Hi

My only connection with BRG is finding them on a web search. Other than that, I 
can't say anything about them.

Bob


On Jun 8, 2011, at 11:23 PM, Robert Watzlavick wrote:

> I would avoid BRG clocks.  I've used them in two different companies now and 
> they're pretty much junk in my opinion.  Both of the clocks I used had IRIG 
> inputs and they only sort of work.  They seem to randomly lose IRIG lock 
> every few days and will easily get 1/2 second off, even when locked.  The 
> user interface is incomprehensible and takes me 20 minutes to figure out 
> every time I have to adjust the UTC offset to display local time.  Finally 
> the instruction manuals are too complicated to be useful.  It seems like they 
> just keep tacking on features to firmware written 20 years ago, even with the 
> new features don't fit the UI model.  When IRIG time wouldn't sync up on one 
> of the units, I took it apart and found the clock to be constructed of a 
> metal picture frame with the circuit boards loosely laying inside some green 
> crafting foam and wires running all over the place.  Even my electronics 
> projects when I was a kid looked more professional than these clocks.  When I 
> reassembled it, the IRIG feature mysteriously started working again, sort of.
> 
> The prices look very appealing but trust me, stay away - they just don't work.
> 
> -Bob
> 
> On 06/08/2011 03:46 PM, Bob Camp wrote:
>> Hi
>> 
>> Found the GSA price list at:
>> http://www.brgprecision.com/pdffiles/brg_gsa_contract.pdf
>> Looks like you can get the basic no frills model for about $400 and they go
>> up from there.
>> 
>> Bob
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
>> Behalf Of Bob Camp
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 4:35 PM
>> To: 'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement'
>> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] locate 6 digit digital clock
>> 
>> Hi
>> 
>> I suspect that something like:
>> http://www.brgprecision.com/products/synchronized_clocks/poe6mega.php
>> would do the trick. No idea what they cost.
>> 
>> Bob
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
>> Behalf Of William H. Fite
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 4:07 PM
>> To: [email protected]; Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
>> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] locate 6 digit digital clock
>> 
>> I think he wants a clock that will actually tell time, rather than one that
>> merely blinks *12:00...12:00...12:00...*
>> 
>> [?][?]
>> 
>> 
>> On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 3:10 PM, J. Forster<[email protected]>  wrote:
>> 
>>> Why not just buy or scrounge a small microwave oven or VCR?
>>> 
>>> -John
>>> 
>>> ==================
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> Please add my "me-too" to this discussion.
>>>> 
>>>> I would like to see a clock that simply tells time,  reminiscent of the
>>>> ones I put together in the 1970s, but with LED displays
>>>> large enough to read from across a darkened room. I would prefer 24-hour
>>>> format and I want a 6-digit display with seconds.
>>>> 
>>>> For accuracy, I would want an internal TCXO, with the option of using a
>>> 10
>>>> MHz or 1 PPS external signal when available,
>>>> but I want the clock to automatically switch to the internal timebase if
>>>> the external signal is disconnected or lost
>>>> 
>>>> With a PIC I would like to see a switch for PDT/PST, so I don't have to
>>>> reset the clock twice a year. I would also like to see
>>>> an option for having the clock be self-setting or self-synchronizing by
>>>> adding an inexpensive GPS module.
>>>> 
>>>> I don't need date and I don't need DOW or DOY as I already have other
>>>> clocks and watches that give me that information.
>>>> 
>>>> It might be useful to have a smaller second line that would show me
>>> those,
>>>> and show me the time in UTC to keep track of
>>>> what time it is back in the "old country" when I want to listen to Radio
>>>> Denmark on the Internet, but this would add to the
>>>> complexity and the number of solder points.
>>>> 
>>>> And I would like all this to fit in a spare HP 2U half-width rack-mount
>>>> case that I have saved for that purpose. This would
>>>> be a companion to my Thunderbolt GPSDO which is housed in an identical
>>>> case. One option would be to mount the clock
>>>> in the same case as the Thunderbird, and have the second line display
>>> your
>>>> choice of GPS signal.
>>>> 
>>>> -- Flemming Larsen, KB6ADS/OZ6OI
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> ________________________________
>>>> Fra:Brooke Clarke<[email protected]>
>>>> Til:Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
>>>> <[email protected]>
>>>> Sendt:7:12 onsdag den 8. juni 2011
>>>> Emne:Re: [time-nuts] locate 6 digit digital clock
>>>> 
>>>> By using a PIC you can do much more than just tell time, for example
>>>> display the Day of the Week and because the calendar is good back to
>>>> 1800 something you can set the clock back that far and know the DOW.
>>>> The next step was going to be to install a table of leap seconds so
>>>> that  you could replay any of those events in history.  See:
>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeller%27s_congruence
>>>> 
>>>> Have Fun,
>>>> 
>>>> Brooke Clarke
>>>> http://www.PRC68.com<http://www.prc68.com/>
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