Re: [time-nuts] Measuring coax temperature coefficient with a TICC

2017-04-20 Thread Tom Van Baak
> Please forgive my ignorance but what is a TICC? > Regards > John P Short answer: https://www.febo.com/pages/TICC/ https://www.tapr.org/kits_ticc.html Long answer: When working with precise time one of the very first instruments you'll want is a frequency counter. But when your clocks get

Re: [time-nuts] Measuring coax temperature coefficient with a TICC

2017-04-20 Thread John Ponsonby
Please forgive my ignorance but what is a TICC? Regards John P ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.

Re: [time-nuts] Measuring coax temperature coefficient with a TICC

2017-04-19 Thread Alex Pummer
most likely the cooper is much ticker than the penetration of the lowest frequency for which the cable is used, therefore the high frequency "does not" see the steel inside of the cooper, that steel could cause problem if the coax also used to carry some power -- DC or AC -- because at lower

Re: [time-nuts] Measuring coax temperature coefficient with a TICC

2017-04-19 Thread Scott Stobbe
A table of a bunch of rg6 catv permutations, http://www.texcan.com/media/import/pdf/Electronic_Cable_RG6_RG59.pdf At least on this list if it has a solid copper core, it also has a copper braid shield. I'm sure there is many more permutations out there. On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 7:00 PM Will

Re: [time-nuts] Measuring coax temperature coefficient with a TICC

2017-04-19 Thread Alan Melia
- Original Message - From: "jimlux" <jim...@earthlink.net> To: <time-nuts@febo.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2017 11:17 PM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Measuring coax temperature coefficient with a TICC On 4/19/17 11:57 AM, Hal Murray wrote: kb...@n1k.org said: I

Re: [time-nuts] Measuring coax temperature coefficient with a TICC

2017-04-19 Thread Bob kb8tq
Hi > On Apr 19, 2017, at 2:57 PM, Hal Murray wrote: > > > kb...@n1k.org said: >> I’d want to be pretty sure what the center conductor was made out of. I’ve >> seen some stuff in coax that “one would think” should not be there (copper >> over steel …). > > Does that

Re: [time-nuts] Measuring coax temperature coefficient with a TICC

2017-04-19 Thread Will Kimber
TV co-ax these days for satellite or UHF is almost all steel wire with copper plating. In fact the 'F' connector that is used is designed to use that stiff wire as the center pin of the connector! Will On 04/20/2017 06:57 AM, Hal Murray wrote: > kb...@n1k.org said: >> I’d want to be pretty

Re: [time-nuts] Measuring coax temperature coefficient with a TICC

2017-04-19 Thread jimlux
On 4/19/17 11:57 AM, Hal Murray wrote: kb...@n1k.org said: I’d want to be pretty sure what the center conductor was made out of. I’ve seen some stuff in coax that “one would think” should not be there (copper over steel …). Does that effect the propagation time? If I gave you a

Re: [time-nuts] Measuring coax temperature coefficient with a TICC

2017-04-19 Thread Hal Murray
kb...@n1k.org said: > I’d want to be pretty sure what the center conductor was made out of. I’ve > seen some stuff in coax that “one would think” should not be there (copper > over steel …). Does that effect the propagation time? If I gave you a good scope picture of a pulse after

Re: [time-nuts] Measuring coax temperature coefficient with a TICC

2017-04-19 Thread Bob kb8tq
Hi One of the easiest ways to get a slow ramp it to toss the foam box full of cable out the back door. Assuming it stays in the shade, you can often get a pretty good 24 hour temperature cycle. You still need to monitor things to know what the ramp is. Generally it’s slow enough that you can

Re: [time-nuts] Measuring coax temperature coefficient with a TICC

2017-04-19 Thread jimlux
On 4/19/17 3:34 AM, Bob kb8tq wrote: Hi On Apr 18, 2017, at 8:33 PM, jimlux wrote: On 4/18/17 3:55 PM, Bob kb8tq wrote: Hi On something like a 500’ spool of coax, the question will always be “what temperature is it where in the spool”. A single sensor will only give

Re: [time-nuts] Measuring coax temperature coefficient with a TICC

2017-04-19 Thread Dr. David Kirkby (Kirkby Microwave Ltd)
On 15 April 2017 at 02:34, Mark Sims wrote: > I finally got around to using a TICC to measure the temperature > coefficient of 100 feet of generic RG-58 coax using a TICC. The TICC was > clocked by a HP 5071A 10 MHz output. The 1PPS output was connected to the > input of

Re: [time-nuts] Measuring coax temperature coefficient with a TICC

2017-04-19 Thread Bob kb8tq
Hi > On Apr 18, 2017, at 8:33 PM, jimlux wrote: > > On 4/18/17 3:55 PM, Bob kb8tq wrote: >> Hi >> >> On something like a 500’ spool of coax, the question will always be “what >> temperature is it where in the spool”. A single sensor will >> only give you precise

Re: [time-nuts] Measuring coax temperature coefficient with a TICC

2017-04-18 Thread jimlux
On 4/18/17 3:55 PM, Bob kb8tq wrote: Hi On something like a 500’ spool of coax, the question will always be “what temperature is it where in the spool”. A single sensor will only give you precise information if the temperature ramp is *very* slow (as in days …). measure the DC resistance

Re: [time-nuts] Measuring coax temperature coefficient with a TICC

2017-04-18 Thread Bob kb8tq
Hi On something like a 500’ spool of coax, the question will always be “what temperature is it where in the spool”. A single sensor will only give you precise information if the temperature ramp is *very* slow (as in days …). Bob > On Apr 18, 2017, at 11:50 AM, Mark Sims

Re: [time-nuts] Measuring coax temperature coefficient with a TICC

2017-04-18 Thread Anders Wallin
The recent supplement to Microwave journal has a piece on phase stability of cables (predictably - written by a vendor of said cables..): http://www.microwavejournal.com/publications/1/editions/223 maybe you can recalculate your results in PPM and plot against temperature, to compare with the