Greg, I did both those upgrades a few weeks ago and have been very pleased with the results. Desoldering the TCXO is a bit tricky and takes some patience. I do not have the "widget board" in my TS-2100 so I'm not much help there.
I assume you already have your OCXO...The correct one is a bit hard to find. Gerhard R Wittreich, P.E. N3PL On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 11:08 PM, Gregory Beat <[email protected]> wrote: > The TymServe TS2100 arrived this afternoon. So I started with the GPS > receiver swap (update). > > I removed the Trimble ACE III receiver (39818-C), but noted that this > specific unit had a "widget board" (65398.69) on the SMA antenna connector > and 2 wires (DC power) to the 3-pin header on the main board. > > Was this board used to support +12 VDC powered outdoor antennas? > ---- > Installed the Heol N024-TS-V2.1 receiver (ACE III clone w/corrections) and > connected a Trimble 28367-00 GPS antenna (small mag mount) to the > receiver's antenna port. > > From a dead cold start, in urban canyons, I had tracking in about a minute > and lock in about 20 minutes. So far, so good. Next will be the TCXO to > OCXO conversion (MTI 240-0530-D). > > greg > w9gb > > Sent from iPad Air > _______________________________________________ > 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.
