Re: [time-nuts] endace time disribution server tds-2

2010-04-27 Thread Christopher Hoover
On 4/27/2010 5:00 AM, Anthony Blake wrote: I was disturbed by their implementation of RS422*without* a ground return path.. Am I missing something, or is that really dodgey for distributing PPS? Yes, it is dodgey. You can make it "work" without a ground, but it is not to spec and it is

[time-nuts] [Fwd: [Milsurplus] Don't Miss NEAR-Fest This Weekend]

2010-04-27 Thread J. Forster
Original Message Subject: [Milsurplus] Don't Miss NEAR-Fest This Weekend From:"Todd, KA1KAQ" Date:Tue, April 27, 2010 6:40 am To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service" "milsurplus" "Hallicrafters R

[time-nuts] Which voltage regulator chips offer good performance...?

2010-04-27 Thread Arthur Dent
Neville Michie-"The whole aim of this exercise was to be able to support the Tbolt with a 12 volt lead acid battery (20AH) and so have an uninteruptable power supply." I chose a different route. I bought a small DC-DC converter that runs from +9 to +18 in and has 3 outputs of +5/+12/-12. The ef

[time-nuts] Thunderbolt Power Supply Question

2010-04-27 Thread Arthur Dent
Bob Camp-"The point is that you can indeed get into trouble before the internal regulator drops out. How much trouble depends on the design of the heater." I'm not disputing that there might be other effects of dropping the supply voltage close to the point where the regulator will lose regulat

Re: [time-nuts] Which voltage regulator chips offer good performance...?

2010-04-27 Thread Neville Michie
Hi, small world, i just put a power pack together for a Tbolt using a LT1764 set to just above 11 Volts. Headroom required is only about 0.15 volts. A Power Trends 78SR105 module provides up to 1.5 A at 5V and a ICL7662 gives -11 volts from the +11 volt rail. The whole aim of this exercise

Re: [time-nuts] Thunderbolt Power Supply Question

2010-04-27 Thread Bob Camp
Hi The point is that you can indeed get into trouble before the internal regulator drops out. How much trouble depends on the design of the heater. Bob On Apr 26, 2010, at 8:26 PM, Arthur Dent wrote: > Bob Camp-"In addition to the influence of the voltage on the oscillator, the > voltage >