Re: [time-nuts] Long period variation of GPS PPS timing?

2010-07-13 Thread Hal Murray

> It ought to be a bit better than this, but the 10uS PPS width is a bit too
> short for a steady timing of centroid through a soundcard at 192k samples/
> sec, I need to stretch the pulse a factor of 10 or so.

The PPS on my TBolt was also too short for a PC running Linux/ntpd to catch 
it.  (It works on another system with different hardware.)

Here is how I kludged it...

>From the TBolt PPS pin:
  resistor (current limiter)
  diode
  cap to ground
  resistor across cap (decay)

I think I used 50 ohms for the current limiting resistor and 0.1 uF for the 
cap.  I forget the value of the other resistor.

That's far from symmetric so finding the "centroid" may get interesting 
and/or may not work at all.

I was connecting it to pin 1 (DCD) on the serial port.  That's where ntpd 
expects PPS and it's unused on the TBolt.  It all fits on the bottom side of 
the board inside the TBolt box.


Or you could try the FatPPS from TAPR:
  http://www.tapr.org/kits_fatpps.html
Or look at the manual in for ideas.  It uses a 74HC123.




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Re: [time-nuts] 74AC logic differences between manufactures

2010-07-13 Thread Javier Herrero
Probably none, since Fairchild inherited that product line from National 
Semiconductor.


Regards,

Javier, EA1CRB

El 13/07/2010 21:30, Stanley Reynolds escribió:

Learning about the differences between families now know why a 74F is not a
substitute for 74AC.

But remembering something I read in Brooks Shera, W5OJM GPSDO notes "Take care
about which 4046 chips you use for U1 and U3. The Phillips 74HCT4046 chips
(formerly sold by Radio Shack) are fine. So are CD74HC4046 chips made by Harris
or T.I. Do not use chips made by Fairchild and do not use CD4046 chips; both
have a different design and will not work in this circuit."

Does anyone know about any differences in Fairchild and National Semiconductor
74AC175PC ?

Stanley

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Re: [time-nuts] Long period variation of GPS PPS timing?

2010-07-13 Thread Paul Nicholson

Just a follow-up on this.

Yesterday I received a Thunderbolt from fluke.l,

 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290322053618

This worked straight away and has cured the 50 minute drift
cycle.  I'm getting a standard deviation of pulse interval of
about 0.25uS, as measured against the soundcard sample clock.
It ought to be a bit better than this, but the 10uS PPS width
is a bit too short for a steady timing of centroid through a
soundcard at 192k samples/sec, I need to stretch the pulse a
factor of 10 or so.  The Thunderbolt seems to take about 45 mins
to settle down to a steady rate, which is fine.

Meanwhile, Garmin wrote to say they will try to reproduce
the 50 minute drift on the GPS16X.

So that problem is fixed.  Thanks for the advice and suggestions.
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Re: [time-nuts] PIC-TIC boards

2010-07-13 Thread Stanley Reynolds
Claude,

No problem you are on the list, the 74AC175PC is correct chip, not 74ACT175PC.

Stanley



- Original Message 
From: Claude Houde 
To: time-nuts@febo.com
Sent: Tue, July 13, 2010 8:15:25 PM
Subject: [time-nuts] PIC-TIC boards

Hello !

I know I'm a bit late, but is it still possible to order three boards, and have 
shipped to Canada ?

I can program my own PIC's and have access to 74ACT175.

Also, I would be willing to program chips for other Time Nuts if it can help 
someone.

Thanks !

Claude

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[time-nuts] PIC-TIC boards

2010-07-13 Thread Claude Houde

Hello !

I know I'm a bit late, but is it still possible to order three boards, 
and have shipped to Canada ?


I can program my own PIC's and have access to 74ACT175.

Also, I would be willing to program chips for other Time Nuts if it can 
help someone.


Thanks !

Claude

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Re: [time-nuts] Any clock disturbances during the July 11solareclipse?

2010-07-13 Thread EWKehren
Thanks Ulrich
2 E -10 seems high and a straight line on a double oven is what I would  
expect, looking at a month or two may tell more. Also what is the change in  
ambient  temperature? With Rubidiums in the less than $100 range I think it  
is the best bang for a buck. 
I am still waiting for the final results of the three testers of the Dual  
Mixer but once it is completed I will test the combination of a M100 with a  
selected HP 10811 replacing the internal Xtal Osc. and using the 60 second 
loop  of the HP 5061B. 
Bert 
 
 
In a message dated 7/13/2010 9:42:05 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
df...@ulrich-bangert.de writes:

Bert,

I am really unsure whether the drift alone should make  me think that the
parts are bad. If the drift can be modelled well by the  regulation loop 
(and
the Z3805's software seems to do so) it can well be  compesated for.
Unfortunately even here is no real expert for MTI stuff who  could tell us
more about MTI stuff.

Best regards
Ulrich  

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> Von:  time-nuts-boun...@febo.com 
> [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] Im  Auftrag von ewkeh...@aol.com
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 13. Juli 2010  14:42
> An: time-nuts@febo.com
> Betreff: Re: [time-nuts] Any  clock disturbances during the 
> July 11solareclipse?
> 
>  
> Ulrich,
>  thank you for the info. I think that 2 E-10 per  dayis the 
> best  argument 
> for any Rubidium.
>  Bert
>  
>  
> In a message dated 7/13/2010  8:05:25 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
> df...@ulrich-bangert.de  writes:
> 
> Bert,
> 
> lacking a 3805 manual my guess  is that the 3805 EFC  scale 
> may be considered the same as the  3801's one. Which would 
> lead to the  conclusion that 1 EFC unit  equals roughly 
> 1.0E-12 of relative frequency  change of the LO.  
> 
> Symmetricon seems to have believed that the MTI 260   type 
> double oven OCXOs in the Z3805 are superiour to the 10811  
> double oven  OCXOs used in the 
> Z3801.
> However,  even after months of being in action,  their drift 
> is still very  high. If the above assumption is right what you 
>  see in the  graph in general is a drift of 2.0E-10 per day. I 
> do not notice   any diurnal changes on the EFC due to 
> day/night temperature  variations  which are otherwise the 
> biggest environmental impact  on oscillator  frequency 
> variations. So, despite of the drift  the MTI 260 seem to be 
> very  "predictable" beasts which leads to  holdover 
> uncertainities that are mostly  way below 1 microsecond  for a 
> 24 h interval.
> 
> Best regards
>  Ulrich  
> 
> > -Ursprungliche Nachricht-
>  > Von:  time-nuts-boun...@febo.com
> >  [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] Im  Auftrag von  ewkeh...@aol.com
> > Gesendet: Dienstag, 13. Juli 2010   12:21
> > An: time-nuts@febo.com
> > Betreff: Re:  [time-nuts] Any  clock disturbances during the 
> > July 11  solareclipse?
> > 
> >  
> > Ulrich
>  >  not having a 3805 can you please explain the  scale.
>  > Thank you
> >  Bert Kehren
> >
> >  
> > In a message dated 7/13/2010 6:12:47 A.M.  Eastern  Daylight Time,
> > df...@ulrich-bangert.de  writes:
> > 
> >  Antonio,
> > 
> >  attached is a recording of my Z3805's EFC  along  July 11.
>  > Times are in UTC.
> > 
> > Best  regards
>  > Ulrich
> > 
> > >  -Ursprungliche   Nachricht-
> > > Von: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com
> >  >  [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] Im Auftrag von
> iov...@inwind.it
> > > Gesendet: Montag, 12. Juli 2010  22:19
> >  > An:  time-nuts@febo.com
> > >  Betreff: [time-nuts] Any clock  disturbances during  the  July
> > > 11 solar eclipse?
> >  >
> >  > 
> > > 
> > > Hi  all,
> >  >  
> > > did anybody out there observe any disturbances  in his   clocks
> > > during (and/or
> > >  before or after) the July 11  solar  eclipse?
> > > (due  to other duties I've been prevented  from doing any  tests)
>  > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > >  Antonio  I8IOV
> > > 
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Re: [time-nuts] Rubidium oscillator controlled clock

2010-07-13 Thread Hal Murray

> I understand that you received some negative feedback on your ripple counter
> divider circuit but a single resync flipflop on its outputs in front of the
> AC04 drivers will do the job.

I think it's (much?) more complicated than that.

The basic problem is that the 74LS90 is very very slow.  Worst case prop 
times are 50 ns per chip.

I don't see a nice clean simple way to fix this.  It's not even clear what 
the goals should be.

One possible goal would be to make all the output clocks rise at the same 
time.  A simple FF on each clock before the drivers won't fix that since the 
prop time through the chain is several clock cycles.

Another possible goal would be to reduce jitter and wander.  (I'm using 
"wander" to cover low frequency phase shifts, for example the prop time 
changing with temperature.)  An extra FF clocked by a low-jitter clock will 
reduce the Gaussian jitter, probably by the square root of the number of 
clocks in the chain.  On the other hand, if the temperature changes by enough 
so that the delay wanders across a clock edge, you might get "jitter" of a 
whole cycle as the delay through the chain changes from N cycles to N-1 or 
N+1.

You might be able to avoid the cycle jumps.  Suppose you are lucky so that 
the end of the long ripple to make the 1 HZ clock comes out in the middle of 
of the clock window.  Now all you have to do is keep the temperature and 
supply voltage stable.  If you aren't lucky enough, you can add a delay, 
either R-C or a buffer chip.  This is clearly a kludge, but it might work 
well enough for a one-shot lab setup.

There is another worm in this area.  If you are doubly unlucky and your setup 
wanders near the clock edge, your retiming FF might go metastable.  The usual 
clean solution is 2 FF, but you have to check the goodness of your logic 
family and compare that to the excess prop time at your clock rate.

For my uses, I would probably leave out the extra FF and live with the extra 
jitter and wander until I needed something better.  Then I would at least 
know what "better" meant for me.  YMMV.


You can also fix the multi-cycle delay problem by putting a FF (clocked off 
the 10 MHz clock) between each LS90.  That would change the timing from a 
long ripple to several 1-cycle steps.  If you want all the clock edges to 
rise at the same time, you have to put extra FFs in the faster clocks to 
delay them the same number of cycles as the slow path.  (This is standard 
pipeline logic.  It's easy after you see it, but may not be obvious until you 
do get it.  I'll say more if anybody wants.)


Another approach would be to put the whole thing into a CPLD/FPGA/micro.  
These need tools and the skill to drive them.  That's no fun if you don't 
like that stuff, but can be great if you do.

The micro isn't any good for high speeds, but it should work for anything 
slower than 100 KHz.

Sometimes you can use serial ports to make clock/data patterns.  Adjust the 
baud rate to get the speed you want and send a continuous stream of 10101010. 
 That works better when you have a DMA engine that you can feed a big buffer 
to amortize the buffer-reload logic over lots of bits.  (as compared to 
taking an interrupt on each byte)

With multiple clocks in the same chip, the clock-to-out time depends 
(slightly) on the number of signals that are switching.  So for super low 
jitter, you still want an external FF to clean things up.





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Re: [time-nuts] 74AC logic differences between manufactures

2010-07-13 Thread Bob Camp
Hi

Without plugging them into a board, you'll never really know which one is
better.

Bob

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Behalf Of Stanley Reynolds
Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 3:31 PM
To: time-nuts@febo.com
Subject: [time-nuts] 74AC logic differences between manufactures

Learning about the differences between families now know why a 74F is not a 
substitute for 74AC.

But remembering something I read in Brooks Shera, W5OJM GPSDO notes "Take
care 
about which 4046 chips you use for U1 and U3. The Phillips 74HCT4046 chips 
(formerly sold by Radio Shack) are fine. So are CD74HC4046 chips made by
Harris 
or T.I. Do not use chips made by Fairchild and do not use CD4046 chips; both

have a different design and will not work in this circuit."

Does anyone know about any differences in Fairchild and National
Semiconductor 
74AC175PC ?

Stanley

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[time-nuts] 74AC logic differences between manufactures

2010-07-13 Thread Stanley Reynolds
Learning about the differences between families now know why a 74F is not a 
substitute for 74AC.

But remembering something I read in Brooks Shera, W5OJM GPSDO notes "Take care 
about which 4046 chips you use for U1 and U3. The Phillips 74HCT4046 chips 
(formerly sold by Radio Shack) are fine. So are CD74HC4046 chips made by Harris 
or T.I. Do not use chips made by Fairchild and do not use CD4046 chips; both 
have a different design and will not work in this circuit."

Does anyone know about any differences in Fairchild and National Semiconductor 
74AC175PC ?

Stanley

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Re: [time-nuts] Chances of 5061 and 5062 still having life in them?

2010-07-13 Thread J. L. Trantham, M. D.
I have suffered greatly from 'CS Addiction' since becoming a time-nut.  I
have purchased a total of 7 5061A's and 2 5061B's that were complete and 2
additional 5061A's for parts, one of which is missing only the tube and the
other missing various components including the tube.  I have been able to
get all 9 of the complete units working though one has a marginal beam
current.

Their benefit is an independent primary reference and I have had an
absolutely great time learning about these units while getting them working.

As someone else said on the list, assume they will not work.  Then the
gratification of getting them working will be that much greater.

Good luck,

Joe

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Behalf Of swingbyte
Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 9:46 AM
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
Subject: [time-nuts] Chances of 5061 and 5062 still having life in them?

Hi Guys,
In Australia some Ce units have hit the surplus market.  looks like they
are from the 70s - that's 40 years old now.  What does the group think
the probability of the tubes having any Ce left in them and still
working?   Is it worth it now when one can use gps clocks to lock say an Rb?

Thanks for your thoughts

Tim

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Re: [time-nuts] Chances of 5061 and 5062 still having life in them?

2010-07-13 Thread EWKehren
Hi
I noticed a HP 5061A in Australia with a patek-philippe clock movement on  
ebay. The clock will be worth some thing, even if the tube is bad! May  
compensate for the risk you take.
Bert Kehren
 
 
In a message dated 7/13/2010 12:19:58 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
li...@rtty.us writes:

Hi

It's quite possible that they have been re-tubed three or  four times
already. That makes the estimation process pretty tough.  

Pay for them as if they were dead, feel good if you get a working one.  
Don't
feel bad if you get out-bid...

There are indeed things that a  Cs can do that a GPS locked Rb can not.
Running a Cs 24 hours a day 365  days a year for years and years can be
pretty expensive. A lot depends on  what you want (or need) to do with it. 

Bob

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Sent:  Tuesday, July 13, 2010 10:46 AM
To: Discussion of precise time and  frequency measurement
Subject: [time-nuts] Chances of 5061 and 5062 still  having life in them?

Hi Guys,
In Australia some Ce units have hit  the surplus market.  looks like they 
are from the 70s - that's 40  years old now.  What does the group think 
the probability of the  tubes having any Ce left in them and still 
working?   Is it  worth it now when one can use gps clocks to lock say an 
Rb?

Thanks for  your  thoughts

Tim

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[time-nuts] PICTIC II PIC chip group order (update)

2010-07-13 Thread Robert Darlington
Hi all,

Just a reminder that I'm going to place an order for the PICTIC PIC chips
tonight for those in the USA that want them.  The price is $10.00 for the
first one, $2.50 for each additional, including shipping and programming.
1 would be $10.00 even, 3 would be $15.00, etc.

You can PayPal me at rdarling...@gmail.com or cut me a personal check, cash,
whatever.  Pretty much anything other than livestock!   Just make sure I
have a good shipping address.I'll order a few extras for stragglers that
missed this.

Thanks,
Bob, N3XKB
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Re: [time-nuts] Any clock disturbances during the July11solareclipse?

2010-07-13 Thread Magnus Danielson

On 07/13/2010 06:25 PM, Bob Camp wrote:

Hi

The 260 in my z3805 also has a very linear drift plot. Mine is positive, but
otherwise a lot like the one you show. The plot in both cases indeed
remarkably linear. That makes you wonder just what the mechanism is.

Since they market the 260 as a "rubidium replacement" it is indeed
surprising that the aging does not level off a bit more.


Didn't they provide some form of prediction/compensation tricks?

If so, maybe it needs some recal after all these years? Thus, they have 
a systematic offset error somewhere?


I think I recall somthing from way back about that...

Cheers,
Magnus

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Re: [time-nuts] Any clock disturbances during the July11solareclipse?

2010-07-13 Thread Bob Camp
Hi

The 260 in my z3805 also has a very linear drift plot. Mine is positive, but
otherwise a lot like the one you show. The plot in both cases indeed
remarkably linear. That makes you wonder just what the mechanism is. 

Since they market the 260 as a "rubidium replacement" it is indeed
surprising that the aging does not level off a bit more.

Bob 

-Original Message-
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Behalf Of Ulrich Bangert
Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 9:42 AM
To: 'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement'
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Any clock disturbances during the
July11solareclipse?

Bert,

I am really unsure whether the drift alone should make me think that the
parts are bad. If the drift can be modelled well by the regulation loop (and
the Z3805's software seems to do so) it can well be compesated for.
Unfortunately even here is no real expert for MTI stuff who could tell us
more about MTI stuff.

Best regards
Ulrich 

> -Ursprungliche Nachricht-
> Von: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com 
> [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] Im Auftrag von ewkeh...@aol.com
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 13. Juli 2010 14:42
> An: time-nuts@febo.com
> Betreff: Re: [time-nuts] Any clock disturbances during the 
> July 11solareclipse?
> 
> 
> Ulrich,
>  thank you for the info. I think that 2 E-10 per dayis the 
> best  argument 
> for any Rubidium.
> Bert
>  
>  
> In a message dated 7/13/2010 8:05:25 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
> df...@ulrich-bangert.de writes:
> 
> Bert,
> 
> lacking a 3805 manual my guess is that the 3805 EFC  scale 
> may be considered the same as the 3801's one. Which would 
> lead to the  conclusion that 1 EFC unit equals roughly 
> 1.0E-12 of relative frequency  change of the LO. 
> 
> Symmetricon seems to have believed that the MTI 260  type 
> double oven OCXOs in the Z3805 are superiour to the 10811 
> double oven  OCXOs used in the 
> Z3801.
> However, even after months of being in action,  their drift 
> is still very high. If the above assumption is right what you 
>  see in the graph in general is a drift of 2.0E-10 per day. I 
> do not notice  any diurnal changes on the EFC due to 
> day/night temperature variations  which are otherwise the 
> biggest environmental impact on oscillator  frequency 
> variations. So, despite of the drift the MTI 260 seem to be 
> very  "predictable" beasts which leads to holdover 
> uncertainities that are mostly  way below 1 microsecond for a 
> 24 h interval.
> 
> Best regards
> Ulrich  
> 
> > -Ursprungliche Nachricht-
> > Von:  time-nuts-boun...@febo.com
> > [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] Im  Auftrag von ewkeh...@aol.com
> > Gesendet: Dienstag, 13. Juli 2010  12:21
> > An: time-nuts@febo.com
> > Betreff: Re: [time-nuts] Any  clock disturbances during the 
> > July 11 solareclipse?
> > 
> >  
> > Ulrich
> >  not having a 3805 can you please explain the  scale.
> > Thank you
> >  Bert Kehren
> >   
> >  
> > In a message dated 7/13/2010 6:12:47 A.M. Eastern  Daylight Time,
> > df...@ulrich-bangert.de writes:
> > 
> >  Antonio,
> > 
> > attached is a recording of my Z3805's EFC  along  July 11.
> > Times are in UTC.
> > 
> > Best  regards
> > Ulrich
> > 
> > >  -Ursprungliche  Nachricht-
> > > Von: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com
> > >  [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] Im Auftrag von   
> iov...@inwind.it
> > > Gesendet: Montag, 12. Juli 2010 22:19
> >  > An:  time-nuts@febo.com
> > > Betreff: [time-nuts] Any clock  disturbances during  the July
> > > 11 solar eclipse?
> >  >
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Hi  all,
> > >  
> > > did anybody out there observe any disturbances in his   clocks
> > > during (and/or
> > > before or after) the July 11  solar  eclipse?
> > > (due to other duties I've been prevented  from doing any  tests)
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > >  Antonio I8IOV
> > > 
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Re: [time-nuts] Chances of 5061 and 5062 still having life in them?

2010-07-13 Thread Bob Camp
Hi

It's quite possible that they have been re-tubed three or four times
already. That makes the estimation process pretty tough. 

Pay for them as if they were dead, feel good if you get a working one. Don't
feel bad if you get out-bid...

There are indeed things that a Cs can do that a GPS locked Rb can not.
Running a Cs 24 hours a day 365 days a year for years and years can be
pretty expensive. A lot depends on what you want (or need) to do with it. 

Bob

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Behalf Of swingbyte
Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 10:46 AM
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
Subject: [time-nuts] Chances of 5061 and 5062 still having life in them?

Hi Guys,
In Australia some Ce units have hit the surplus market.  looks like they 
are from the 70s - that's 40 years old now.  What does the group think 
the probability of the tubes having any Ce left in them and still 
working?   Is it worth it now when one can use gps clocks to lock say an Rb?

Thanks for your thoughts

Tim

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[time-nuts] 74AC175PC Update

2010-07-13 Thread GandalfG8
 
Hi All
 
As of 17:07 BST, 13th July, all of the 32 available  74AC175PCs have been 
spoken for, assuming all who've expressed an interest  go ahead.
 
If anyone drops out I'll post accordingly, otherwise will contact those on  
my list again once I have the ICs to hand and have confirmed delivery costs 
 etc.
 
regards
 
Nigel
GM8PZR
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Re: [time-nuts] Chances of 5061 and 5062 still having life in them?

2010-07-13 Thread paul swed
I would guess it revolves around the cost.
Impossible to say if any CS is left. But for cheap it may be worth trying.
But then shipping will most likely get you.
I do agree GPS locked RB is a very nice way to go. At least in the US
various RB references much newer in age with possibly more life show up on
epay all the time.
I have an older hp5065 RB that still working like a champ those must be at
least 30 years.
Good luck

On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 10:45 AM, swingbyte wrote:

> Hi Guys,
> In Australia some Ce units have hit the surplus market.  looks like they
> are from the 70s - that's 40 years old now.  What does the group think the
> probability of the tubes having any Ce left in them and still working?   Is
> it worth it now when one can use gps clocks to lock say an Rb?
>
> Thanks for your thoughts
>
> Tim
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[time-nuts] Chances of 5061 and 5062 still having life in them?

2010-07-13 Thread swingbyte

Hi Guys,
In Australia some Ce units have hit the surplus market.  looks like they 
are from the 70s - that's 40 years old now.  What does the group think 
the probability of the tubes having any Ce left in them and still 
working?   Is it worth it now when one can use gps clocks to lock say an Rb?


Thanks for your thoughts

Tim

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Re: [time-nuts] Any clock disturbances during the July 11solareclipse?

2010-07-13 Thread Ulrich Bangert
Bert,

I am really unsure whether the drift alone should make me think that the
parts are bad. If the drift can be modelled well by the regulation loop (and
the Z3805's software seems to do so) it can well be compesated for.
Unfortunately even here is no real expert for MTI stuff who could tell us
more about MTI stuff.

Best regards
Ulrich 

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> Von: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com 
> [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] Im Auftrag von ewkeh...@aol.com
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 13. Juli 2010 14:42
> An: time-nuts@febo.com
> Betreff: Re: [time-nuts] Any clock disturbances during the 
> July 11solareclipse?
> 
> 
> Ulrich,
>  thank you for the info. I think that 2 E-10 per dayis the 
> best  argument 
> for any Rubidium.
> Bert
>  
>  
> In a message dated 7/13/2010 8:05:25 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
> df...@ulrich-bangert.de writes:
> 
> Bert,
> 
> lacking a 3805 manual my guess is that the 3805 EFC  scale 
> may be considered the same as the 3801's one. Which would 
> lead to the  conclusion that 1 EFC unit equals roughly 
> 1.0E-12 of relative frequency  change of the LO. 
> 
> Symmetricon seems to have believed that the MTI 260  type 
> double oven OCXOs in the Z3805 are superiour to the 10811 
> double oven  OCXOs used in the 
> Z3801.
> However, even after months of being in action,  their drift 
> is still very high. If the above assumption is right what you 
>  see in the graph in general is a drift of 2.0E-10 per day. I 
> do not notice  any diurnal changes on the EFC due to 
> day/night temperature variations  which are otherwise the 
> biggest environmental impact on oscillator  frequency 
> variations. So, despite of the drift the MTI 260 seem to be 
> very  "predictable" beasts which leads to holdover 
> uncertainities that are mostly  way below 1 microsecond for a 
> 24 h interval.
> 
> Best regards
> Ulrich  
> 
> > -Ursprungliche Nachricht-
> > Von:  time-nuts-boun...@febo.com
> > [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] Im  Auftrag von ewkeh...@aol.com
> > Gesendet: Dienstag, 13. Juli 2010  12:21
> > An: time-nuts@febo.com
> > Betreff: Re: [time-nuts] Any  clock disturbances during the 
> > July 11 solareclipse?
> > 
> >  
> > Ulrich
> >  not having a 3805 can you please explain the  scale.
> > Thank you
> >  Bert Kehren
> >   
> >  
> > In a message dated 7/13/2010 6:12:47 A.M. Eastern  Daylight Time,
> > df...@ulrich-bangert.de writes:
> > 
> >  Antonio,
> > 
> > attached is a recording of my Z3805's EFC  along  July 11.
> > Times are in UTC.
> > 
> > Best  regards
> > Ulrich
> > 
> > >  -Ursprungliche  Nachricht-
> > > Von: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com
> > >  [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] Im Auftrag von   
> iov...@inwind.it
> > > Gesendet: Montag, 12. Juli 2010 22:19
> >  > An:  time-nuts@febo.com
> > > Betreff: [time-nuts] Any clock  disturbances during  the July
> > > 11 solar eclipse?
> >  >
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Hi  all,
> > >  
> > > did anybody out there observe any disturbances in his   clocks
> > > during (and/or
> > > before or after) the July 11  solar  eclipse?
> > > (due to other duties I've been prevented  from doing any  tests)
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > >  Antonio I8IOV
> > > 
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Re: [time-nuts] Any clock disturbances during the July11solareclipse?

2010-07-13 Thread Ulrich Bangert
Joe,

it is called Z38XX and is a windows tool which can be used to monitor the
whole Z38 family where its name comes from. I wrote it about a year ago. You
can download it free from

http://www.ulrich-bangert.de/html/downloads.html

It connects direcly to the Z3805's RS232 connector via a null-modem cable.
Murray Greenman, another member of time nuts, has written a nice manual for
it (included in the zip) so that you should not have big difficulties to get
it run.

Best regards
Ulrich Bangert  

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> Von: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com 
> [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] Im Auftrag von J. L. Trantham
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 13. Juli 2010 14:11
> An: 'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement'
> Betreff: Re: [time-nuts] Any clock disturbances during the 
> July11solareclipse?
> 
> 
> Ulrich,
> 
> What software do you use to monitor your 3805A and how do you 
> connect to it?
> 
> Joe
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com 
> [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Ulrich Bangert
> Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 7:05 AM
> To: 'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement'
> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Any clock disturbances during the 
> July 11solareclipse?
> 
> 
> Bert,
> 
> lacking a 3805 manual my guess is that the 3805 EFC scale may 
> be considered the same as the 3801's one. Which would lead to 
> the conclusion that 1 EFC unit equals roughly 1.0E-12 of 
> relative frequency change of the LO. 
> 
> Symmetricon seems to have believed that the MTI 260 type 
> double oven OCXOs in the Z3805 are superiour to the 10811 
> double oven OCXOs used in the Z3801. However, even after 
> months of being in action, their drift is still very high. If 
> the above assumption is right what you see in the graph in 
> general is a drift of 2.0E-10 per day. I do not notice any 
> diurnal changes on the EFC due to day/night temperature 
> variations which are otherwise the biggest environmental 
> impact on oscillator frequency variations. So, despite of the 
> drift the MTI 260 seem to be very "predictable" beasts which 
> leads to holdover uncertainities that are mostly way below 1 
> microsecond for a 24 h interval.
> 
> Best regards
> Ulrich 
> 
> > -Ursprungliche Nachricht-
> > Von: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com 
> [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] Im 
> > Auftrag von ewkeh...@aol.com
> > Gesendet: Dienstag, 13. Juli 2010 12:21
> > An: time-nuts@febo.com
> > Betreff: Re: [time-nuts] Any clock disturbances during the
> > July 11 solareclipse?
> > 
> > 
> > Ulrich
> >  not having a 3805 can you please explain the scale.
> > Thank you
> >  Bert Kehren
> >  
> >  
> > In a message dated 7/13/2010 6:12:47 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
> > df...@ulrich-bangert.de writes:
> > 
> > Antonio,
> > 
> > attached is a recording of my Z3805's EFC along  July 11. 
> Times are in 
> > UTC.
> > 
> > Best regards
> > Ulrich
> > 
> > >  -Ursprungliche Nachricht-
> > > Von: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com 
> [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com]
> > > Im Auftrag von  iov...@inwind.it
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> > > An:  time-nuts@febo.com
> > > Betreff: [time-nuts] Any clock disturbances during  the July
> > > 11 solar eclipse?
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Hi  all,
> > > 
> > > did anybody out there observe any disturbances in his  
> clocks during
> > > (and/or before or after) the July 11 solar  eclipse?
> > > (due to other duties I've been prevented from doing any  tests)
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > Antonio I8IOV
> > > 
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Re: [time-nuts] Any clock disturbances during the July 11 solareclipse?

2010-07-13 Thread EWKehren
Ulrich,
 thank you for the info. I think that 2 E-10 per dayis the best  argument 
for any Rubidium.
Bert
 
 
In a message dated 7/13/2010 8:05:25 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
df...@ulrich-bangert.de writes:

Bert,

lacking a 3805 manual my guess is that the 3805 EFC  scale may be considered
the same as the 3801's one. Which would lead to the  conclusion that 1 EFC
unit equals roughly 1.0E-12 of relative frequency  change of the LO. 

Symmetricon seems to have believed that the MTI 260  type double oven OCXOs
in the Z3805 are superiour to the 10811 double oven  OCXOs used in the 
Z3801.
However, even after months of being in action,  their drift is still very
high. If the above assumption is right what you  see in the graph in general
is a drift of 2.0E-10 per day. I do not notice  any diurnal changes on the
EFC due to day/night temperature variations  which are otherwise the biggest
environmental impact on oscillator  frequency variations. So, despite of the
drift the MTI 260 seem to be very  "predictable" beasts which leads to
holdover uncertainities that are mostly  way below 1 microsecond for a 24 h
interval.

Best regards
Ulrich  

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> Von:  time-nuts-boun...@febo.com 
> [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] Im  Auftrag von ewkeh...@aol.com
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 13. Juli 2010  12:21
> An: time-nuts@febo.com
> Betreff: Re: [time-nuts] Any  clock disturbances during the 
> July 11 solareclipse?
> 
>  
> Ulrich
>  not having a 3805 can you please explain the  scale.
> Thank you  
>  Bert Kehren
>   
>  
> In a message dated 7/13/2010 6:12:47 A.M. Eastern  Daylight Time,  
> df...@ulrich-bangert.de writes:
> 
>  Antonio,
> 
> attached is a recording of my Z3805's EFC  along  July 11. 
> Times are in UTC.
> 
> Best  regards
> Ulrich
> 
> >  -Ursprungliche  Nachricht-
> > Von: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com
> >  [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] Im Auftrag von   iov...@inwind.it
> > Gesendet: Montag, 12. Juli 2010 22:19
>  > An:  time-nuts@febo.com
> > Betreff: [time-nuts] Any clock  disturbances during  the July 
> > 11 solar eclipse?
>  > 
> > 
> > 
> > Hi  all,
> >  
> > did anybody out there observe any disturbances in his   clocks
> > during (and/or 
> > before or after) the July 11  solar  eclipse?
> > (due to other duties I've been prevented  from doing any  tests)
> > 
> > Thanks,
> >  Antonio I8IOV
> > 
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Re: [time-nuts] Any clock disturbances during the July 11solareclipse?

2010-07-13 Thread J. L. Trantham
Ulrich,

What software do you use to monitor your 3805A and how do you connect to it?

Joe

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Behalf Of Ulrich Bangert
Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 7:05 AM
To: 'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement'
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Any clock disturbances during the July
11solareclipse?


Bert,

lacking a 3805 manual my guess is that the 3805 EFC scale may be considered
the same as the 3801's one. Which would lead to the conclusion that 1 EFC
unit equals roughly 1.0E-12 of relative frequency change of the LO. 

Symmetricon seems to have believed that the MTI 260 type double oven OCXOs
in the Z3805 are superiour to the 10811 double oven OCXOs used in the Z3801.
However, even after months of being in action, their drift is still very
high. If the above assumption is right what you see in the graph in general
is a drift of 2.0E-10 per day. I do not notice any diurnal changes on the
EFC due to day/night temperature variations which are otherwise the biggest
environmental impact on oscillator frequency variations. So, despite of the
drift the MTI 260 seem to be very "predictable" beasts which leads to
holdover uncertainities that are mostly way below 1 microsecond for a 24 h
interval.

Best regards
Ulrich 

> -Ursprungliche Nachricht-
> Von: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com
> [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] Im Auftrag von ewkeh...@aol.com
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 13. Juli 2010 12:21
> An: time-nuts@febo.com
> Betreff: Re: [time-nuts] Any clock disturbances during the 
> July 11 solareclipse?
> 
> 
> Ulrich
>  not having a 3805 can you please explain the scale.
> Thank you
>  Bert Kehren
>  
>  
> In a message dated 7/13/2010 6:12:47 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> df...@ulrich-bangert.de writes:
> 
> Antonio,
> 
> attached is a recording of my Z3805's EFC along  July 11.
> Times are in UTC.
> 
> Best regards
> Ulrich
> 
> >  -Ursprungliche Nachricht-
> > Von: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] 
> > Im Auftrag von  iov...@inwind.it
> > Gesendet: Montag, 12. Juli 2010 22:19
> > An:  time-nuts@febo.com
> > Betreff: [time-nuts] Any clock disturbances during  the July
> > 11 solar eclipse?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Hi  all,
> > 
> > did anybody out there observe any disturbances in his  clocks during 
> > (and/or before or after) the July 11 solar  eclipse?
> > (due to other duties I've been prevented from doing any  tests)
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Antonio I8IOV
> > 
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Re: [time-nuts] Any clock disturbances during the July 11 solareclipse?

2010-07-13 Thread Ulrich Bangert
Bert,

lacking a 3805 manual my guess is that the 3805 EFC scale may be considered
the same as the 3801's one. Which would lead to the conclusion that 1 EFC
unit equals roughly 1.0E-12 of relative frequency change of the LO. 

Symmetricon seems to have believed that the MTI 260 type double oven OCXOs
in the Z3805 are superiour to the 10811 double oven OCXOs used in the Z3801.
However, even after months of being in action, their drift is still very
high. If the above assumption is right what you see in the graph in general
is a drift of 2.0E-10 per day. I do not notice any diurnal changes on the
EFC due to day/night temperature variations which are otherwise the biggest
environmental impact on oscillator frequency variations. So, despite of the
drift the MTI 260 seem to be very "predictable" beasts which leads to
holdover uncertainities that are mostly way below 1 microsecond for a 24 h
interval.

Best regards
Ulrich 

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> An: time-nuts@febo.com
> Betreff: Re: [time-nuts] Any clock disturbances during the 
> July 11 solareclipse?
> 
> 
> Ulrich
>  not having a 3805 can you please explain the scale.
> Thank you  
>  Bert Kehren
>  
>  
> In a message dated 7/13/2010 6:12:47 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
> df...@ulrich-bangert.de writes:
> 
> Antonio,
> 
> attached is a recording of my Z3805's EFC along  July 11. 
> Times are in UTC.
> 
> Best regards
> Ulrich
> 
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> > Gesendet: Montag, 12. Juli 2010 22:19
> > An:  time-nuts@febo.com
> > Betreff: [time-nuts] Any clock disturbances during  the July 
> > 11 solar eclipse?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Hi  all,
> > 
> > did anybody out there observe any disturbances in his  clocks
> > during (and/or 
> > before or after) the July 11 solar  eclipse?
> > (due to other duties I've been prevented from doing any  tests)
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Antonio I8IOV
> > 
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Re: [time-nuts] Any clock disturbances during the July 11 solar eclipse?

2010-07-13 Thread EWKehren
Ulrich
 not having a 3805 can you please explain the scale.
Thank you  
 Bert Kehren
 
 
In a message dated 7/13/2010 6:12:47 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
df...@ulrich-bangert.de writes:

Antonio,

attached is a recording of my Z3805's EFC along  July 11. Times are in UTC.

Best regards
Ulrich

>  -Ursprungliche Nachricht-
> Von: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com  
> [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] Im Auftrag von  iov...@inwind.it
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> An:  time-nuts@febo.com
> Betreff: [time-nuts] Any clock disturbances during  the July 
> 11 solar eclipse?
> 
> 
> 
> Hi  all,
> 
> did anybody out there observe any disturbances in his  clocks 
> during (and/or 
> before or after) the July 11 solar  eclipse?
> (due to other duties I've been prevented from doing any  tests)
> 
> Thanks,
> Antonio I8IOV
> 
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Re: [time-nuts] Any clock disturbances during the July 11 solar eclipse?

2010-07-13 Thread Ulrich Bangert
Antonio,

attached is a recording of my Z3805's EFC along July 11. Times are in UTC.

Best regards
Ulrich

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> Von: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com 
> [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] Im Auftrag von iov...@inwind.it
> Gesendet: Montag, 12. Juli 2010 22:19
> An: time-nuts@febo.com
> Betreff: [time-nuts] Any clock disturbances during the July 
> 11 solar eclipse?
> 
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> did anybody out there observe any disturbances in his clocks 
> during (and/or 
> before or after) the July 11 solar eclipse?
> (due to other duties I've been prevented from doing any tests)
> 
> Thanks,
> Antonio I8IOV
> 
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[time-nuts] 74AC175PC Update

2010-07-13 Thread GandalfG8
 
Hi All
 
As of 09:40 BST, 13th July, 29 of the 32 available  74AC175PCs have been 
spoken for, assuming all who've expressed an interest  go ahead.
 
As far as I'm aware I've confirmed directly with all who have so  far asked 
to be included.
If you've emailed me and not yet had a reply please try again.
 
regards
 
Nigel
GM8PZR
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