[time-nuts] looking for data on time code display

2011-12-11 Thread Steve Byan
A while back I picked up a couple of what Fair Radio was calling data line 
filters. They have a six-digit Nixie time display (hours, minutes, seconds) 
and apparently decode and display some kind of analog time code (IRIG, maybe?). 
It was made sometime in the early 70's; it's wire-wrapped with some op-amp 
filtering and a bunch of TTL for the decoding.

The front panel controls are:

rotary switch marked input filter  with positions: 250 Hz, 1000 Hz, 20 kHz, 
40 kHz, 80 kHz.
toggle switch marked 1000 Hz and 250 Hz
toggle switch marked reverse code control

The rear panel has BNC connectors marked input and output.

A yellow sticker on the side says:
Ft. Meade
DTID: H9823190045862
NSN 6625003684180
User ID: HI90159

I bought them with the intention of scavenging them for parts, then later 
considered making a Nixie clock out of them. But if I can get a clue as to the 
time-code they understand, I'd now like to restore them to operating condition. 
Anyone have any info or even speculation on these ?

Best regards,
-Steve

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Re: [time-nuts] looking for data on time code display

2011-12-11 Thread Jean-Louis Noel

Hi,

From: Steve Byan steveb...@verizon.net


NSN 6625003684180


==
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Re: [time-nuts] looking for data on time code display

2011-12-11 Thread Bob Camp
Hi

Maybe you could call them up and ask for information on the system they went 
with….:)…

Sounds like a great way to wind up on a no fly list.

Bob


On Dec 11, 2011, at 11:40 AM, Jean-Louis Noel wrote:

 Hi,
 
 From: Steve Byan steveb...@verizon.net
 
 NSN 6625003684180
 
 ==
 NSN: 6625-00-368-4180
 INDICATOR, DIGITAL D
 Part No: 0N194800
 Price Range: n/a
 Delivery Range: n/a
 Mfr/OEM/Agencies: JOINT ELECTRONICS TYPE DESIGNATION SYSTEM, NATIONAL 
 SECURITY AGENCY
 ==
 
 Bye,
 Jean-Louis
 
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[time-nuts] looking for data on time code display

2011-12-11 Thread ed breya
I doubt that you will ever find a manual or schematics, but you 
should be able to decipher enough of the circuitry to figure out how 
to fire it up and talk to it. The digits should be arranged in either 
a counter or individually addressable. If it's a counter, you should 
be able to find a 1 PPS point somewhere in there to make it at least 
do that. If there's not a bunch of digital stuff in there - shift 
registers and such - then it's probably just a counter of 1 PPS from 
an AM modulated carrier, or maybe FSK, or maybe simply divided down 
from those frequencies selected on the front panel. If it already 
lights up, try putting in some signals and see what it does.


Ed


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[time-nuts] looking for data on time code display

2011-12-11 Thread ed breya
I looked at your first post again and noticed there were apparently 
lots of TTL circuitry, so it could be an IRIG code receiver, and you 
should be able talk to it. If you don't have a source readily 
available, you may be able to fool it into responding a little to 
gibberish applied from a modulated signal generator, just to see if 
it's functional.


Ed


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Re: [time-nuts] looking for data on time code display

2011-12-11 Thread Bill Hawkins
Fascinating. I also have one of these with slight differences, but it
does have a Fort Meade tag. Bought it from a guy on the BoatAnchors
list in Atlanta in the dim past.

The HTID number is H9823180065821, NSN 664500DISPLAY, User ID STWA104

The rotary switch adds a 160 KHz position. The two switches are marked
CODE POLARITY and POWER ON. The rear panel has a 4 pin circular jack
labeled AUX and a 24 pin rectangular connector marked PARALLEL.

A partly torn tag taped to the top says Made by TRAK, Model ?? 2234/U,
SN 517. A plastic envelope contained a DD Form 1348-1A release/receipt
document from the Defense Reutilization Marketing Office at Meade. It
released 5 of these units worth $1500 each, dated 1-29-98, ship from
H98231 (in HTID number above) to SX1213 (marketing office?).

Somewhere I'd heard that these units were for locating times on tape
recordings of intercepts. The different filter frequencies are for
different tape speeds, from high speed search to fine positioning.
The code might be IRIG but it could just as easily be something the
NSA invented for the purpose.

I bought it because I'd visited the NSA museum at Fort Meade and seen
the code breaking machines. I didn't find them intimidating at all.
The gift shop would sell me a jacket with NSA logos, but I didn't
know where I would wear it. There is a certain cachet to having a
box that was used by top secret agents to decode radio intercepts.

Bill Hawkins

P.S. I'd recommend doing some signal tracing from the Input connector.
We have no idea what signal levels were used, if it wasn't IRIG. I
never found time to do that.


-Original Message-
From: ed breya
Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 2:12 PM

I looked at your first post again and noticed there were apparently 
lots of TTL circuitry, so it could be an IRIG code receiver, and you 
should be able talk to it. If you don't have a source readily 
available, you may be able to fool it into responding a little to 
gibberish applied from a modulated signal generator, just to see if 
it's functional.

Ed


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Re: [time-nuts] looking for data on time code display

2011-12-11 Thread lists
I did the NSA museum tour too. Well worth the trip. 

I got a CIA polo shirt at the employee gift shop. Yeah, where do you wear it? I 
put it on for one of those 9/11 Conspiracy events. 

Do you work for the CIA?
No, I just wear their shirts.

-Original Message-
From: Bill Hawkins b...@iaxs.net
Sender: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com
Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2011 15:12:51 
To: 'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement'time-nuts@febo.com
Reply-To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
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Subject: Re: [time-nuts] looking for data on time code display

Fascinating. I also have one of these with slight differences, but it
does have a Fort Meade tag. Bought it from a guy on the BoatAnchors
list in Atlanta in the dim past.

The HTID number is H9823180065821, NSN 664500DISPLAY, User ID STWA104

The rotary switch adds a 160 KHz position. The two switches are marked
CODE POLARITY and POWER ON. The rear panel has a 4 pin circular jack
labeled AUX and a 24 pin rectangular connector marked PARALLEL.

A partly torn tag taped to the top says Made by TRAK, Model ?? 2234/U,
SN 517. A plastic envelope contained a DD Form 1348-1A release/receipt
document from the Defense Reutilization Marketing Office at Meade. It
released 5 of these units worth $1500 each, dated 1-29-98, ship from
H98231 (in HTID number above) to SX1213 (marketing office?).

Somewhere I'd heard that these units were for locating times on tape
recordings of intercepts. The different filter frequencies are for
different tape speeds, from high speed search to fine positioning.
The code might be IRIG but it could just as easily be something the
NSA invented for the purpose.

I bought it because I'd visited the NSA museum at Fort Meade and seen
the code breaking machines. I didn't find them intimidating at all.
The gift shop would sell me a jacket with NSA logos, but I didn't
know where I would wear it. There is a certain cachet to having a
box that was used by top secret agents to decode radio intercepts.

Bill Hawkins

P.S. I'd recommend doing some signal tracing from the Input connector.
We have no idea what signal levels were used, if it wasn't IRIG. I
never found time to do that.


-Original Message-
From: ed breya
Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 2:12 PM

I looked at your first post again and noticed there were apparently 
lots of TTL circuitry, so it could be an IRIG code receiver, and you 
should be able talk to it. If you don't have a source readily 
available, you may be able to fool it into responding a little to 
gibberish applied from a modulated signal generator, just to see if 
it's functional.

Ed


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Re: [time-nuts] looking for data on time code display

2011-12-11 Thread J. Forster
I think I've seen IRIG Time Code SW for the PC that uses a sound card, but
I forget where.  The various IRIG formats are well dovumented.

And yes, Time Code readers were used with high and low speed searches on
IRIG tape recorders. You set Start and Stop points and the tape would
Play, Stop, Reverse, Stop, Play as you demuxed/analyzed the data.

Typically there were 5 or 12 tracks of analog data and two time code
tracks. Sometimes digit was recorded in roughly the same way.

-John





 Fascinating. I also have one of these with slight differences, but it
 does have a Fort Meade tag. Bought it from a guy on the BoatAnchors
 list in Atlanta in the dim past.

 The HTID number is H9823180065821, NSN 664500DISPLAY, User ID STWA104

 The rotary switch adds a 160 KHz position. The two switches are marked
 CODE POLARITY and POWER ON. The rear panel has a 4 pin circular jack
 labeled AUX and a 24 pin rectangular connector marked PARALLEL.

 A partly torn tag taped to the top says Made by TRAK, Model ?? 2234/U,
 SN 517. A plastic envelope contained a DD Form 1348-1A release/receipt
 document from the Defense Reutilization Marketing Office at Meade. It
 released 5 of these units worth $1500 each, dated 1-29-98, ship from
 H98231 (in HTID number above) to SX1213 (marketing office?).

 Somewhere I'd heard that these units were for locating times on tape
 recordings of intercepts. The different filter frequencies are for
 different tape speeds, from high speed search to fine positioning.
 The code might be IRIG but it could just as easily be something the
 NSA invented for the purpose.

 I bought it because I'd visited the NSA museum at Fort Meade and seen
 the code breaking machines. I didn't find them intimidating at all.
 The gift shop would sell me a jacket with NSA logos, but I didn't
 know where I would wear it. There is a certain cachet to having a
 box that was used by top secret agents to decode radio intercepts.

 Bill Hawkins

 P.S. I'd recommend doing some signal tracing from the Input connector.
 We have no idea what signal levels were used, if it wasn't IRIG. I
 never found time to do that.


 -Original Message-
 From: ed breya
 Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 2:12 PM

 I looked at your first post again and noticed there were apparently
 lots of TTL circuitry, so it could be an IRIG code receiver, and you
 should be able talk to it. If you don't have a source readily
 available, you may be able to fool it into responding a little to
 gibberish applied from a modulated signal generator, just to see if
 it's functional.

 Ed


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Re: [time-nuts] looking for data on time code display

2011-12-11 Thread Jim Palfreyman
Any chance of a photo?

On 12 December 2011 04:26, Bob Camp li...@rtty.us wrote:

 Hi

 Maybe you could call them up and ask for information on the system they
 went with….:)…

 Sounds like a great way to wind up on a no fly list.

 Bob


 On Dec 11, 2011, at 11:40 AM, Jean-Louis Noel wrote:

  Hi,
 
  From: Steve Byan steveb...@verizon.net
 
  NSN 6625003684180
 
  ==
  NSN: 6625-00-368-4180
  INDICATOR, DIGITAL D
  Part No: 0N194800
  Price Range: n/a
  Delivery Range: n/a
  Mfr/OEM/Agencies: JOINT ELECTRONICS TYPE DESIGNATION SYSTEM, NATIONAL
 SECURITY AGENCY
  ==
 
  Bye,
  Jean-Louis
 
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Re: [time-nuts] looking for data on time code display

2011-12-11 Thread gary

Try their reading room first.

http://www.nsa.gov/public_info/foia/reading_room/index.shtml


If there is no information in the reading room, do a FOIA. This 
information is always run past lawyers, not engineers. Don't be 
surprised if you get a call from whatever NSA calls their legal 
department. I've had calls from JAG regarding FOIAs.


The lawyer more often than not is your friend in FOIA requests. For one 
thing, if the request is too broad, they can help you narrow down the 
request. Usually the first 100 pages is free. I have declassified 
documents that are in excess of 500 pages.


For this device, you would probably want to FOIA an operators manual. 
Too general of a request might get you every memo where the device is 
mentioned.



On 12/11/2011 3:18 PM, Jim Palfreyman wrote:

Any chance of a photo?

On 12 December 2011 04:26, Bob Campli...@rtty.us  wrote:


Hi

Maybe you could call them up and ask for information on the system they
went with….:)…

Sounds like a great way to wind up on a no fly list.

Bob


On Dec 11, 2011, at 11:40 AM, Jean-Louis Noel wrote:


Hi,

From: Steve Byansteveb...@verizon.net


NSN 6625003684180


==
NSN: 6625-00-368-4180
INDICATOR, DIGITAL D
Part No: 0N194800
Price Range: n/a
Delivery Range: n/a
Mfr/OEM/Agencies: JOINT ELECTRONICS TYPE DESIGNATION SYSTEM, NATIONAL

SECURITY AGENCY

==

Bye,
Jean-Louis

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Re: [time-nuts] looking for data on time code display

2011-12-11 Thread Steve Byan

On Dec 11, 2011, at 4:12 PM, Bill Hawkins wrote:

 Fascinating. I also have one of these with slight differences, but it
 does have a Fort Meade tag. Bought it from a guy on the BoatAnchors
 list in Atlanta in the dim past.
 
 The HTID number is H9823180065821, NSN 664500DISPLAY, User ID STWA104
 
 The rotary switch adds a 160 KHz position. The two switches are marked
 CODE POLARITY and POWER ON. The rear panel has a 4 pin circular jack
 labeled AUX and a 24 pin rectangular connector marked PARALLEL.

Yeah, mine has those connectors also. Fair also had some with LED displays.

 A partly torn tag taped to the top says Made by TRAK, Model ?? 2234/U,
 SN 517. A plastic envelope contained a DD Form 1348-1A release/receipt
 document from the Defense Reutilization Marketing Office at Meade. It
 released 5 of these units worth $1500 each, dated 1-29-98, ship from
 H98231 (in HTID number above) to SX1213 (marketing office?).
 
 Somewhere I'd heard that these units were for locating times on tape
 recordings of intercepts. The different filter frequencies are for
 different tape speeds, from high speed search to fine positioning.
 The code might be IRIG but it could just as easily be something the
 NSA invented for the purpose.

Maybe part of Project Boresight? 
http://jproc.ca/rrp/boresight.html

 I bought it because I'd visited the NSA museum at Fort Meade and seen
 the code breaking machines. I didn't find them intimidating at all.
 The gift shop would sell me a jacket with NSA logos, but I didn't
 know where I would wear it. There is a certain cachet to having a
 box that was used by top secret agents to decode radio intercepts.
 
 Bill Hawkins
 
 P.S. I'd recommend doing some signal tracing from the Input connector.
 We have no idea what signal levels were used, if it wasn't IRIG. I
 never found time to do that.

Yeah, that'll be on my to-do list. I had hoped the frequencies listed on the 
controls might trigger some association in someone who's knowledgable about 
time-codes. 250 Hz doesn't seem to be a legal IRIG time-code frequency, 
although 1 kHz is.

Best regards,
Steve

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Littleton, MA 01460




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Re: [time-nuts] looking for data on time code display

2011-12-11 Thread Steve Byan

On Dec 11, 2011, at 5:25 PM, J. Forster wrote:

 I think I've seen IRIG Time Code SW for the PC that uses a sound card, but
 I forget where.  

http://www.dolben.org/IRIG.php

Best regards,
-Steve

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Re: [time-nuts] looking for data on time code display

2011-12-11 Thread Steve Byan

On Dec 11, 2011, at 6:18 PM, Jim Palfreyman wrote:

 Any chance of a photo?

http://www.gull.us/misc/nixie/dlf-front.jpg

It's not mine, but it looks the same except that the yellow sticker is on the 
side of mine rather than the front.

Best regards,
-Steve

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Littleton, MA 01460




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Re: [time-nuts] looking for data on time code display

2011-12-11 Thread J. Forster
Maybe something like a Datum or AstroData.

The reverse code switch is for reading tapes backwards. It looks like a
modified standard product. It does not appear to interface w/ a tape
search controller.

At a guess it's mid 1960s to mid 1970s, to go w/ something like an Ampex
FR1800 or similar tape machine.

Many IRIG recorders could go  240, 120, 60, 30, 15, 7.5, 3.75, 1.875, and
0.9375 inches per second.

FWIW,

-John






 On Dec 11, 2011, at 6:18 PM, Jim Palfreyman wrote:

 Any chance of a photo?

 http://www.gull.us/misc/nixie/dlf-front.jpg

 It's not mine, but it looks the same except that the yellow sticker is on
 the side of mine rather than the front.

 Best regards,
 -Steve

 --
 Steve Byan steveb...@me.com
 Littleton, MA 01460




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Re: [time-nuts] looking for data on time code display

2011-12-11 Thread paul swed
It was just on the thread a month ago.
nematime $15 donation.
I have used it and it worked well.

On Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 5:25 PM, J. Forster j...@quikus.com wrote:

 I think I've seen IRIG Time Code SW for the PC that uses a sound card, but
 I forget where.  The various IRIG formats are well dovumented.

 And yes, Time Code readers were used with high and low speed searches on
 IRIG tape recorders. You set Start and Stop points and the tape would
 Play, Stop, Reverse, Stop, Play as you demuxed/analyzed the data.

 Typically there were 5 or 12 tracks of analog data and two time code
 tracks. Sometimes digit was recorded in roughly the same way.

 -John

 



  Fascinating. I also have one of these with slight differences, but it
  does have a Fort Meade tag. Bought it from a guy on the BoatAnchors
  list in Atlanta in the dim past.
 
  The HTID number is H9823180065821, NSN 664500DISPLAY, User ID STWA104
 
  The rotary switch adds a 160 KHz position. The two switches are marked
  CODE POLARITY and POWER ON. The rear panel has a 4 pin circular jack
  labeled AUX and a 24 pin rectangular connector marked PARALLEL.
 
  A partly torn tag taped to the top says Made by TRAK, Model ?? 2234/U,
  SN 517. A plastic envelope contained a DD Form 1348-1A release/receipt
  document from the Defense Reutilization Marketing Office at Meade. It
  released 5 of these units worth $1500 each, dated 1-29-98, ship from
  H98231 (in HTID number above) to SX1213 (marketing office?).
 
  Somewhere I'd heard that these units were for locating times on tape
  recordings of intercepts. The different filter frequencies are for
  different tape speeds, from high speed search to fine positioning.
  The code might be IRIG but it could just as easily be something the
  NSA invented for the purpose.
 
  I bought it because I'd visited the NSA museum at Fort Meade and seen
  the code breaking machines. I didn't find them intimidating at all.
  The gift shop would sell me a jacket with NSA logos, but I didn't
  know where I would wear it. There is a certain cachet to having a
  box that was used by top secret agents to decode radio intercepts.
 
  Bill Hawkins
 
  P.S. I'd recommend doing some signal tracing from the Input connector.
  We have no idea what signal levels were used, if it wasn't IRIG. I
  never found time to do that.
 
 
  -Original Message-
  From: ed breya
  Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 2:12 PM
 
  I looked at your first post again and noticed there were apparently
  lots of TTL circuitry, so it could be an IRIG code receiver, and you
  should be able talk to it. If you don't have a source readily
  available, you may be able to fool it into responding a little to
  gibberish applied from a modulated signal generator, just to see if
  it's functional.
 
  Ed
 
 
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Re: [time-nuts] looking for data on time code display

2011-12-11 Thread Morris Odell

 I had hoped the frequencies listed on the controls might trigger some
association in someone who's knowledgable about time-codes. 250 Hz 

 doesn't seem to be a legal IRIG time-code frequency, although 1 kHz is.

I'd try feeding it with various frequencies as others have suggested and see
what happens. It's unlikely to have been used with other time codes such as
SMPTE.

I have an earlier unit made by Datachron, now defunct, which looks
superficially similar but uses DTL logic. Mine is definitely an IRIG decoder
and the funny filter frequencies may have been meant for manually shuttling
tapes at non standard speeds. After a lot of messing around (a story in
itself)  I have resurrected mine and use it as a nixie clock, fed with IRIG
B generated by a modern micro from the output of a GPS receiver. There's
more logic in the $9 AVR chip than the whole IRIG decoder which would have
cost thousands when it was new!

And while I'm on the subject, anyone got any DTL JK flip flops to spare to
keep the old box going? I've had to replace quite a few chips which probably
died when the device was fed with higher than specified mains voltage in its
early life.  The +5V supply was unregulated :-(

Morris VK3DOC
Melbourne, Australia



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Re: [time-nuts] Looking for data sheet on Reeves Hoffman 101BC

2010-05-29 Thread K. Szeker
Hi Ed,

from archive:

 [time-nuts] Reeves Hoffman 101BC OCXO
marks twotoe.com, Fri, 08 Jun 2007 14:18:57 -0700

Hi All,

I have a Reeves Hoffman 101BC precision OCXO.

It is a 10 Mhz one.

I am trying to GPSD it.

However EFC adj pot (10k) only goes to the pin with no reference voltage.

Can I still control this ocxo in the same manner as the HP ovens such as the
10544?

Mark

Karesz




2010/5/29 Ed Troy et...@aeroconsult.com

 I have an old Reeves Hoffman 101BC 10 MHz OCXO, but I need a data sheet and
 pin-out description for it. Does anyone have any information?
 Thanks,
 Ed



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Re: [time-nuts] Looking for data sheet on Reeves Hoffman 101BC

2010-05-29 Thread Ed Troy

Hi,
Thanks. I saw that. In fact, that is what got me thinking to ask the 
list. I was hoping someone could point me to an actual data sheet 
that would show pin-outs and specifications. I thought those would be 
easy to find on the net, but I can't dig them up anywhere.

Ed

At 09:28 AM 5/29/2010, K. Szeker wrote:


Hi Ed,

from archive:

 [time-nuts] Reeves Hoffman 101BC OCXO
marks twotoe.com, Fri, 08 Jun 2007 14:18:57 -0700

Hi All,

I have a Reeves Hoffman 101BC precision OCXO.

It is a 10 Mhz one.

I am trying to GPSD it.

However EFC adj pot (10k) only goes to the pin with no reference voltage.

Can I still control this ocxo in the same manner as the HP ovens such as the
10544?

Mark

Karesz




2010/5/29 Ed Troy et...@aeroconsult.com

 I have an old Reeves Hoffman 101BC 10 MHz OCXO, but I need a data sheet and
 pin-out description for it. Does anyone have any information?
 Thanks,
 Ed



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Re: [time-nuts] Looking for data sheet on Reeves Hoffman 101BC

2010-05-29 Thread K. Szeker
Hi Ed,
Yes, on the web is practically noting to find...
I get only one info: RH was buyd in 1994 from CTS,
hopfely you can get some help from their peoples...
Regards
K.

2010/5/29 Ed Troy et...@aeroconsult.com

 Hi,
 Thanks. I saw that. In fact, that is what got me thinking to ask the list.
 I was hoping someone could point me to an actual data sheet that would show
 pin-outs and specifications. I thought those would be easy to find on the
 net, but I can't dig them up anywhere.
 Ed


 At 09:28 AM 5/29/2010, K. Szeker wrote:

  Hi Ed,

 from archive:

  [time-nuts] Reeves Hoffman 101BC OCXO
 marks twotoe.com, Fri, 08 Jun 2007 14:18:57 -0700

 Hi All,

 I have a Reeves Hoffman 101BC precision OCXO.

 It is a 10 Mhz one.

 I am trying to GPSD it.

 However EFC adj pot (10k) only goes to the pin with no reference voltage.

 Can I still control this ocxo in the same manner as the HP ovens such as
 the
 10544?

 Mark
 
 Karesz




 2010/5/29 Ed Troy et...@aeroconsult.com

  I have an old Reeves Hoffman 101BC 10 MHz OCXO, but I need a data sheet
 and
  pin-out description for it. Does anyone have any information?
  Thanks,
  Ed
 
 
 
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[time-nuts] Looking for data sheet on Reeves Hoffman 101BC

2010-05-28 Thread Ed Troy
I have an old Reeves Hoffman 101BC 10 MHz OCXO, but I need a data 
sheet and pin-out description for it. Does anyone have any information?

Thanks,
Ed



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[time-nuts] looking for data on Magellan 10 channel OEM GPS board circa 1994-1998

2009-03-07 Thread Eric Fort
I'm looking for data on what appears to be a magellan oem GPS reciever
which I removed from an older magellan aviation gps with moving map
display (unit was circa 1998).  The gps module I removed has Magellan
systems corp, Copyright 1994 10 channel OEM silkscreened on the top
side and a sticker on the bottom which says 23-80019-000 REV. L   S/N
004925  right above 20-80011-000 REV. B etched on the board as part
of the artwork.  Anyone have any idea where I may find enough data on
this board to give it new life in another project?  Google was unable
to find anything and Magellan Support was so abysmnal that I will no
just think twice about buying or specifying anything magellan in the
future `I would more than likely just refuse to have any part in the
use or implimentation.  Google had no results and Magellan lack of
support dept. was worse.  any help you can offer in finding data and
using this board in much appreciated.

Thanks,

Eric

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[time-nuts] Looking for data

2006-01-02 Thread Warner Losh
Greetings,

A friend at work has the following recordings available over the leap
second, and will post them if there's interest.

DCF77   (.de)
WWV, WWVB   (.us)
MSF (.uk)
BPM (.ch)   This station went to carrier
at leap second.  oops.

He's interested in the following:
CHU (.ca)
WWVH(.us)
JJY (.jp)
TDF (.fr)
HBC (swiss)

Warner

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Re: [time-nuts] Looking for data

2006-01-02 Thread John Ackermann N8UR
I have CHU at http://www.febo.com/time-freq/leapsecond-2005 (about
halfway down the page).

John


Warner Losh said the following on 01/02/2006 12:29 PM:
 Greetings,
 
 A friend at work has the following recordings available over the leap
 second, and will post them if there's interest.
 
   DCF77   (.de)
   WWV, WWVB   (.us)
   MSF (.uk)
   BPM (.ch)   This station went to carrier
   at leap second.  oops.
 
 He's interested in the following:
   CHU (.ca)
   WWVH(.us)
   JJY (.jp)
   TDF (.fr)
   HBC (swiss)
 
 Warner
 
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Re: [time-nuts] Looking for data

2006-01-02 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Warner Losh writes:
Greetings,

A friend at work has the following recordings available over the leap
second, and will post them if there's interest.

   DCF77   (.de)
   WWV, WWVB   (.us)
   MSF (.uk)
   BPM (.ch)   This station went to carrier
   at leap second.  oops.

Isn't this China ?  .cn ?

He's interested in the following:

   TDF (.fr)
   HBC (swiss)

I have 400 GB of VLF/LF data, sampled a 5 MSPS * 12 bits directly from
my loop antenna.

It should contain not only HBC and TDF, but also DCF77, Rugby, LORAN-C
but also anything else up to around 300 kHz (low-pass filter in my antenna)

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