[time-nuts] Tbolt with Palisade?

2009-01-18 Thread Grant Hodgson
Does anybody know how difficult it would be to use just the antenna + LNA part of a Trimble Palisade? Have Tbolt but no antenna. I can get a Palisade for much less than a proper GPS antenna. Coax length would be about 20 feet, connected to the output of the Palisade's LNA (or output filter

Re: [time-nuts] Free programs to read NEMA data.

2009-01-18 Thread Bill Hawkins
Found this with Google: http://www.holysmoke.org/gps/talker1.htm Full name is NMEATalker Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: Chris n3...@aol.com Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 5:17 PM OK I found my registration for NMEAT. ___

Re: [time-nuts] Tbolt with Palisade?

2009-01-18 Thread Björn Gabrielsson
On Sun, 2009-01-18 at 20:32 +, Grant Hodgson wrote: Does anybody know how difficult it would be to use just the antenna + LNA part of a Trimble Palisade? Have Tbolt but no antenna. I can get a Palisade for much less than a proper GPS antenna. Coax length would be about 20 feet,

Re: [time-nuts] Free programs to read NEMA data.

2009-01-18 Thread Stanley Reynolds
I have not used any free programs but TAC32 has lots of features not bad for $55 US for members of TAPR. http://www.tapr.org/gps_tac32.html At $20 why not just get a new key http://www.visualgps.net/NMEATime/ ? An email to ask about your key would be free and they may have a record of your

[time-nuts] FTS 1000B OCXO from a FTS 4040 CS

2009-01-18 Thread Stanley Reynolds
Was unable to adjust to 5Mhz, 4.752 was the best I could get with external pot. Internal pot has no effect, assume it is disconnected when external is present ? Was not hard to dissemble, the oven is not warm but has 29 volts maybe problem in the control circuit. Does anyone have any info I

Re: [time-nuts] FTS 1000B OCXO from a FTS 4040 CS

2009-01-18 Thread Björn Gabrielsson
Hi Stanley, On Sat, 2009-01-17 at 19:29 -0800, Stanley Reynolds wrote: Was unable to adjust to 5Mhz, 4.752 was the best I could get with external pot. Internal pot has no effect, assume it is disconnected when external is present ? Was not hard to dissemble, the oven is not warm but has

Re: [time-nuts] FTS 1000B OCXO from a FTS 4040 CS

2009-01-18 Thread Stanley Reynolds
Looks like my 5030 package is a 5Mhz ocxo version of the FTS 4060 described on pcr68.com. Hand written note on ocxo indicates 74 degrees at 41ma guessing this is Centigrade operating temp. Stanley   From: Stanley Reynolds stanley_reyno...@yahoo.com To:

[time-nuts] Set Up instructions: FE-5440A O-1824A/U

2009-01-18 Thread Francesco Ledda
I am looking for a manual for the FEI FE-5440A O-1824A/U cesium source. I also need the instrument power up/set up instructions. Thank you in advance! Regards, Francesco Garland, Texsa ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe,

Re: [time-nuts] Tbolt with Palisade?

2009-01-18 Thread Robert Atkinson
Hi Grant, Keep the Palisade as it is. It's got a useful 1 PPS output. Also it's almost impossible to open the case without destroying it. The two halves are epoxyed together with a very good joint geometry! There is no obvious way to get to the antenna output. If you want to hack something,