On 05/02/2012 03:50 AM, Dennis Ferguson wrote:
On 2 May, 2012, at 04:30 , Tom Van Baak wrote:
The UTC offset is in words 6-10, page 18, subframe 4 -- every 12.5 minutes.
/tvb
The leap second warning is also in the same place. How the unit could
know that a leap second is pending but not
With the 350pS single shot resolution the PM6680 can't replace the 20pS of
the 5370. Keep the 5370 as well. The PM6681 is 50pS. The SR620 is 25pS.
On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 5:13 AM, Pierre-François (f5bqp_pfm)
pfmo...@wanadoo.fr wrote:
Hi Nigel, Magnus, Bjorn the Gang,
Thanks for all your
In my opinion nothing has to be changed. It is working OK this way. To
improve performance it is worth to use linear regulators for the power
supply +12V and -12V that are related to the OCXO supply and EFC.
On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 9:24 AM, francesco messineo
francesco.messi...@gmail.com wrote:
I think the tbolt may need to go through two 12.5 minute almanac cycles before
it updates/outputs all its data...
The first thing to do to improve performance is to run the a oscillator
autotune command. This will determine the correct osc gain and initial DAC
settings. It will also set the
I personally like the simplicity of this one.
Material cost quite low, but takes a good team effort.
http://iprl.wz.cz/
Rob Kimberley
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In a message dated 02/05/2012 04:14:19 GMT Daylight Time,
pfmo...@wanadoo.fr writes:
Nigel, if you're referring to the 6680B which was on The Frenchy Bay
last week, yes it's me, sorry if you were also on the deal...
No problem, the one I saw was in the US, same seller had
I have noticed that it tends to lag when you stay on the page a while.
I am sure that is just a matter of a simple adjustment...
Thanks for the link :)
Didier KO4BB
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Correction: the UTC offset is part of the *primary* data packet that is
sent every second from the Thunderbolt, but as Tom pointed out, it has to
receive the information from the satellite(s) first, which can take 12.5
minutes (Thunderbolt Users Guide, version 5, 2003, page A-56, paragraph
Report
Hi T-Nuts
In january 2012 - I bought a Prologix GPIB interface from an Italian
Seller sglabs on the Bay.
Today i received a mail from the seller
SNIP *
I need a favor form you…
Here in Italy is requiring by law…. that for all customers that have
Hello,
Most likely a phishing mail. Please ignore.
We will let SgLabs know.
Regards.
Abdul
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Subject: [time-nuts] Anyone
No, Italian law doesn't require DOB or place of birth registering for
purchases, I suspect his email has been hi-jacked by someone who's attempting
to get into the identity theft business.
Dave
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Sadly; It is currently one of the few growth industries in the EU.
Thomas Knox
From: david.partri...@perdrix.co.uk
To: time-nuts@febo.com
Date: Wed, 2 May 2012 17:30:40 +0100
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Anyone from Italy here ?
No, Italian law doesn't require DOB or place of birth
Lucky those who don't have to live in the EU!!
Rob K (UK)
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Sent: 02 May 2012 17:35
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Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Anyone from Italy here ?
Sadly; It is currently one of
It is not much better in the States, Lately I have been thinking about selling
my identity to make a little extra money.
Thomas Knox
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Date: Wed, 2 May 2012 17:39:29 +0100
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Anyone from Italy here ?
Lucky
And as a first step you might want to tell eBay. Contrary to the
general impression they do care :^(
Dan
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On 05/02/2012 09:52 AM, Azelio Boriani wrote:
With the 350pS single shot resolution the PM6680 can't replace the 20pS of
the 5370. Keep the 5370 as well. The PM6681 is 50pS. The SR620 is 25pS.
Exactly what I wanted to point out. The 5370 has very good noise floor,
so you want that until you
Hi Pierre-François,
On 05/02/2012 05:13 AM, Pierre-François (f5bqp_pfm) wrote:
Hi Nigel, Magnus, Bjorn the Gang,
Thanks for all your replies to my initial message, I appreciate very much.
I downloaded the lastest version of TimeLab and will try it soon, I just
tested the counter against my
At this URL I get something called Samwell what what in the butt, not a
clock. Maybe I did not watch long enough?
Don
Rob Kimberley
I personally like the simplicity of this one.
Material cost quite low, but takes a good team effort.
http://iprl.wz.cz/
Rob Kimberley
Rob,
On 05/02/2012 11:10 AM, Rob Kimberley wrote:
I personally like the simplicity of this one.
Material cost quite low, but takes a good team effort.
http://iprl.wz.cz/
They have people working on it around the clock.
It is a bit unclear where one inserts 10 MHz and PPS, but it is clear
On 5/2/2012 5:47 PM, cfo wrote:
The mail actually looks quite authentic , Correct name phone# etc.
But i have never heard of such a request before. And was wondering if any
Italian T-Nut could verify that this request is valid.
It seems a bit strange to me ...
I am from Italy, and I can
On Wed, 02 May 2012 09:58:53 -0700, Dan Rae wrote:
And as a first step you might want to tell eBay. Contrary to the
general impression they do care :^(
Dan
Done ...
Reported to ebay PayPal
CFO
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is not impression it is personal experience ebay does not care. Specially
when it comes to volume sellers, a seller that time nuts use promised to
pay shipping to return crap, gave me a choice give 5 star rating or no
refund. Contacted ebay with the evidence, they did nothing and I did not
Are they trying to steal your identity? Sounds like a couple of good pieces of
info to know!
Joe
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Clearly a scam attempt, IMO.
You have your stuff. You are not bound by Italian law, unless the EU is
worse than I thought.
IMO, ignore it, and if the purchase was made through eBay, report it as a
phishing attempt.
YMMV,
-John
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Hi T-Nuts
In january 2012 - I bought a
That's what I get too. I would say that someone has substituted the gay
black porn music video for the real website... in other words, the DNS
has been hacked.
Does anyone have the correct IP address (in dot code.)?
-Chuck Harris
Don Latham wrote:
At this URL I get something called Samwell
On 05/02/2012 07:48 PM, Alberto di Bene wrote:
I am from Italy, and I can assure you that such info is not required by
any Italian law.
Don't give away information that could in the end result in an
identity thief...
Alberto,
I'm not an expert in the ever-changing italian fiscal laws, but
Never seen a request like that before... usually they try to get login
credentials for home banking, credit cards accounts and the like. Here in
Italy, every transaction with the tax authority starts with the VAT ID (our
codice fiscale).
On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 9:20 PM, J. Forster j...@quikus.com
On 05/02/2012 09:28 PM, Chuck Harris wrote:
That's what I get too. I would say that someone has substituted the gay
black porn music video for the real website... in other words, the DNS
has been hacked.
Does anyone have the correct IP address (in dot code.)?
At least a few snap-shots:
I need some guidance from the collective.
I just finished rebuilding my PRS10 lab standard and it is now using a M12+T
GPS module.
I have completed my site survey and it is now in hold position mode, TRAIM is
enabled
with 500ns alarm setting and the 1PPS is enabled during non-TRAIM alarm
From the pics in the link, that clock was noted here a year or so ago. At
that time the link worked for a video of some guys building and updating a
2x4 version of a seven segment display in real lime.
-John
On 05/02/2012 09:28 PM, Chuck Harris wrote:
That's what I get too.
The reason may be trivial. Ask the seller, he is a correct person.
Anyway, the birthplace and DOB of a person are very easy to obtain on
the web - it would be a stupid scam. But knowing the seller, I'm sure
it is not.
Being a dealer too, you can't believe the number of fiscal rules we
have to
On 05/02/2012 09:44 PM, J. Forster wrote:
From the pics in the link, that clock was noted here a year or so ago. At
that time the link worked for a video of some guys building and updating a
2x4 version of a seven segment display in real lime.
It still did this today when I saw and shared it
You don't have a Cs reference but you have a GPS: in the long term it is
the same. By using a TIC (your preferred: HP5370B, HP5372A, SR620, PM6680,
PM6681, HP53132A, Racal 2351, Yokogawa TA720, PICTIC II, Wavecrest DTS275
[SIA3000?] and others) keep track of the GPS PPS vs. the PRS10 PPS.
On Wed,
On 05/02/2012 10:03 PM, Azelio Boriani wrote:
You don't have a Cs reference but you have a GPS: in the long term it is
the same. By using a TIC (your preferred: HP5370B, HP5372A, SR620, PM6680,
PM6681, HP53132A, Racal 2351, Yokogawa TA720, PICTIC II, Wavecrest DTS275
[SIA3000?] and others) keep
Magnus, you are correct but can I avoid to list our beloved
counters/analyzers? The time-nut main tool is the TIC.
Anyway, to correct the PPS input for the PRS10 the hardware approach is a
must: so a delay line and a microprocessor are needed. Unless the SRS can
develop a suitable software for the
Jerry, Magnus,
Considering the M12+T PPS noise, you won't need anything stellar. A
PICTIC II will do just fine... or if you trust the PRS-10 readings, run
from that.
What would make this better would to use a sawtooth-correction to PPS
delay setup, as the PRS-10 measurement resolution will
Hi Azelio,
On 05/02/2012 10:30 PM, Azelio Boriani wrote:
Magnus, you are correct but can I avoid to list our beloved
counters/analyzers? The time-nut main tool is the TIC.
Hehe, yes. But you can do great things even with a spare HP5335A for
instance. It's quite respectable with about 1 ns
Hi Marco,
I disagree. This is personal information and is restricted by data protection
law in the EU. It is commonly used for financial activity identity checks. I
would never give this information to an unknown third party.
As an aside, Italy has the greatest lost parcel rate of any country I
I cannot believe my Guidetech GT4000 was left off your list.
Thomas Knox
Date: Wed, 2 May 2012 22:11:25 +0200
From: mag...@rubidium.dyndns.org
To: time-nuts@febo.com
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Setting up PRS10 with M12+T GPS
On 05/02/2012 10:03 PM, Azelio Boriani wrote:
You don't have
The phase of the PPSOUT and the generated 10 MHz will probably not align
up, something which is critical to some applications.
Yes, for example the DVB-T SFN requires the PPS and 10MHz phases to be
aligned, better, not to move. This requires to slightly alter the 10MHz to
keep the PPS aligned.
I'm so sorry for the inconvenience but I wasn't aware of this CTIA supreme
piece of test equipment... now I know. This CTIA is mainly intended for
very high speed serial interconnect and Gigabit ethernet test.
On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 11:18 PM, Tom Knox act...@hotmail.com wrote:
I cannot believe
Björn,
On 05/02/2012 10:54 PM, b...@lysator.liu.se wrote:
Jerry, Magnus,
Considering the M12+T PPS noise, you won't need anything stellar. A
PICTIC II will do just fine... or if you trust the PRS-10 readings, run
from that.
What would make this better would to use a sawtooth-correction to
Hi Azelio,
On 05/02/2012 11:19 PM, Azelio Boriani wrote:
The phase of the PPSOUT and the generated 10 MHz will probably not align
up,something which is critical to some applications.
Yes, for example the DVB-T SFN requires the PPS and 10MHz phases to be
aligned, better, not to move. This
The phase of the PPSOUT and the generated 10 MHz will probably not align
up, something which is critical to some applications.
Yes, for example the DVB-T SFN requires the PPS and 10MHz phases to be
aligned, better, not to move. This requires to slightly alter the 10MHz to
keep the PPS aligned.
Hi all,
I have to replace the memory back-up battery on a 5334a counter. Today I've
found it leaked causing some corrosion on the pcb. Does anybody know what kind
of battery is it? I don't have the service manual.
Thanks,
Antonio I8IOV
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Try this
http://www.ko4bb.com/Manuals/HP_Agilent/HP_5334_Universal_Counter/HP_5334B_Service_Manual_Nov-1991.pdf
On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 11:51 PM, iov...@inwind.it iov...@inwind.it wrote:
Hi all,
I have to replace the memory back-up battery on a 5334a counter. Today I've
found it leaked
Hi Magnus,
|---|
| |
| PRS10APRS10B |
|---PPS IN PPS OUT--PPS IN PPS OUT--|
hoping that the font doesn't mess up the
Privacy protection laws are a sham. Another example of out of control
Eurocrats.
The laws really offer only the illusion of protection. The servers for any
web site can be in Korea or Gurnsey or a Caribean Island where there is no
law at all.
Furthermore, the only reason someone would ever get
Already done. The 5334B doesn't have any back-up battery. My counter is the
5334A. Thanks
azelio.boriani wrote
Try this
http://www.ko4bb.
com/Manuals/HP_Agilent/HP_5334_Universal_Counter/HP_5334B_Service_Manual_Nov-
1991.pdf
On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 11:51 PM, iov...@inwind.it
Hi Björn,
On 05/03/2012 12:01 AM, b...@lysator.liu.se wrote:
Hi Magnus,
|---|
| |
| PRS10APRS10B |
|---PPS IN PPS
Yes, all made clear.
Trigger on Ch.4, I see. You have written green: 10MHz PRS10B but it must
be A, otherwise it seems that the PPS and the 10MHz of the PRS10 are not
phase aligned. Moreover, the PRS10B seems to track the PRS10A with some
delay as the 10MHz from A spreads on more than 5nS (useful,
Magnus,
Tbolt PRS10A PRS10B
1pps --PPSIN
PPSOUT -- PPS IN
PRS10A slowly following the Tbolt (PRS10A PT8)
PRS10B quickly following the PRS10A (PRS10B PT0)
Ok?
Yes, but if this is a free-running thunderbolt (I think you said
something about that) then PT8
Or my E1740A :-)
On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 2:18 PM, Tom Knox act...@hotmail.com wrote:
I cannot believe my Guidetech GT4000 was left off your list.
Thomas Knox
Date: Wed, 2 May 2012 22:11:25 +0200
From: mag...@rubidium.dyndns.org
To: time-nuts@febo.com
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Setting
Yes, the E1740A it is a VXI plug-in like the Racal 2351. I have the Racal
and the VXI C-size small mainframe E1421B.
On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 12:31 AM, Pete Lancashire p...@petelancashire.comwrote:
Or my E1740A :-)
On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 2:18 PM, Tom Knox act...@hotmail.com wrote:
I cannot
Yes, all made clear.
Trigger on Ch.4, I see. You have written green: 10MHz PRS10B but it must
be A, otherwise it seems that the PPS and the 10MHz of the PRS10 are not
phase aligned. Moreover, the PRS10B seems to track the PRS10A with some
delay as the 10MHz from A spreads on more than 5nS
Hi Björn,
On 05/02/2012 11:50 PM, b...@lysator.liu.se wrote:
The phase of the PPSOUT and the generated 10 MHz will probably not align
up,something which is critical to some applications.
Yes, for example the DVB-T SFN requires the PPS and 10MHz phases to be
aligned, better, not to move. This
Maybe the 10MHz and the PPS are not exactly aligned but you can see that
the persistance of the 10MHzB (blue trace) is exactly the same of the PPS
B (red trace), so they are absolutely consistent and perfectly linked
together.
On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 12:42 AM, b...@lysator.liu.se wrote:
Yes,
Björn,
On 05/03/2012 12:30 AM, b...@lysator.liu.se wrote:
Magnus,
Tbolt PRS10A PRS10B
1pps -- PPSIN
PPSOUT -- PPS IN
PRS10A slowly following the Tbolt (PRS10A PT8)
PRS10B quickly following the PRS10A (PRS10B PT0)
Ok?
Yes, but if this is a free-running
Björn,
On 05/03/2012 12:42 AM, b...@lysator.liu.se wrote:
Yes, all made clear.
Trigger on Ch.4, I see. You have written green: 10MHz PRS10B but it must
be A, otherwise it seems that the PPS and the 10MHz of the PRS10 are not
phase aligned. Moreover, the PRS10B seems to track the PRS10A with
Björn,
On 05/03/2012 12:30 AM, b...@lysator.liu.se wrote:
Magnus,
Tbolt PRS10A PRS10B
1pps -- PPSIN
PPSOUT -- PPS IN
PRS10A slowly following the Tbolt (PRS10A PT8)
PRS10B quickly following the PRS10A (PRS10B PT0)
Ok?
Yes, but if this is a free-running
On 05/03/2012 01:09 AM, b...@lysator.liu.se wrote:
Björn,
On 05/03/2012 12:30 AM, b...@lysator.liu.se wrote:
Magnus,
Tbolt PRS10A PRS10B
1pps -- PPSIN
PPSOUT --PPS IN
PRS10A slowly following the Tbolt (PRS10A PT8)
PRS10B quickly following the PRS10A
On 5/2/2012 5:18 PM, Tom Knox wrote:
I cannot believe my Guidetech GT4000 was left off your list.
No worries. He didn't list the HP 5370A, either.
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My 5334A Service Manual for SERIAL NUMBER PREFIX: 2426A lists the following
battery;
Reference Designation - BT1
HP Part Number - 1420-0268
Description - Battery 3.6V .065A-HR NI-CD
Mfr Code - 28480 (which is Hewlett-Packard)
Mfr Part Number - 1420-0268
I haven't opened my unit up to make any
Hi, Time-Nuts guys does anyone have a manual and connection diagram for a
Motorola ONCORE M12+T timing gps reciever. I am considering buying one and I
need to know a little more about them.
Thankyou
Ken Kubick
kenkub...@hotmail.com
On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 9:48 PM, Ken Kubick kenkub...@hotmail.com wrote:
Hi, Time-Nuts guys does anyone have a manual and connection diagram for a
Motorola ONCORE M12+T timing gps reciever.
Google found this one:
http://www.cnssys.com/files/M12+UsersGuide.pdf
--
Chris Albertson
Redondo
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