Re: [time-nuts] Microsemi 3120A sold on eBay

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-Original Message-
From: time-nuts [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Bob kb8tq
Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2018 9:58 AM
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Microsemi 3120A sold on eBay

Hi

There’s a cluster of time and frequency outfits up in the Salem area. Some have 
been there for a *long* time indeed. The EG / Perkin Elmer Rubidium guys are 
one that comes to mind.  MTI is a bit further north, but still in the same side 
of the Boston urban sprawl. 

Bob

> On Jan 27, 2018, at 10:10 PM, John Allen <j...@pcsupportsolutions.com> wrote:
> 
> It is interesting to note that the seller is in Salem, MA, a few miles south 
> of Microsemi in Beverly, MA.
> 
> PS: Here is a list of the many acquisitions they have made:
> https://www.microsemi.com/company/acquisitions
> 
> John K1AE
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: time-nuts [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of John 
> Miles
> Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2018 6:49 PM
> To: 'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement'
> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Microsemi 3120A sold on eBay
> 
> They're essentially the same as the original TimePod 5330A specs  ( 
> http://www.miles.io/TimePod_5330A_user_manual.pdf page 11).  The 3120A 
> doesn't display noise at offsets below 1 Hz, though, while the 5330A went 
> down to 0.01 Hz.  Also, some of the TimePod features are "added-value" 
> software options in the 3120A, but it's not clear if this unit came with any 
> of the license keys.  
> 
> The final selling price seems fairly reasonable considering the sparse 
> details provided by the seller.  If someone on the list bought it and it 
> doesn't have the software CD, drop me a note offline and I'll hook you up.
> 
> -- john, KE5FX
> Miles Design LLC
> 
>> What are the specs ? 73 de N1UL
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Jan 27, 2018, at 5:38 PM, John Miles <j...@miles.io> wrote:
>>> 
>>> So, who's the lucky winner?  Anyone on here?  That's the first one 
>>> of these I've seen in the "secondary market," so to speak.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> https://www.ebay.com/itm/332531180078
>>> 
> 
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Re: [time-nuts] Microsemi 3120A sold on eBay

[Julien Goodwin]

On 28/01/18 09:38, John Miles wrote:
> So, who's the lucky winner?  Anyone on here?  That's the first one of these
> I've seen in the "secondary market," so to speak.
> 
> https://www.ebay.com/itm/332531180078

While we're at it, whoever picked up the SGC-1500 from the same
seller[1], if it actually boots I'd be interested in talking to see if
the one I picked up a while back can be recovered.

Given that Microsemi discontinued them back in 2013[2] I doubt much will
come from them.

1:
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Symmetricom-Microsemi-090-01630-102-Rev-L-SyncServer-SGC-1500-Smart-Grid-Clock/332532177945


2:
http://www1.symmetricom.com/media/files/support/tsd/pd/SGC-1500%20PDN%20Dec%202013.pdf
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Re: [time-nuts] Microsemi 3120A sold on eBay

[Bob kb8tq]

Hi

There’s a cluster of time and frequency outfits up in the Salem area. Some have
been there for a *long* time indeed. The EG / Perkin Elmer Rubidium guys 
are one that comes to mind.  MTI is a bit further north, but still in the same 
side
of the Boston urban sprawl. 

Bob

> On Jan 27, 2018, at 10:10 PM, John Allen <j...@pcsupportsolutions.com> wrote:
> 
> It is interesting to note that the seller is in Salem, MA, a few miles south 
> of Microsemi in Beverly, MA.
> 
> PS: Here is a list of the many acquisitions they have made:
> https://www.microsemi.com/company/acquisitions
> 
> John K1AE
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: time-nuts [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of John Miles
> Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2018 6:49 PM
> To: 'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement'
> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Microsemi 3120A sold on eBay
> 
> They're essentially the same as the original TimePod 5330A specs  ( 
> http://www.miles.io/TimePod_5330A_user_manual.pdf page 11).  The 3120A 
> doesn't display noise at offsets below 1 Hz, though, while the 5330A went 
> down to 0.01 Hz.  Also, some of the TimePod features are "added-value" 
> software options in the 3120A, but it's not clear if this unit came with any 
> of the license keys.  
> 
> The final selling price seems fairly reasonable considering the sparse 
> details provided by the seller.  If someone on the list bought it and it 
> doesn't have the software CD, drop me a note offline and I'll hook you up.
> 
> -- john, KE5FX
> Miles Design LLC
> 
>> What are the specs ? 73 de N1UL
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Jan 27, 2018, at 5:38 PM, John Miles <j...@miles.io> wrote:
>>> 
>>> So, who's the lucky winner?  Anyone on here?  That's the first one of these
>>> I've seen in the "secondary market," so to speak.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> https://www.ebay.com/itm/332531180078
>>> 
> 
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Re: [time-nuts] Microsemi 3120A sold on eBay

[Gary Woods]

On Sat, 27 Jan 2018 22:10:21 -0500, you wrote:

>It is interesting to note that the seller is in Salem, MA, a few miles south 
>of Microsemi in Beverly, MA.
OT, a bit: my ham radio elmer worked for Bomac in Beverly, MA, which
became Varian, which I just googled and indeed was bought at least in
part by Microsemi!  The P2V Neptune aircraft used one of their
hydrogen thyratrons to fire the megawatt search radar.

We now return you to time/frequency stuff

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Re: [time-nuts] Microsemi 3120A sold on eBay

[John Allen]

It is interesting to note that the seller is in Salem, MA, a few miles south of 
Microsemi in Beverly, MA.

PS: Here is a list of the many acquisitions they have made:
https://www.microsemi.com/company/acquisitions

John K1AE

-Original Message-
From: time-nuts [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of John Miles
Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2018 6:49 PM
To: 'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement'
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Microsemi 3120A sold on eBay

They're essentially the same as the original TimePod 5330A specs  ( 
http://www.miles.io/TimePod_5330A_user_manual.pdf page 11).  The 3120A doesn't 
display noise at offsets below 1 Hz, though, while the 5330A went down to 0.01 
Hz.  Also, some of the TimePod features are "added-value" software options in 
the 3120A, but it's not clear if this unit came with any of the license keys.  

The final selling price seems fairly reasonable considering the sparse details 
provided by the seller.  If someone on the list bought it and it doesn't have 
the software CD, drop me a note offline and I'll hook you up.

-- john, KE5FX
Miles Design LLC

> What are the specs ? 73 de N1UL
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> > On Jan 27, 2018, at 5:38 PM, John Miles <j...@miles.io> wrote:
> >
> > So, who's the lucky winner?  Anyone on here?  That's the first one of these
> > I've seen in the "secondary market," so to speak.
> >
> >
> >
> > https://www.ebay.com/itm/332531180078
> >

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Re: [time-nuts] Microsemi 3120A sold on eBay

[John Miles]

They're essentially the same as the original TimePod 5330A specs  ( 
http://www.miles.io/TimePod_5330A_user_manual.pdf page 11).  The 3120A doesn't 
display noise at offsets below 1 Hz, though, while the 5330A went down to 0.01 
Hz.  Also, some of the TimePod features are "added-value" software options in 
the 3120A, but it's not clear if this unit came with any of the license keys.  

The final selling price seems fairly reasonable considering the sparse details 
provided by the seller.  If someone on the list bought it and it doesn't have 
the software CD, drop me a note offline and I'll hook you up.

-- john, KE5FX
Miles Design LLC

> What are the specs ? 73 de N1UL
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> > On Jan 27, 2018, at 5:38 PM, John Miles  wrote:
> >
> > So, who's the lucky winner?  Anyone on here?  That's the first one of these
> > I've seen in the "secondary market," so to speak.
> >
> >
> >
> > https://www.ebay.com/itm/332531180078
> >

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Re: [time-nuts] Microsemi 3120A sold on eBay

[jimlux]

On 1/27/18 3:33 PM, Bruce Griffiths wrote:

http://www.chronos.co.uk/files/pdfs/mic/3120a.pdf

Bruce



 On 28 January 2018 at 11:57 "Dr. Ulrich L. Rohde via time-nuts" 
 wrote:

 What are the specs ? 73 de N1UL

 Sent from my iPhone

 > >

 On Jan 27, 2018, at 5:38 PM, John Miles  wrote:

 So, who's the lucky winner? Anyone on here? That's the first one of 
these
 I've seen in the "secondary market," so to speak.

 https://www.ebay.com/itm/332531180078

 -- john





More importantly what license keys does it include:
"The base model of the 3120A allows customers to measure phase noise and 
ADEV. Upgradeable software options for customers to measure AM noise, 
HDEV, MDEV, TDEV, and jitter, along with the ability to set test mask 
limits or to use ...




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Re: [time-nuts] Microsemi 3120A sold on eBay

[Bruce Griffiths]

http://www.chronos.co.uk/files/pdfs/mic/3120a.pdf

Bruce

> 
> On 28 January 2018 at 11:57 "Dr. Ulrich L. Rohde via time-nuts" 
>  wrote:
> 
> What are the specs ? 73 de N1UL
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> > > 
> > On Jan 27, 2018, at 5:38 PM, John Miles  wrote:
> > 
> > So, who's the lucky winner? Anyone on here? That's the first one of 
> > these
> > I've seen in the "secondary market," so to speak.
> > 
> > https://www.ebay.com/itm/332531180078
> > 
> > -- john
> > 
> > Miles Design LLC
> > 
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Re: [time-nuts] Microsemi 3120A sold on eBay

[Dr. Ulrich L. Rohde via time-nuts]

What are the specs ? 73 de N1UL 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jan 27, 2018, at 5:38 PM, John Miles  wrote:
> 
> So, who's the lucky winner?  Anyone on here?  That's the first one of these
> I've seen in the "secondary market," so to speak.
> 
> 
> 
> https://www.ebay.com/itm/332531180078
> 
> 
> 
> -- john
> 
> Miles Design LLC
> 
> 
> 
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[time-nuts] Microsemi 3120A sold on eBay

[John Miles]

So, who's the lucky winner?  Anyone on here?  That's the first one of these
I've seen in the "secondary market," so to speak.

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/332531180078

 

-- john

Miles Design LLC

 

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