Yeah it seems to be my location. Anyone have any other insight into this? It locked onto 6 satellites right away at his office. --Don
On 1/12/08 9:09 PM, "Don Wisdom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bruce, > Im going by my friends calibration lab tomorrow afternoon. Hes got a known > working trimble gps setup that he uses for 10mhz. I will definitly let you > all know what I find. > Thanks > --Don > > > > > On 1/12/08 8:10 PM, "Bruce Lane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi, Don, >> >> *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** >> >> On 12-Jan-08 at 19:09 Don Wisdom wrote: >> >>> Bruce, >>> The Andrew antenna uses a +5v DC Bias The trutime is kicking out +5vDC >>> between the center conductor & the cable shield. It has the best horizon >>> to >>> horizon view its going to get where I live (mobile home park) It is >>> mounted outside on its bracket with the dome above the metal roof. Any >>> other suggstions? I checked the internal battery voltage as well its >>> normal. >> >> It is possible that the GPS receiver module itself may have problems. I found >> that, in the case of a (very!) old receiver module in one of my own clocks (a >> Magellan OEM5000), cold solder joints can be a problem on some receivers of >> the late-90's era. >> >> I started with much the same symptoms. What I tried was using an Ungar 6966C >> heat gun as a makeshift "reflow" tool to carefully reheat and reflow the >> solder on the surface-mount components (notably the IC's and chip >> caps/resistors near the antenna port). >> >> The result was amazing. The receiver went from completely deaf to completely >> normal, and it's been fine ever since. I was particularly pleased about this >> one because the clock it's in (an Odetics 425) had the Amundsen Antarctic >> Research Station as its former home, more specifically as part of the AST/RO >> (Astronomical Sub-Millimeter Telescope/Remote Observatory) project. >> >> Anyway -- If you have a similar heat gun (and if you don't, you should get >> one >> -- they're really handy!) just stick the narrow-tube nozzle on it and try >> going over the GPS receiver board. You have very little to lose. >> >> Happy tweaking. >> >> >> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- >> Bruce Lane, Owner & Head Hardware Heavy, >> Blue Feather Technologies -- http://www.bluefeathertech.com >> kyrrin (at) bluefeathertech do/t c=o=m >> "If Salvador Dali had owned a computer, would it have been equipped with >> surreal ports?" >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
