It does not. Trust me. I learned what little I know about this time stuff on a res t then an SMTX and a thunderbolt - and found myself having to learn all the concepts elsewhere and even having to piece together how Trimble implements certain things by observation.
Had i chosen the HP and Moto route it would have been a lot less painful thanks to their documentation habits. On Tuesday, December 2, 2014, Hal Murray <[email protected]> wrote: > > [email protected] <javascript:;> said: > > I want to learn more in general about timing, deviation, steering, > GPSDO's, > > etc., > > Many years ago, I learned a lot by reading the manual for the Z3801A. It's > an owners/operators manual rather than a tutorial, but you can learn a lot > by > reading between the lines. There is a ham radio web site with a lot of > good > info, including the manual and a good story that goes with a tour through > the > oscillator. > > There are also several HP app notes and articles in the HP Journal. One > covers the history: GPSDOs started as a way for power companies to figure > out > where lightning had hit their lines. All you have to do is measure the > time > the breakers trip accurately enough and you can drive the repair truck to > the > correct tower. > > The TBolt documentation probably covers a lot of the same ground. I think > it's split over several documents. The protocol documentation might be a > bit > thick, but again, you can learn a lot by reading between the lines. > > For general fun reading about timing, I recommend: > Time Too Good to Be True, Daniel Kleppner > Physics Today, March 2006, page 10 > http://scitation.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_59/iss_3/10_1.shtml > > > -- > These are my opinions. I hate spam. > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] <javascript:;> > 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.
