Paul wrote:
This down converter system. Only detects phase change. * * * Its output flips a signal path to invert or not invert the incoming wwvb signal that feeds the old radios.
Ahhh, you are just building a phase detector to trigger an inverter. That's where I hadn't followed you. As you note, the potential drawback of this approach is the length of time it takes to switch the inverter in or out after each phase shift:
There is no need for an instantaneous response in the flip circuit. .3-.5 seconds seems fine for the old radios. Want to see if I can get down to .1-.2 sec.
Depending on the stability of the disciplined oscillator (inside the old radio), you may need to do better than that. If the old radio uses an OCXO and a very slow discipline loop, 100mS may be good enough. But if it uses a TCXO or a naked crystal and the loop has to be fast enough to help stability in the 1S region, you may need to switch faster to avoid the PLL partially tracking the short burst of anti-phase. Since analog PLLs are hard to make with long time constants (so the loops in the old radios are probably not as slow as you'd like), I suspect you'll see an improvement with faster switching. Of course, you can run the 60kHz carrier through an all-pass filter before the phase switch to delay it if you need to, but you need to watch dispersion vs. temperature if you do that.
Pretty sure from what I have seen so far there is no need to lock the LO nor must it be some precise offset of 100 Hz or anything else.
For that application, correct. Best regards, Charles _______________________________________________ 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.
