Re: [Flexradio] Ext. Reference clock kit

2005-09-07 Thread Jim Lux
At 05:53 PM 9/6/2005, ecellison wrote: Jim I knew i could bait you! (smile). I am sort of ‘gobbled up’ by this precision thing! I do have my GPS receiver and am ready for the 1 part to the -13 (give or take a couple of exponents!). Can we take the 200 mhz standard out of the SDR 1000 as is?

Re: [Flexradio] Ext. Reference clock kit

2005-09-07 Thread Jim Lux
At 07:12 PM 9/6/2005, Tom Clark, W3IWI wrote: Eric wrote: Tom et al… Youse guys are going to get Jim Lux into this again! (REALLY do love your comments Jim). This is probably a do-able topic for early next year. Hey! Why not long term aging, and Loran. Not kidding. Anything is possible in

Re: [Flexradio] Ext. Reference clock kit

2005-09-07 Thread John Ackermann N8UR
Tim Ellison wrote: Reflock II info: http://gref.cfn.ist.utl.pt/cupido/reflock.html Cost is going to be near $1000 http://www.tapr.org/products.php You caught us... the Reflock II is going to fund the next TAPR board retreat in the Bahamas. :-) Actually, the prices are placeholders

Re: [Flexradio] Ext. Reference clock kit

2005-09-07 Thread Jim Lux
At 07:16 AM 9/7/2005, Tim Ellison wrote: Reflock II info: http://gref.cfn.ist.utl.pt/cupido/reflock.html Cost is going to be near $1000 Whoa, dudes... Are you sure that's not $100? Or is the FPGA some sort of exotic expensive one or is there some proprietary IP used that has a steep

[Flexradio] Ext. Reference clock kit

2005-09-07 Thread Ray J
What about the pll locking systems from velalq ? Is this any use? http://ve1alq.com/clpd_pll/clpd_pll.htm W9RAY

Re: [Flexradio] Ext. Reference clock kit

2005-09-07 Thread Ignacio Cembreros
Jim Lux escribió: No.. you really don't want an oscillator that can be adjusted... What you want is a very finely programmable divider that gets adjusted so that it tracks the oscillator's frequency. For instance, if you have a DDS that puts out 10 MHz from a 200 MHz output, the notional

Re: [Flexradio] [Flexradio -- OT] What do I do for an antenna?

2005-09-07 Thread Larry Loen
Flex radio owners are pretty darn smart. So, I'm asking for help that is sort of off-topic. What do I do about an antenna As many of you know, I've been getting by with hopes of getting a tower up this year. My tower project received a series of setbacks over the last couple of days. 1.

Re: [Flexradio] [OT] DDS discussion by Dan Tayloe

2005-09-07 Thread Robert McGwier
TWO HUNDRED surface mount parts and an unbalanced QSD design? Hm. I will buy one just cause I have to and anyone who does a single band design and uses a DDS should be whooped so that makes plenty of sense. But I am anxious to look at the IP2 and the IP3 at large frequencies,

[Flexradio] Problem Real COM ports

2005-09-07 Thread Jerry
Hi All Haven't had time to give the results of my efforts to use a second computer with N1MM to operate SO2R with the SDR1K. Anyway started ( SARTG RTTY) with V1.3.12 with success, but random crashes of the computer running PowerSDR. Gave up and replaced the SDR1K with an Icom 781 to

Re: [Flexradio] [Flexradio -- OT] What do I do for an antenna?

2005-09-07 Thread Larry Loen
ecellison wrote: Larry Lot size? Supports other than the tower? Capability of burying radials for Vert? Eric Lot size is a 2 acre, wooded lot. Not a lot of open space between wooded areas, though. There is an open area in the back yard that is probably 80 feet in diameter, plus or

Re: [Flexradio] [OT] DDS discussion by Dan Tayloe

2005-09-07 Thread Lyle Johnson
Let me say that for the future AD9954 and AD9958 just look spectacular. I have ordered the development boards for both of them. Especially on the low bands, either of these would give spur performance where the spurs are below the noise floor at all but sub multiples of the clock. It is my

Re: [Flexradio] [Flexradio -- OT] What do I do for an antenna?

2005-09-07 Thread Frank Brickle
Larry Loen wrote: 4. 80 is a must-have. Must be able to do DXCC with this antenna and my amp. 30 meters I very much wish to have, having never been on the band in a serious way. If there is an outstanding monobander at 80, I would definitely consider that. Gotta get ON4UN's Low Band