Re: [time-nuts] Leap second letters

2006-07-27 Thread Glenn
Is this article available online? Or, would someone be willing to scan it? thanks, glenn Bill Hawkins wrote: Science News for June 24, 2006 (yes, I'm behind on some reading) has a letters column devoted to their article, To Leap or Not to Leap in the 22 April issue.

Re: [time-nuts] Leap second letters

2006-07-27 Thread Tom Van Baak
Is this article available online? Or, would someone be willing to scan it? Science News: To Leap or Not to Leap http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20060422/bob8.asp /tvb http://www.LeapSecond.com ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com

[time-nuts] Oncore VP Commands Document

2006-07-27 Thread John Ackermann N8UR
Hi All -- Randy Warner asked me to host (at least temporarily) the 2MB manual for the original Oncore VP. I have it at http://www.febo.com/time-freq/hardware/VPCommands.pdf John ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com

Re: [time-nuts] Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement

2006-07-27 Thread Phaysal Khan
John, At the momet I m trying to do some similar stuff. I want to compare PPS output from two different rcvrs, the reference being Leica MC500 and the subject recvr being M12. but I am having problem with my oscilloscope which is a Tektronix one with 300 MHZ range. It is not locking on to the

Re: [time-nuts] Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement

2006-07-27 Thread John Ackermann N8UR
Hi Faisal -- I use a time interval counter to compare 1pps signals -- the DUT goes to the start input, and the reference (here, GPS) to the stop input. You measure the time interval between the two, and use the change in interval to determine noise and offset. For the LORAN experiment, I used

Re: [time-nuts] time-nuts Digest, Vol 24, Issue 50

2006-07-27 Thread Phaysal Khan
Hi Group, I have been using Leica MC500 PPS pulse and want to get the pps output from that. could any one provide me the socket drawing for the PPS port of Leica MC500 rcvrs. Regards Faisal - How low will we go? Check out Yahoo!

Re: [time-nuts] Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement

2006-07-27 Thread Normand Martel
To get sure your Tektronix triggers correctly, use the Manual trigger mode. This way, you won't seee any trace on the screen without a trigger source (in auto mode, the scope will show a trace regardless it's triggered or not). Also, many Tek scopes have a trig view mode which i find very useful

Re: [time-nuts] Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement

2006-07-27 Thread Normand Martel
The other method i use is a homebrew programmable (thumbwheels) pulse generator (1µs resolution) to compare my DUT (an Oscilloquartz B540 OCXO) against a GPS receiver. The pulse generator divides the B540's 5MHz by 5 million to get an arbitrary 1PPS. The arb. 1PPS is then used as the START signal