing last night's event.  From my limited understanding it looks like the receiver part is working fine...  The EFC had started to dive however, more than two hours before it went into holdover. I'd appreciate comments

Re: [time-nuts] Z3801A going into Holdover

2019-06-20 Thread Dan Rae via time-nuts
On 6/20/2019 12:41 PM, paul swed wrote: Dan, I think that sounds like the rcvr going. Search the time-nuts archives. That may help you. If thats the case there were also comments on alternate receivers though all of those are old and hard to come by. Thanks Paul,  The concensus seems to favor

[time-nuts] Z3801A going into Holdover

2019-06-20 Thread Dan Rae via time-nuts
I have an elderly 3801A with some 182,000 hours on the clock, which if my arithmetic is correct means over twenty years of operation.  Since it has a well aged and remarkably stable OCXO I would like to keep it going if possible.  Recently it has been going into Holdover and staying there for

Re: [time-nuts] OCXO Question

2019-04-25 Thread Dan Rae via time-nuts
On 4/25/2019 1:13 PM, Bob kb8tq wrote: Pretty much all of these OCXO???s (regardless of seller) come out of a pretty brutal scrap process. It is ???normal??? to get more bad then good when you buy a group of them. Absolutely agree with that when it somes to those out of China, but the "UTC