Thanks Bob! Alot to digest but a good starting point! Sent from my iPhone
On Mar 16, 2011, at 4:51, Bob Camp <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > If you only have one sat to look at, horizon view is worse than overhead. > With multiple sats you want them spaced out over the sky to get a benefit > from triangulation. > > More TBolt opinions (there are lots of us and we all have them ...) > > The wonderful thing about a TBolt is that it can use foam core TV satellite > coax. Since 75 ohms is lower loss than 50 ohm (all else being constant) you > can get away with quite a bit of the stuff. F connectors are easy to do > wrong, so get some good ones and a proper crimp tool. Most antennas are TNC > or N, so you will need an adapter. Again - get a good one. > > Keeping the antenna away from traffic is your first goal. Up in the air is > one way to do that, far from the house is another way. Last choice would be > near the dinner table. Good view of the sky down to about 20 degrees off the > horizon is ok. A view to 10 degrees is slightly better. Don't worry a lot > about a view towards the north pole if you are in the northern hemisphere. > > Run the unit constantly. The OCXO will settle down that way. The holdover > training will work best that way. The power required is pretty modest. > Mounting the unit in some sort of enclosure is an excellent idea simply to > minimize accidents. The power connector needs some protection from bumps and > snags. > > Where ever you mount the unit, consider that they tend to multiply. You may > soon have three or even more than twenty. > > So much fun. > > Bob > > > On Mar 16, 2011, at 5:15 AM, [email protected] wrote: > >> I thought for timing a view of the horizon was bad. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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.
