Re: [time-nuts] Voyager space probe question

2020-11-28 Thread jimlux
On 11/28/20 2:51 PM, Bill Notfaded wrote: Good evening Don- I believe FEI made the USO's for Voyager1, 2, and others: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/2004ESASP.544..131A More recently, APL has also been supplying USOs. Quartz, in a vacuum bottle for thermal isolation. Lots of blanks started

Re: [time-nuts] Voyager space probe question

2020-11-28 Thread jim stephens
Twitter has tracking posts for both the DSN and the Voyagers themselves. there is a phase for every operation with the voyagers as Jim describes, followed by data transfer (for instance lately 159b/s) DSS 14 carrier lock on Voyager 1 Frequency: 8.4199GHz Signal strength: -156dBm OUT OF LOCK

Re: [time-nuts] Voyager space probe question

2020-11-28 Thread Bob kb8tq
Hi The Voyger probes are very complex setups. There are a *lot* of frequency references in them. The “on the ground” rover happens to have used a Vectron TCXO …. Bob > On Nov 28, 2020, at 5:06 PM, donald collie wrote: > > Can any group member describe the onboard frequency reference[s] used

Re: [time-nuts] Voyager space probe question

2020-11-28 Thread jimlux
On 11/28/20 2:28 PM, Steve Allen wrote: On Sun 2020-11-29T11:06:18+1300 donald collie hath writ: Can any group member describe the onboard frequency reference[s] used in the Voyager space probes? They have done extremely well over the decades - are they Cesium?, Rubidium?, Quartz? The ultra

[time-nuts] hp photographs

2020-11-28 Thread Tom Van Baak
Here's a stunning collection of hp photographs, including many of our favorite frequency standards and counters. "Links to Jeff Peletz's Wallpaper Equipment Photographs" http://hparchive.com/wallpaper Thanks to Carl Ott N2RVQ, over at the Nixie tube mailing list, for the link. /tvb

Re: [time-nuts] Voyager space probe question

2020-11-28 Thread Steve Allen
On Sun 2020-11-29T11:06:18+1300 donald collie hath writ: > Can any group member describe the onboard frequency reference[s] used in > the Voyager space probes? They have done extremely well over the decades - > are they Cesium?, Rubidium?, Quartz? The ultra stable oscillators USOs are crystals

[time-nuts] Voyager space probe question

2020-11-28 Thread donald collie
Can any group member describe the onboard frequency reference[s] used in the Voyager space probes? They have done extremely well over the decades - are they Cesium?, Rubidium?, Quartz? Cheers!...Don

[time-nuts] EOL Motorola Oncore Remote Antenna

2020-11-28 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
The first Motorola Oncore Remote antenna I bought has failed after some 20 years of continuous service in Danish climate: http://phk.freebsd.dk/hacks/20201128_EOL_Motorola_Oncore_Remote -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 p...@freebsd.org | TCP/IP since RFC