[time-nuts] Thunderbolt precise positions needed

2009-08-13 Thread Mark Sims
A couple weeks ago (check the archives around 26 July 2009) I posted some plots of the PPS/OSC error estimates when the receiver's position was intentionally offset from its true position. The results were rather dramatic... And the quality of the data scaled with the position error. It ce

Re: [time-nuts] OCXO sensitive to gravity

2009-08-13 Thread Sanjeev Gupta
On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 07:30, wrote: > > > Magnetic flux could have an effect on atomic standards, > but they normally have magnetic shielding to mitigate > this effect. Orientation (or at least acceleration) > can affect cesium beam standards because the atoms > are flying. Len Cutler put in

Re: [time-nuts] Thunderbolt precise positions needed

2009-08-13 Thread John Allen
Hi Tom - how about the Trimble NTPX26AB-06 made for Nortel Z3801 clone - where does this rank compared to the T-Bolt? It seems to run the same software. Regards, John, K1AE, Bolton, MA, USA, newbie time-nut. -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@fe

Re: [time-nuts] Thunderbolt precise positions needed

2009-08-13 Thread Tom Van Baak
With a good (geodetic/survey) quality antenna I get my location to within a few inches. With a conical timing antenna, I get around 8 inches of error. With a cheap patch antenna, around a foot. HI Mark, A couple more thoughts. I still question the value of all this for a cheap receiver suc

[time-nuts] Gravity and OCXOs

2009-08-13 Thread Murray Greenman
Rick is right. The effect you see when turning your GPSDO upside down will be predominantly the direct gravitational effect on the OCXO crystal and its mountings. You see this with any OCXO, and the good ones will have a '2G turnover' or other G rating quoted. For example, the well known HP 10811

Re: [time-nuts] Thunderbolt precise positions needed

2009-08-13 Thread Tom Van Baak
I have developed some code that processes a 24-48 hour survey to calculate a precise position. With a good (geodetic/survey) quality antenna I get my location to within a few inches. With a conical timing antenna, I get around 8 inches of error. With a cheap patch antenna, around a foot. Ni

Re: [time-nuts] OCXO sensitive to gravity

2009-08-13 Thread SAIDJACK
Hi there, there are special low-g OCXO's out there. We offer one that has better than 3E-010 per g per axis, which is about 10x better than your "standard" OCXO. This is also important for stationary applications where the unit is not tilted, for vibration-induced phase-noise is also that

Re: [time-nuts] OCXO sensitive to gravity

2009-08-13 Thread Lux, Jim (337C)
> > Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:34:43 -0700 (PDT) > From: "Rick Karlquist" > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] OCXO sensitive to gravity > To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" > > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 > > Tom Duckworth wrote: > > The or

Re: [time-nuts] OCXO sensitive to gravity

2009-08-13 Thread gsteinba52
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:34:43 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rick Karlquist" Subject: Re: [time-nuts] OCXO sensitive to gravity To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Tom Duckworth wrote: > The orientation change is

Re: [time-nuts] 5071A sensitivity to orientation (was Re: OCXO sensitive to gravity)

2009-08-13 Thread christopher hoover
Rick Karlquist wrote: > Len Cutler put in a fix to mitigate against this in the 5071A CBT. How so? Is there a 3-axis accelerometer in the 5071A? -ch ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-b

Re: [time-nuts] OCXO sensitive to gravity

2009-08-13 Thread Lux, Jim (337C)
> -Original Message- > From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On > Behalf Of Lux, Jim (337C) > Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 4:01 PM > To: rich...@karlquist.com; Discussion of precise time and frequency > measurement > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] OCXO sensitive

Re: [time-nuts] OCXO sensitive to gravity

2009-08-13 Thread Bruce Griffiths
Some caution is in order as some ferrites used in RF transformer coils may be permanently altered by application of a strong magnetic filed. Testing at lower fields first would be safer. Setupo a pair of Helmholtz coils and excite them with low frequency AC and look for associated sidebands in the

Re: [time-nuts] OCXO sensitive to gravity

2009-08-13 Thread Don Latham
once again, a simple experiment would suffice. Got a refrigerator magnet handy? Don Lux, Jim (337C) >> -Original Message- >> From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On >> Behalf Of Rick Karlquist >> Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 3:35 PM >> To: Discussion of p

Re: [time-nuts] OCXO sensitive to gravity

2009-08-13 Thread Lux, Jim (337C)
> -Original Message- > From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On > Behalf Of Rick Karlquist > Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 3:35 PM > To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] OCXO sensitive to gravity > > Tom Duckwo

Re: [time-nuts] OCXO sensitive to gravity

2009-08-13 Thread Bill Hawkins
No, no. It's the rho mesons. See Mark Alpert's "Final Theory." Excuse me, please. Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Tom Duckworth Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 4:53 PM To: Discussion of precise time and f

Re: [time-nuts] OCXO sensitive to gravity

2009-08-13 Thread Rick Karlquist
Tom Duckworth wrote: > The orientation change is due more to the earth's magnetic flux effect on > the oscillator, and less so from gravity. > > Tom > Tom Duckworth > tomd...@comcast.net Sorry, this is simply incorrect. Magnetic flux from the earth has no effect on quartz oscillators. There is n

Re: [time-nuts] OCXO sensitive to gravity

2009-08-13 Thread Bruce Griffiths
Tom Really? What mechanism do you have in mind? In practice the same effect is observed when the Earths magnetic field is cancelled using a set (3 pairs) of Helmholtz coils (or equivalent) or in a magnetically sheilded enclosure? Bruce Tom Duckworth wrote: > The orientation change is due more t

Re: [time-nuts] OCXO sensitive to gravity

2009-08-13 Thread Tom Duckworth
The orientation change is due more to the earth's magnetic flux effect on the oscillator, and less so from gravity. Tom Tom Duckworth tomd...@comcast.net - Original Message - From: "John Green" To: Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 11:02 AM Subject: [time-nuts] OCXO sensitive to gravit

[time-nuts] OCXO sensitive to gravity

2009-08-13 Thread John Green
A while back there was some discussion about crystal oscillator's changing frequency due to the effects of gravity. Since I got my Z3801 up and running full time, I have been trying to characterize some OCXOs I had picked off eBay but had no specifications for. I was trying to fine tune one to the

[time-nuts] TAC32 support?

2009-08-13 Thread Dan Rae
Does anyone know if support for this is still available to those who bought it through TAPR? TAPR refer inquiries to CNS who do not answer my emails. It's not a big problem, simply that I upgraded to the latest version (2.7.8) only to find that I didn't have the password, and could not reve

Re: [time-nuts] State of the art 5MHz, 10 MHz and 1PPS distribution

2009-08-13 Thread Lux, Jim (337C)
http://trs-new.jpl.nasa.gov/dspace/bitstream/2014/39389/1/05-2893.pdf tells you what JPL is up to at the deep space network, where we do things that are similar to, if not the same as, you'd be doing at a radio observatory. http://trs-new.jpl.nasa.gov/dspace/handle/2014/38025 has more details W