Re: [time-nuts] time-nuts Digest, Vol 21, Issue 22

2006-04-19 Thread Tom Clark, K3IO (ex W3IWI)
VE2VM commented But Isn't Cesium drift-free? Since the SI second is standardized as de duration of 9192631770 oscillation of the hyperfine transition of the atom 133Cs? If Cesium drifts, theren should be a more formal definition of the second (Such as density, maximum C-field or level of puri

[time-nuts] How Rubidiums make their frequency

2006-04-19 Thread Tom Clark, K3IO (ex W3IWI)
Christopher Hoover asked: one issue remains: i have to crank the magnetic field setting almost to its high limit (9.91/10.00) to get 5 MHz out; lower settings give a frequency that is too low. i presume this is unusual. i have a rudimentary understanding of the rubidium oscillator

Re: [time-nuts] IC for 1 PPS Output

2006-04-07 Thread Tom Clark, K3IO (ex W3IWI)
John Ackermann took my name in vain: > Hi Brooke -- > > The circuit I use is stolen from Tom Clark's TAC -- paralleling > several sections of a 74AC04 hex inverter through 47 ohm resistors. > For the current TADD projects, I'm using three sections that way, so > each chip gives me two outputs,

Re: [time-nuts] GPS Selective Availability. Is it On or Off?

2006-03-13 Thread Tom Clark, K3IO (ex W3IWI)
Chuck said > I got the notion that it was turned off during Desert Storm, > by virtue of being involved in the e-warfare effort that lead > up to, and followed the event. > > I haven't been paying much attention since. I knew that they > had intended to turn SA back on after production of the p-c

[time-nuts] S/A, Receiver Glitches, Y2K etc

2006-03-12 Thread Tom Clark, K3IO (ex W3IWI)
Don did not mention which basic receiver is inside his AUTEC box. Some receivers do exhibit glitches. Some of these are documented in my 2000 ION paper Low-cost, High Accuracy GPS Timing available on [1]http://gpstime.com. You might find some of the Timing for VLBI tutorials to be o

Re: [time-nuts] Rain, Water, etc

2006-03-06 Thread Tom Clark, K3IO (ex W3IWI)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David and Tom opined: Rain should have an effect on the timing of the signal, since the propagation speed of radio waves through water is different from that through air. It will also attenuate the signal, causing worse S/N ratio which would cause the lower-eleva

Re: [time-nuts] Thought experiment on a low cost timing board

2006-02-24 Thread Tom Clark, K3IO (ex W3IWI)
I have done several GPSDOs using the NAVMAN receiver, so I add a few comments to the discussion: 1. Both the G3RUH ([1]http://www.jrmiller.demon.co.uk/projects/ministd/frqstd.htm) and I2PHD ([2]http://gpsdo.i2phd.com/) designs use 74HC390 divider chips; I also tried them. What I

Re: [time-nuts] time-nuts Digest, Vol 18, Issue 48

2006-01-23 Thread Tom Clark, K3IO (ex W3IWI)
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