[time-nuts] GPS 1PPS, phase lock vs frequency lock, design

2019-06-03 Thread Mark Sims
How often Lady Heather gets a satellite position report depends upon the receiver type. It can range from every second to once per minute. - > (there seems to be some finite latency in LH's constellation reports, but I'm > not sure how much -- perhaps Mark will comment).

Re: [time-nuts] GPS 1PPS, phase lock vs frequency lock, design

2019-06-03 Thread Bob kb8tq
Hi A little about the “why” of all this …. Few of us have ideal antenna locations. Even what we consider to be “really good” is still quite a ways from ideal. A concrete tower 50’ above everything else with a clear view of the sky down to zero degrees in every direction is “ideal”. Due to

Re: [time-nuts] GPS 1PPS, phase lock vs frequency lock, design

2019-06-03 Thread Charles Steinmetz
I think you may be missing the most likely primary contributor. Each GPS receiver (and, thus, each GPSDO) tracks a constantly-changing "constellation" of satellites. Each rx switches constellations as it sees fit, depending on reception conditions as it sees them, and no two receivers will

Re: [time-nuts] GPS 1PPS, phase lock vs frequency lock, design (Bob kb8tq) (life speed)

2019-06-01 Thread ed breya
I think I have a setup that exemplifies this situation, and some anecdotes. A while back, I acquired two "identical" GPSDO boards, and boxed them up together, with common environment, power supply, and GPS signal via a splitter. I've mentioned this thing a couple of times here, and had planned

Re: [time-nuts] GPS 1PPS, phase lock vs frequency lock, design (Bob kb8tq) (life speed)

2019-05-31 Thread Bob kb8tq
Hi Ok > On May 31, 2019, at 4:48 PM, life speed via time-nuts > wrote: > > On Friday, May 31, 2019, 5:18:32 AM PDT, Bob kb8tq wrote: > > Hi > > One term you keep tossing up is “nominal phase coherence”. Typical GPS will > do “phase coherence” > at the 10 ns level to a fairly high

Re: [time-nuts] GPS 1PPS, phase lock vs frequency lock, design (Bob kb8tq) (life speed)

2019-05-31 Thread life speed via time-nuts
On Friday, May 31, 2019, 5:18:32 AM PDT, Bob kb8tq wrote: Hi One term you keep tossing up is “nominal phase coherence”. Typical GPS will do “phase coherence” at the 10 ns level to a fairly high degree of confidence (90 something percent) with a number of footnotes. You have never

Re: [time-nuts] GPS 1PPS, phase lock vs frequency lock, design (Bob kb8tq)

2019-05-31 Thread Bob kb8tq
Hi One term you keep tossing up is “nominal phase coherence”. Typical GPS will do “phase coherence” at the 10 ns level to a fairly high degree of confidence (90 something percent) with a number of footnotes. You have never mentioned what your requirement is so it’s a bit tough to know what

Re: [time-nuts] GPS 1PPS, phase lock vs frequency lock, design

2019-05-31 Thread Hal Murray
> 2)  I think I understand this.  Further I will have to understand  what the > optimal PLL BW is in light of the OCXO short-term ADEV being potentially > better than GPS 1PPS with correction.  Perhaps this means the loop BW should > be on the order of a milliHertz, if it takes 1000 seconds for

Re: [time-nuts] GPS 1PPS, phase lock vs frequency lock, design (Bob kb8tq)

2019-05-30 Thread Bob kb8tq
Hi Without a deep dive into the physics of GPS, there is not a good way to demonstrate just *why* the solution is as bad as it is on a second to second basis. There is no magic “silver bullet” that will suddenly turn it from an ADEV of 1x10^-9 into an ADEV of 1x10^-13 at one second. The

Re: [time-nuts] GPS 1PPS, phase lock vs frequency lock, design (Bob kb8tq)

2019-05-30 Thread life speed via time-nuts
  2. Re: GPS 1PPS, phase lock vs frequency lock, design (Bob kb8tq) Hi The TBolt is a very unique design. It directly uses code phase information against the OCXO. The net result is really no different than the “correction message” approach, but it is a different implementation. Since you

Re: [time-nuts] GPS 1PPS, phase lock vs frequency lock, design

2019-05-29 Thread Bob kb8tq
Hi The TBolt is a very unique design. It directly uses code phase information against the OCXO. The net result is really no different than the “correction message” approach, but it is a different implementation. Since you can’t *buy* the guts of a TBolt to strap into a DIY GPSDO, it’s not

Re: [time-nuts] GPS 1PPS, phase lock vs frequency lock, design

2019-05-29 Thread Alberto di Bene
On 2019-05-29 14:53, Attila Kinali wrote: The saw-tooth correction is the error of the PPS signal, as generated by the hardware, and where it really should be. The clocks of most GPS receivers are in the order of 20-60MHz and are usually unsteered TCXOs (or even XO for the cheap ones). Hence the

Re: [time-nuts] GPS 1PPS, phase lock vs frequency lock, design

2019-05-29 Thread Attila Kinali
On Wed, 29 May 2019 14:53:07 +0200 Attila Kinali wrote: > > 2)  I think I understand this.  Further I will have to understand  what the > > optimal PLL BW is in light of the OCXO short-term ADEV being potentially > > better than GPS 1PPS with correction.  Perhaps this means the loop BW > >

Re: [time-nuts] GPS 1PPS, phase lock vs frequency lock, design

2019-05-29 Thread Attila Kinali
On Tue, 28 May 2019 18:39:34 + (UTC) life speed via time-nuts wrote: > Attila, > Thanks for taking the time to respond and share your practical experiences in > this area.  Your explanations are very helpful, I have a few more questions > if you don't mind: > 1)  Would you elaborate on the

Re: [time-nuts] GPS 1PPS, phase lock vs frequency lock, design

2019-05-28 Thread life speed via time-nuts
On Sunday, May 26, 2019, 7:24:31 AM PDT, Attila Kinali wrote: As you state that you are familiar with PLL design, I guess your confusion comes from having a 1Hz signal and trying to use that for a "normal" phase detector. While this is possible and can be done, it leads imediatly to the

Re: [time-nuts] GPS 1PPS, phase lock vs frequency lock, design

2019-05-26 Thread Leo Bodnar
Apologies, teletype did not let the picture through http://www.leobodnar.com/files/2x%20ECOC%203v6.png > I had half a dozen of 38.88MHz ones for tinkering. > There is nothing exciting about them apart from a noisy LDO which has peaking > around 70kHz. > Spurs are mine. > Leo

Re: [time-nuts] GPS 1PPS, phase lock vs frequency lock, design

2019-05-26 Thread Attila Kinali
On Sat, 25 May 2019 00:51:46 + (UTC) life speed via time-nuts wrote: > I want to discipline a 10 MHz OCXO with 1PPS from GPS.  Obviously not an > unusual application, but I need to understand the methodology as I will not > be buying a module but rather implementing the design with an

Re: [time-nuts] GPS 1PPS, phase lock vs frequency lock, design

2019-05-25 Thread Leo Bodnar
I had half a dozen of 38.88MHz ones for tinkering. There is nothing exciting about them apart from a noisy LDO which has peaking around 70kHz. Spurs are mine. Leo On 25 May 2019, at 17:00, Gerhard Hoffmann wrote: > Has anybody out there more information about this oscillator? > Its data

Re: [time-nuts] GPS 1PPS, phase lock vs frequency lock, design

2019-05-25 Thread Gerhard Hoffmann
Am 25.05.19 um 02:51 schrieb life speed via time-nuts: Hi all, it's been a while since I visited.  I am venturing into an unfamiliar area from my usual low phase noise PLL, OCXO and microwave synthesizer design endeavors. I recall there are some knowledgeable, well, time nuts on this list and

[time-nuts] GPS 1PPS, phase lock vs frequency lock, design

2019-05-24 Thread life speed via time-nuts
Hi all, it's been a while since I visited.  I am venturing into an unfamiliar area from my usual low phase noise PLL, OCXO and microwave synthesizer design endeavors. I recall there are some knowledgeable, well, time nuts on this list and hope you'll indulge some questions and maybe direct me