[time-nuts] Re: GPS failed

2022-07-11 Thread David G. McGaw via time-nuts
with an Iridium ground station (just above the GPS L1 frequency) for scientific balloon data that had a new cell installation placed nearby.  We had (and thankfully were able to) have the cell base station shut down while we were flying. 73, David N1HAC On 7/11/22 9:27 AM, paul swed via time

[time-nuts] Re: DIY Low offset Phase Noise Analyzer

2022-07-04 Thread David C. Partridge via time-nuts
Are you sure the PN floor of the measurement instrument isn't the limiting factor? David -Original Message- From: Erik Kaashoek via time-nuts Sent: 04 July 2022 10:14 To: time nuts ; Erik Kaashoek Cc: Erik Kaashoek Subject: [time-nuts] DIY Low offset Phase Noise Analyzer

[time-nuts] Re: Should a double oven XO be thermally isolated or just draft protected?

2022-07-01 Thread Dr. David Kirkby via time-nuts
place for drafts - right below the air conditioning unit. I will look at moving that. Dave. -- Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd, drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk https://www.kirkbymicrowave.co.uk/ Telephone 01621-680100./ +44 1621 680100 Registered in England & Wales, company number

[time-nuts] Re: What's the best HP OCXO for frequency counter reference?

2022-06-28 Thread Dr. David Kirkby via time-nuts
On Tue, 28 Jun 2022 at 20:04, Bob kb8tq via time-nuts < time-nuts@lists.febo.com> wrote: > Hi > > The “typical” 10811 struggles when shut down for a while. Once the oven > is turned off, the boards are just sitting there in whatever environment > your > lab provides. Do they soak up humidity or

[time-nuts] What's the best HP OCXO for frequency counter reference?

2022-06-28 Thread Dr. David Kirkby via time-nuts
by this time, is it just pot luck? I think it's the latter, but maybe some are double-ovens and some single. With the exception of power cuts of up to a few hours, the HP 10811-60111 I fitted has been continuously powered on for a few years. But due to soaring power costs, I am going to switch my ovens of

[time-nuts] Re: Is SC the most stable cut for lowest phase noise?

2022-06-10 Thread Dr. David Kirkby via time-nuts
On Fri, 10 Jun 2022 at 17:39, Lux, Jim via time-nuts < time-nuts@lists.febo.com> wrote: > > On the subject of rapid warm up. I suppose if you had a need, one could > dump as much power as you need into the heater. Turn on oscillator, > lights in room dim for a few moments. > Is that not likely

[time-nuts] Re: Suggestions solicited for Pi/GPSDO ntp server

2022-05-27 Thread David Taylor via time-nuts
SSH. Ask if you have further questions. David -- SatSignal Software - Quality software for you Web: https://www.satsignal.eu Email: david-tay...@blueyonder.co.uk Twitter: @gm8arv ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com To unsubscribe

[time-nuts] National Physical Laboratory (NPL) open day in the UK

2022-04-13 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
. To you guys in the USA or elsewhere, where places like NIST do not have open-days, perhaps you can use the fact NPL does, to get your own national metrology labs to have open-days. Dr David Kirkby Ph.D Email: drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk Web: https://www.kirkbymicrowave.co.uk/ Kirkby Microwave Ltd

[time-nuts] Re: GPScon peogram

2022-04-06 Thread David Taylor via time-nuts
-Center or Lady Heather? David -- SatSignal Software - Quality software for you Web: https://www.satsignal.eu Email: david-tay...@blueyonder.co.uk Twitter: @gm8arv ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com -- To unsubscribe send an email to time

[time-nuts] Re: Low Phase Noise70 10 MHz bench signal source sought

2022-04-02 Thread David C. Partridge
If they are all in the same enclosure and powered from the same supply how are you going to prevent injection locking? Or do you want them to injection lock? D. -Original Message- From: g...@hoffmann-hochfrequenz.de Sent: 02 April 2022 08:22 To: Discussion of precise time and

[time-nuts] Re: GPSDO - GPS1300-10-1000 by RFX Ltd. UK

2022-03-02 Thread David Taylor via time-nuts
a graphical add-on, if not a text simulation of a graphical display. Mine was u-blox u-center with a serial line actually from an RPi HAT, operated stand-alone. 73, David GM8ARV -- SatSignal Software - Quality software for you Web: https://www.satsignal.eu Email: david-tay...@blueyonder.co.uk

[time-nuts] Re: GPSDO - GPS1300-10-1000 by RFX Ltd. UK

2022-03-02 Thread David Taylor via time-nuts
on the other side of the north pole. More or less, there is a big coverage blank area over the poles with GPS. Even north of Hadrian's wall we get GNSS satellites overhead. Here's with an indoor antenna dual-band setup. None reach 40 dB. David -- SatSignal Software - Quality software for you

[time-nuts] Re: GPSDO - GPS1300-10-1000 by RFX Ltd. UK

2022-02-28 Thread David C. Partridge
<http://www.leobodnar.com/shop/index.php?main_page=index=107=15a 92055b16c36edbdc83f4ac8fb8abc> D. -Original Message- From: David C. Partridge Sent: 28 February 2022 13:56 To: 'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement' Subject: [time-nuts] Re: GPSDO - GPS1300-10-1000

[time-nuts] Re: GPSDO - GPS1300-10-1000 by RFX Ltd. UK

2022-02-28 Thread David C. Partridge
Maybe take a look at: http://www.leobodnar.com/shop/index.php?main_page=index=107=15a9 2055b16c36edbdc83f4ac8fb8abc -Original Message- From: John Moran, Scawby Design Sent: 28 February 2022 13:26 To: time-nuts@lists.febo.com Subject: [time-nuts] GPSDO - GPS1300-10-1000 by RFX Ltd. UK

[time-nuts] Re: 4096 PLL - how to switch off on-chip VCO

2022-02-22 Thread David G. McGaw
.  On the '9046, pin 5 shuts the whole chip down, but there is a way to force the oscillator to a zero frequency. 73, David N1HAC On 2/22/22 8:09 AM, Bob kb8tq wrote: Hi Best guess: Your 10 MHz (for whatever reason) is being turned into a fast edge square wave. That’s dumping current spikes

[time-nuts] Re: Trimble Thunderbolt- Frequency lock indicator

2022-02-19 Thread David C. Partridge
Probably more than you want but ... < http://www.ko4bb.com/getsimple/index.php?id=the-new-thunderbolt-monitor-kit> -Original Message- From: Wojciech Tomczyk via time-nuts Sent: 19 February 2022 12:07 To: time-nuts@lists.febo.com Cc: Wojciech Tomczyk Subject: [time-nuts] Trimble

[time-nuts] Re: Garmin GPS 25 Module

2022-02-09 Thread David G. McGaw
corrupted and may take a while to reset.  I also have a procedure I got from Garmin to clear it if it does not take care of itself. David N1HAC On 2/9/22 10:57 AM, Andy Talbot wrote: Yes, I had to disable the GSV sentence to get the data flow down to a level that could be sent at the lower speed. I'm

[time-nuts] Re: electronics question or how not to fry my raspberry pi

2022-01-29 Thread David Taylor via time-nuts
with a much faster timebase? Cheers, David -- SatSignal Software - Quality software for you Web: https://www.satsignal.eu Email: david-tay...@blueyonder.co.uk Twitter: @gm8arv ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com -- To unsubscribe send

[time-nuts] Re: Derivation of time from celestial sight

2021-12-28 Thread David Taylor via time-nuts
one of the relatively old edition's that I have doesn't provide it. My previous answer mentioned precision, of course, not accuracy. And the error I mentioned was not the error in GPS which places the zero degree meridian some 102m east of Greenwich! David -- SatSignal Software - Quality

[time-nuts] Re: Derivation of time from celestial sight

2021-12-28 Thread David Taylor via time-nuts
tale that some students at Cambridge did this in the late '60s or early '70s and getting about a second or two accuracy, and discovering that the longitude of the Cambridge Observatory was some hundred metres out. You might find a reference, and I might be mistaken! Cheers, David -- SatSignal

[time-nuts] Re: help reviving Trimble UCCM-LPS GPSDO

2021-12-27 Thread David G. McGaw
I have a couple of Trimble UCCMs.  They would not come ready unless pin 39 of the 50 pin ribbon connector is grounded.  This selects the 1PPS sync source.  Ground is internal, open is external. 73, David N1HAC On 12/24/21 7:39 AM, Wilko Bulte wrote: hi Francois, That EEVblog thread

[time-nuts] Re: Poor's man NTP

2021-12-18 Thread David Taylor via time-nuts
he current component shortage. 73, David GM8ARV -- SatSignal Software - Quality software for you Web: https://www.satsignal.eu Email: david-tay...@blueyonder.co.uk Twitter: @gm8arv ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com -- To unsubscribe send

[time-nuts] Re: Poor's man NTP

2021-12-17 Thread David Taylor via time-nuts
the GPS as you know. The "o" tally code suggests that's OK. I suggest using the "pool" directive rather than multiple pool servers: https://www.satsignal.eu/ntp/setup.html#pool Cheers, David -- SatSignal Software - Quality software for you Web: https://www.satsignal

[time-nuts] Re: PPS latency? User vs kernel mode

2021-12-13 Thread David Taylor via time-nuts
Thanks for that! I was only aware of a limited subset of that as I came later to NTP on Linux (it was mostly Windows before), and I understood even less at the time! Your notes helped clarify things, thanks. David -- SatSignal Software - Quality software for you Web: https://www.satsignal

[time-nuts] Re: PPS latency? User vs kernel mode

2021-12-13 Thread David Taylor via time-nuts
driver but it's no longer accessible, and a workaround runs in user space, hence user mode. Cheers, David -- SatSignal Software - Quality software for you Web: https://www.satsignal.eu Email: david-tay...@blueyonder.co.uk Twitter: @gm8arv ___ time-nuts

[time-nuts] Re: Clock display on Linux systems?

2021-12-07 Thread David Taylor via time-nuts
any help. FreePascal/Lazarus both source and executable available: https://www.satsignal.eu/raspberry-pi/DigitalClock.html Cheers, David -- SatSignal Software - Quality software for you Web: https://www.satsignal.eu Email: david-tay...@blueyonder.co.uk Twitte

[time-nuts] Re: NTP Leap indicator set to 1 ! problems continue

2021-11-30 Thread David Malone
I can see a handful of them in my ntp leap second monitoring data. https://www.maths.tcd.ie/~dwmalone/time/leaps/ntp2021Nov-leapbits.png The regular data for June and December is here: https://www.maths.tcd.ie/~dwmalone/time/leaps/ David

[time-nuts] Re: Leap indicator set to 1 !

2021-11-27 Thread David Taylor via time-nuts
a little (Windows) program to check this. Cheers, David -- SatSignal Software - Quality software for you Web: https://www.satsignal.eu Email: david-tay...@blueyonder.co.uk Twitter: @gm8arv ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com

[time-nuts] Re: QM10 Quartz chronometer

2021-11-26 Thread David G. McGaw
constant.  Unfortunately they have been adopted for computer Real Time Clocks, which is why most computers do not keep very good time. David N1HAC On 11/26/21 9:14 AM, Scott McGrath wrote: Usually in analog quartz clocks oscillator frequency is around 32khz Content by Scott Typos by Siri On Nov 26

[time-nuts] Re: List Opinion/Suggestion(s)

2021-11-25 Thread David Taylor via time-nuts
On 25/11/2021 08:14, Hal Murray wrote: (according to a pre-configured compile-time constant), Have you looked at the tinker stuff in the config file? I'd expect it to be there. I don't see it in there, Hal. David -- SatSignal Software - Quality software for you Web: https

[time-nuts] Re: List Opinion/Suggestion(s)

2021-11-24 Thread David Taylor via time-nuts
# Use pool NTP servers pool nl.pool.ntp.org iburst pool uk.pool.ntp.org iburst See: https://www.satsignal.eu/ntp/setup.html#pool Cheers, David -- SatSignal Software - Quality software for you Web: https://www.satsignal.eu Email: david-tay...@blueyonder.co.uk Twitte

[time-nuts] Re: NTP servers

2021-11-22 Thread David Taylor via time-nuts
on 24x7 is best. Be aware that many of the public stratum-1 servers are overloaded and perhaps not as good as you might want. Cheers, David -- SatSignal Software - Quality software for you Web: https://www.satsignal.eu Email: david-tay...@blueyonder.co.uk Twitter: @gm8arv

[time-nuts] Re: in-ground clock room

2021-09-09 Thread David Taylor via time-nuts
Shake: https://raspberryshake.org/ The devices are not at the professional seismograph level. They operate a world-wide network. 73, David GM8ARV -- SatSignal Software - Quality software for you Web: https://www.satsignal.eu Email: david-tay...@blueyonder.co.uk Twitter: @gm8arv

[time-nuts] Re: Query about List and about 10 MHz Distro

2021-08-29 Thread David I. Emery
On Sun, Aug 29, 2021 at 10:43:51AM -0400, paul swed wrote: > We my only issue is every time we had a lightning storm it seemed to > fry the ICs. While they may not have ideal behavior with temperature (and related phase/group delay changes) the old antique 10Mbs era balanced twisted

[time-nuts] Re: Comparison/evaluation of u-blox timing receivers

2021-08-24 Thread David Taylor via time-nuts
, "Lots of fun!" John Most interesting, John, thanks for posting. (Accidentally send directly, sorry.) David GM8ARV -- SatSignal Software - Quality software for you Web: https://www.satsignal.eu Email: david-tay...@blueyonder.co.uk Twitte

[time-nuts] Re: Thunderbolts ...

2021-07-20 Thread David G. McGaw
not have this.  On the other hand, as has been said, the Bodinar unit has poor hold-over performance if you lose GPS lock, which here in NH amongst the trees and hills can happen fairly frequently.  As a result, I use OXCO GPSDOs with an external synthesizer. David N1HAC On 7/20/21 1:32 PM

[time-nuts] Re: GPS antenna distribution?

2021-06-28 Thread David Taylor via time-nuts
it with your (Android) phone/tablet which can display the signal strengths. You could consider using something which sticks to the outside of the window if the attenuation is too great? Cable through a small hole, or where the window opens? 73, David GM8ARV -- SatSignal Software - Quality software

[time-nuts] Re: 2nd Run of TimeHats

2021-05-02 Thread David Jensen
I would take 2 also. Thanks, David > On May 1, 2021, at 11:10 AM, Bill Notfaded wrote: > > I'd be interested in 2 too. > > Bill > >> On Wed, Apr 28, 2021, 4:10 AM Michael Gindonis >> wrote: >> >> I would be interested in at least one,

[time-nuts] Raspberry Pi GPS/PPS/RTC HAT

2021-04-28 Thread David Taylor via time-nuts
as to what the final price may be. Cheers, David -- SatSignal Software - Quality software for you Web: https://www.satsignal.eu Email: david-tay...@blueyonder.co.uk Twitter: @gm8arv ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com

[time-nuts] Time travel, was Re: Sparkfun lists SA.35m

2021-04-03 Thread David G. McGaw
Speaking of aspirational, for those interested in time travel (that comes under "time nuts", no?  ;-) ) there is this: https://www.oreillyauto.com/flux-500.html David N1HAC On 4/3/21 11:10 AM, David Witten wrote: It seems to be aspirational. It has been on the SparkX page for a lon

[time-nuts] Re: Sparkfun lists SA.35m

2021-04-03 Thread David Witten
It seems to be aspirational. It has been on the SparkX page for a long time now. Dave > Date: Sat, 03 Apr 2021 07:15:13 + > From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" > Subject: [time-nuts] Sparkfun lists SA.35m > To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement > > Message-ID:

[time-nuts] Re: WWVB Daylight savings

2021-03-14 Thread David I. Emery
On Sun, Mar 14, 2021 at 07:43:03PM -0700, lmcdavid wrote: > I have 3 WWVB AM clocks that did not update DST overnight last night > but one that did and two BPSK clocks that did. Par for the course. The > BPSK clocks always set correctly within 10 minutes any time of day.I My 4 BPSK

[time-nuts] NPL courses on time and frequency measurement

2021-03-02 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
It looks like NPL are in the process of creating some courses on this. Introduction to Time and Frequency Measurement https://elearning.npl.co.uk/enrol/index.php?id=53 I think I read something on the NPL site to imply that was free, but I can't see that now. Anyway, it's not available yet, but it

Re: [time-nuts] U-blox F9T performance (was: U-blox teaser)

2021-03-01 Thread David Taylor via time-nuts
, they were 1 metre apart, on ground planes, with excellent sky view. [] Thomas Any chance of adding X and Y scales to the graphs? David -- SatSignal Software - Quality software for you Web: https://www.satsignal.eu Email: david-tay...@blueyonder.co.uk Twitter: @gm8arv

[time-nuts] Fwd: PLL book 3rd edition

2021-02-28 Thread David Bengtson
ated new topics and update on numerical controlled oscillators . Thanks, > Ulrich > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > >> On Aug 18, 2017, at 2:58 PM, David Bengtson > wrote: > >> > >> That's good news. It would be good to have a single reference for

Re: [time-nuts] Old Crystal.

2021-02-28 Thread David G. McGaw
Stamp on the top is 1000 kHz in Russian. David N1HAC On 2/28/21 6:35 PM, Dan Kemppainen wrote: Hi All, I've picked up a couple of old crystals. Mostly because they look neat. They are 1Mhz, in a glass tube. The quartz is ~25mm dia, at about 1 mm thick. Was able to get them to oscillate

Re: [time-nuts] Mains Frequency

2021-02-12 Thread David C. Partridge
if the deviation exceeds 60 seconds are larger corrections than 10 mHz allowed. That may however be out of date. David ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com

Re: [time-nuts] Raspberry Pi 4 oscillator replacement

2021-02-04 Thread David Taylor via time-nuts
://www.leobodnar.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info_id=301 Cheers, David -- SatSignal Software - Quality software for you Web: https://www.satsignal.eu Email: david-tay...@blueyonder.co.uk Twitter: @gm8arv ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com

Re: [time-nuts] Radio Controlled Clocks

2020-12-27 Thread David G. McGaw
A clock that uses an NMEA stream for its display will be a few hundred milliseconds slow, dependent on the chosen data products and serial baud rate, as NMEA gives the time of the previous second mark. David N1HAC On 12/27/20 9:54 AM, Andy Talbot wrote: I've just had a look around the house

[time-nuts] FS: Agilent/HP 5372A

2020-11-20 Thread David C. Partridge
In the Kenilworth, UK ... I have a working 5372A for sale. Collection preferred, but can ship if necessary. Sensible offers OFF list please. David ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com

Re: [time-nuts] Frequency Counter Choice

2020-11-08 Thread David
/Pages/c8051f38x.aspx microprocessor, and SN74ALS160, and SN74ALS162 bus driver chips. It includes source code and a (quite small) PC design, in Eagle. I've built this, with PC design modified to use a 32LQFP package. It works, at least for the simple use cases I've tried. David On 2020-11

Re: [time-nuts] OCXO housings - Why copper and not iron/steel?

2020-10-30 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
k diamond, which is a form of carbon, is the best thermal conductor, and around 5x better than copper. Dave -- Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd, drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk https://www.kirkbymicrowave.co.uk/ Telephone 01621-680100./ +44 1621 680100 Registered in England & Wales, c

Re: [time-nuts] "When you google word ..."

2020-10-30 Thread David G. McGaw
–Rebka experiment).  It is cool that we now have clocks accurate enough to detect changes of the order of meters and getting better. David N1HAC On 10/29/20 10:32 PM, The Fiber Guru wrote: I actually had the privilege of hearing David Allan present his theories in the yearly NIST conference

Re: [time-nuts] WWVB/Anthorn Re: time-nuts Digest, Vol 195, Issue 27

2020-10-18 Thread David G. McGaw
Note that WWVB is 60kHz, not 65kHz. David N1HAC On 10/18/20 10:35 AM, paul swed wrote: Andre you can add layers of litz wire. You actually have litz wire? Thats hard to find these days. But it most likely will need to be more than a few layers. I would slip to small pieces of cardboard on both

Re: [time-nuts] Symmetricom XPRO rubidium

2020-09-28 Thread David C. Partridge
What about using a the hot-air gun technique to migrate the Rb from the walls of the lamp back to the well? David -Original Message- From: time-nuts [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@lists.febo.com] On Behalf Of Bob kb8tq Sent: 28 September 2020 14:23 To: Discussion of precise time

Re: [time-nuts] eLORAN 99600 monitoring at 100 KHz

2020-08-14 Thread David G. McGaw
ew Jersey! David N1HAC On 8/14/20 5:52 PM, Dana Whitlow wrote: Thanks, Paul. Does this "standard marine preamp" have an integrated antenna of some kind? If not (or you're not using it), can you tell me about the antenna you *are* using? I've not "heard" so much as a pe

Re: [time-nuts] HP 58503A GPS receiver not locking to GPS

2020-08-14 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
oubt an 18 s error is going to be significant, but I can reset the time to UTC. Dave. -- Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd, drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk https://www.kirkbymicrowave.co.uk/ Telephone 01621-680100./ +44 1621 680100 Registered in England & Wales, company number 08914892. Reg

[time-nuts] HP 58503A GPS receiver not locking to GPS

2020-08-13 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
*16 -- --- MODE Hold *11 -- --- *17 -- --- *12 -- --- 30 71 148 LAT N 51:39:04.128 LON E 0:46:36.375 ELEV MASK 10 deg *attempting to track HGT +46.29 m (MSL) HEALTH MONITOR ...

Re: [time-nuts] eLORAN will be on the air GRI 99600

2020-08-13 Thread David G. McGaw
Hi Paul, Is Wildwood transmitting now or will they be?  I am not seeing anything in NH. Thanks, David N1HAC On 8/5/20 10:00 AM, paul swed wrote: Hello to fellow time nuts. Warm up those old Austrons. eLORAN out of New Jersey has been on the air intermittently prior to a test run next week

Re: [time-nuts] ! PPS Source

2020-08-13 Thread David C. Partridge
IIRC the Thunderbolt DOES lock its internal clock to the GPS David -Original Message- From: time-nuts [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@lists.febo.com] On Behalf Of Bob kb8tq Sent: 13 August 2020 14:39 To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] ! PPS Source

Re: [time-nuts] WWVB SDR discussion

2020-08-11 Thread David I. Emery
On Tue, Aug 11, 2020 at 10:27:33PM -0400, paul swed wrote: > Just saying they work for all those atomic clocks for $10. Those don't give a damn about 60 KHz delay/phase provided it doesn't change very fast (as it wouldn't due to thermal effects). But monitoring frequency or

[time-nuts] Austron 2100F/T manual

2020-08-09 Thread David G. McGaw
Would someone be able to send me a PDF of the Austron 2100F manual? I have an F, but would also be interested in looking at the T manual, as well.  Thanks. 73, David N1HAC ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com To unsubscribe, go

Re: [time-nuts] For those following ES100 WWVB receiver modules

2020-07-22 Thread David G. McGaw
The generic WWVB receivers in radio-controlled clocks are essentially TRF receivers using a 60kHz crystal as the tuned element. David N1HAC On 7/22/20 2:26 PM, Hal Murray wrote: tsho...@gmail.com said: I myself did some experimenting with a tuned loop antenna through a 60 kHz crystal

Re: [time-nuts] Just any counter external reference and discipline mode.

2020-07-13 Thread David G. McGaw
I have an 8640B in the lab.   Bizarre instrument. David On 7/13/20 2:57 PM, Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote: On 7/13/2020 11:34 AM, jimlux wrote: There are also "frequency locked" devices that are not "phase locked" - they essentially discipline an internal oscilla

Re: [time-nuts] Raspberry Pi NTP server

2020-07-11 Thread David J Taylor via time-nuts
with a direct Ethernet LAN connection you may find that's quite good if (and it's a big if) you have a stratum-1 Ethernet source available. Cheers, David -- SatSignal Software - Quality software for you Web: https://www.satsignal.eu Email: david-tay...@blueyonder.co.uk Twitter: @gm8arv

Re: [time-nuts] Raspberry Pi NTP server

2020-07-04 Thread David J Taylor via time-nuts
David, I've seen your comparison in the list archives. However, none of the approaches I have seen published so far (including yours) exploit all the possibilities I mentioned. The Raspi having better community support doesn't help if the platform itself is unfit for the purpose. It might

Re: [time-nuts] Raspberry Pi NTP server

2020-07-04 Thread David J Taylor via time-nuts
id make a comparison earlier which showed the BBB to be better, yes, but certainly not enough for me to change given the other factors. Cheers, David -- SatSignal Software - Quality software for you Web: https://www.satsignal.eu Email: david-tay...@blueyonder.co

Re: [time-nuts] Raspberry Pi NTP server

2020-07-03 Thread David J Taylor via time-nuts
it accepts. Only one of my four works! https://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions Cheers, David -- SatSignal Software - Quality software for you Web: https://www.satsignal.eu Email: david-tay...@blueyonder.co.uk Twitter: @gm8arv ___ time-nuts mailing

Re: [time-nuts] low power divide by 5

2020-06-30 Thread David
Here's a web page with several JK flip-flop dividers, including divide by 5: http://www.play-hookey.com/digital/counters/frequency_dividers.html Dave On 2020-06-30 15:47, dschuecker wrote: > Hi, > > a divide by five should possible with a synchronous state-machine made of 3 ( >

Re: [time-nuts] Vibration isolation of quartz oscillators

2020-06-28 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
Dr David Kirkby Ph.D C.Eng MIET Email: drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk Web: https://www.kirkbymicrowave.co.uk/ Kirkby Microwave Ltd (Tel 01621-680100 / +44 1621-680100) Stokes Hall Lodge, Burnham Rd, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 6DT. On Sun, 28 Jun 2020 at 12:44, Tom Van Baak wrote: > About sl

Re: [time-nuts] Elpromatime (Was Re: time-nuts Digest, Vol 191, Issue 28)

2020-06-28 Thread David J Taylor via time-nuts
the same version level as Meinberg (both one release out of date), and as Meinberg's compilation of the port works I don't see any reason to change. Make me wonder why they are bringing out their version. 73, David GM8ARV -- SatSignal Software - Quality software for you Web: https://www.satsignal.eu

Re: [time-nuts] Stanford University online GPS course

2020-06-21 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
r texts). > > -aps IIRC there are two profs and both had written text books on GPS. -- Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd, drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk https://www.kirkbymicrowave.co.uk/ Telephone 01621-680100./ +44 1621 680100 Registered in England & Wales, company number 0891489

Re: [time-nuts] Is there any way to recover if one messes up serial port on settings on HP GPS receivers?

2020-06-17 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
a faster serial port speed. Lady Heather gets the time from the GPS receiver once, but then either 1) Windows reports the program is not responding. 2) The clock runs backwards. I thought it might be worth trying different serial port settings. -- Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd, dr

[time-nuts] Is there any way to recover if one messes up serial port on settings on HP GPS receivers?

2020-06-17 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
My HP 58503A is using the default 9600 8N1 for serial communication. It would be nice to run the connection faster, and there are commands to change the serial port speed, as well as reset the serial port settings to the defaults. What concerns me is that if I try to run the serial port faster,

Re: [time-nuts] Lady Heather - sort satellites by dBc

2020-06-10 Thread David J Taylor via time-nuts
ort. It's something I've been asked for by users in my own software. Cheers, David -- SatSignal Software - Quality software for you Web: https://www.satsignal.eu Email: david-tay...@blueyonder.co.uk Twitter: @gm8arv ___ time-nuts mailing list --

Re: [time-nuts] Lady Heather - sort satellites by dBc

2020-06-09 Thread David J Taylor via time-nuts
The "GCS" command does that. BR, Matthias == Thanks, both. I'd looked at the help screen and not spotted it. I still think that a "standard" click on column header to sort would be more intuitive. Thanks to Mark for the program. Cheers

[time-nuts] Lady Heather - sort satellites by dBc

2020-06-08 Thread David J Taylor via time-nuts
In Lady Heather, it would be useful to sort satellites by dBc. I can't see a way to do this. Perhaps clicking on one of the table headings (e.g. dBc, PRN AZ EL etc.) could enable that column to be sorted? Thanks, David -- SatSignal Software - Quality software for you Web: https

[time-nuts] Free courses from the National Physical Laboratory (NPL)

2020-05-18 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
the SI units. I must have watched the video on that ten times before I was confident I had a reasonably good understanding of that. The 40 minutes for the exam was more than enough time. Dave. -- Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd, drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk https

Re: [time-nuts] Alfred Loomis - an early time nut

2020-05-12 Thread David G. McGaw
You can watch the PBS American Experience program on him, "The Secret of Tuxedo Park" here: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/secret-tuxedo-park/#part01 David N1HAC On 5/12/20 7:56 PM, Tom Van Baak wrote: Yes, the book about Loomis by Jennet Conant is highly r

Re: [time-nuts] GPS antenna splitter recommendation?

2020-04-30 Thread David G. McGaw
BNC adapters are common).  I even have some amplified splitters, though I modify them so they pass the normally 5V from GPS RXs to antenna and have external 12V power for the amplifier. 73, David On 4/29/20 8:18 PM, Frank O'Donnell wrote: I'm looking for a splitter to allow three or four GPSDO's to sh

Re: [time-nuts] GPS antenna splitter recommendation?

2020-04-30 Thread David J Taylor via time-nuts
, David GM8ARV -- SatSignal Software - Quality software for you Web: https://www.satsignal.eu Email: david-tay...@blueyonder.co.uk Twitter: @gm8arv ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com

Re: [time-nuts] MSF Annual Maintenance Shutdown

2020-04-28 Thread David J Taylor via time-nuts
s seems to sync only overnight, so that may suit them. Actually we've been enjoying a spell of good weather the last couple of weeks, so an earlier period might have been ideally suited. https://www.npl.co.uk/msf-signal 73, David GM8ARV -- SatSignal Software - Quality softwa

Re: [time-nuts] NTP server using an OCXO, GPS chip and Raspberry Pi

2020-04-25 Thread David J Taylor via time-nuts
/performance_ntp.php Cheers, David -- SatSignal Software - Quality software for you Web: http://www.satsignal.eu Email: david-tay...@blueyonder.co.uk Twitter: @gm8arv ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com

Re: [time-nuts] On choosing reasonable synthesizer PN requirements

2020-04-24 Thread David J Taylor via time-nuts
. Cheers, David -- SatSignal Software - Quality software for you Web: http://www.satsignal.eu Email: david-tay...@blueyonder.co.uk Twitter: @gm8arv ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com

Re: [time-nuts] On choosing reasonable synthesizer PN requirements

2020-04-24 Thread David J Taylor via time-nuts
be interested in some oscillator measurements made by Daniel Estévez showing some unexpected steps. His blog is here: https://destevez.net/2020/04/wiggles-in-the-qo-100-local-oscillator/ It's a fascinating story, and may not yet be complete. Daniel is a GNSS Engineer by occupation. Cheers, David GM8ARV

Re: [time-nuts] OCXO and fluctuations after EFC adjustment

2020-04-11 Thread David C. Partridge
Well, that's how it's supposed to be done, but these days the usual (and often only) criterion other than part value (e.g. 15V 200uF +/- 10%) seems to be cost (cheapest == best). Sad isn't it. David -Original Message- From: time-nuts [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@lists.febo.com] On Behalf

Re: [time-nuts] Phase noise confusion II

2020-04-10 Thread David C. Partridge
IIRC the latter -Original Message- From: time-nuts [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@lists.febo.com] On Behalf Of Dana Whitlow Sent: 10 April 2020 11:06 To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Phase noise confusion II Question about definition of jitter:

Re: [time-nuts] Buffer amplifier, OP Amp, vs MMIC, vs discrete?

2020-04-04 Thread David C. Partridge
If you look at the way the power is supplied to and output is taken from an MMIC there's no way that I can see that they could go all the way to DC as there's always a capacitor in the output ... I got all excited a while back when I considered an MMIC for a project because the spec said

Re: [time-nuts] HP3588A battery

2020-03-29 Thread David G. McGaw
The service manual says it is a manufacturer's part number T06/46 which is a Saft number and a Google search shows a number of equivalents, including the Tadiran. David N1HAC On 3/29/20 5:35 PM, Charles Steinmetz wrote: Matthew wrote: It looks like I need to replace the battery in my

Re: [time-nuts] weird Raspberry PPS+GPS NTP server behaviour

2020-03-24 Thread David J Taylor via time-nuts
Folks, Thanks for all the help. I've put up a simple Web page showing the program and its results here: https://www.satsignal.eu/ntp/Raspberry-Pi-ntpheat.html A good gain on that Raspberry Pi in a centrally heated room and nearer the radiator than it should be. Cheers, David

Re: [time-nuts] HP 5335A counter and GPIB control

2020-03-12 Thread David C. Partridge
Don't buy the 82357B - hardware is fine but the Keysight IO Libraries software is totally dreadful. See recent posts by myself on hp-agilent-keysight-equipm...@groups.io and EEVBlog David -Original Message- From: time-nuts [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@lists.febo.com] On Behalf Of Perry

Re: [time-nuts] Trueposition behavior

2020-03-10 Thread David G. McGaw
I think it would be a dead-band. David N1HAC On 3/10/20 2:41 PM, djl wrote: Is this effectively dither on the control voltage? On 2020-03-10 10:30, Skip Withrow wrote: Hello Time-Nuts, A couple of weeks ago I posted regarding some weird behavior of the Trueposition GPSDO that I was seeing

Re: [time-nuts] Yukon to make Daylight Saving Time permanent after final time change Sunday

2020-03-06 Thread David G. McGaw
.  :-) David N1HAC On 3/6/20 1:41 PM, Peter Loron wrote: This is really shouldn’t be an issue. Many car manufacturers are leveraging and improving already existing cellular data systems in their cars to provide software and firmware updates over the air. I suspect the issue is more the long supply chain

Re: [time-nuts] Yukon to make Daylight Saving Time permanent after final time change Sunday

2020-03-06 Thread David Van Horn via time-nuts
GMT EVERYWHERE!! -- David VanHorn Lead Hardware Engineer Backcountry Access, Inc. 2820 Wilderness Pl, Unit H Boulder, CO  80301 USA phone: 303-417-1345  x110 email: david.vanh...@backcountryaccess.com  ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts

Re: [time-nuts] weird Raspberry PPS+GPS NTP server behaviour

2020-03-03 Thread David J Taylor via time-nuts
! Cheers, David -- SatSignal Software - Quality software for you Web: http://www.satsignal.eu Email: david-tay...@blueyonder.co.uk Twitter: @gm8arv ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman

Re: [time-nuts] weird Raspberry PPS+GPS NTP server behaviour

2020-03-03 Thread David J Taylor via time-nuts
to this. Cheers, David -- SatSignal Software - Quality software for you Web: http://www.satsignal.eu Email: david-tay...@blueyonder.co.uk Twitter: @gm8arv ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman

Re: [time-nuts] weird Raspberry PPS+GPS NTP server behaviour

2020-03-02 Thread David J Taylor via time-nuts
on NTPsec, which I don't use. Temperature is certainly the prime contributor to instability here (or temperature variations produced by CPU load variations). Cheers, David -- SatSignal Software - Quality software for you Web: http://www.satsignal.eu Email: david-tay...@blueyonder.co.uk Twitter

Re: [time-nuts] weird Raspberry PPS+GPS NTP server behaviour

2020-03-02 Thread David J Taylor via time-nuts
RPi server is a lowly RasPi 1B, and it runs at 2% CPU, ~43 C CPU (averaged over a day). It lives in an unheated cupboard on an outside wall. Cheers, David -- SatSignal Software - Quality software for you Web: http://www.satsignal.eu Email: david-tay...@blueyonder.co.uk Twitter: @gm8arv

Re: [time-nuts] Are there SC-crystals out there in the wild that are not Overtone?

2020-02-27 Thread David Van Horn via time-nuts
I remember opening up those military crystals and sanding them down with Ajax cleaner to raise the frequency or rubbing a little solder on the plate to lower it for CW transmitters. High school days.  -- David VanHorn Lead Hardware Engineer Backcountry Access, Inc. 2820 Wilderness Pl, Unit H

Re: [time-nuts] Fake new LPRO 101 Rb's on Ebay?

2020-02-04 Thread David G. McGaw
Re: China, I heard a piece on NPR that gave the opinion that the virus would only survive a few hours on a surface.  Anything coming from China should be fine.  We are probably more likely to die from panic.  ;-) David N1HAC On 2/4/20 4:54 AM, Clint Jay wrote: Actinic short wavelength UV

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