Re: [time-nuts] OCXO phase noise

2012-02-13 Thread Magnus Danielson
On 02/13/2012 08:28 AM, Javier Herrero wrote: Hello all, I'm planning to use in an application this oscillator http://www.abracon.com/Precisiontiming/AOCJY.pdf in the 40MHz version. The phase noise data in the data sheet is for the 10MHz version. Is it possible to extrapolate these numbers to

Re: [time-nuts] GPS fade out, Sat/Sun

2012-02-13 Thread Said Jackson
Hi Hal, No outtage down here in Los Gatos, see the realtime plot here: http://www.jackson-labs.com/images/gpsstat.htm Said Sent From iPhone On Feb 12, 2012, at 20:52, Hal Murray hmur...@megapathdsl.net wrote: Did anybody else notice nything? It might have been local noise/RFI. I'm in

Re: [time-nuts] OCXO phase noise

2012-02-13 Thread Javier Herrero
Hi, Magnus, El 13/02/2012 09:06, Magnus Danielson escribió: On 02/13/2012 08:28 AM, Javier Herrero wrote: Hello all, I'm planning to use in an application this oscillator http://www.abracon.com/Precisiontiming/AOCJY.pdf in the 40MHz version. The phase noise data in the data sheet is for the

Re: [time-nuts] OCXO phase noise

2012-02-13 Thread John Miles
That is exactly my thinking, but I was looking for a second opinion :) We have anyway asked Abracon for pn data on the 40MHz version to be sure. Most likely, the PN improvement will be somewhat better than the expected 12 dB close to the carrier, and somewhat worse than expected (if you see

Re: [time-nuts] OCXO phase noise

2012-02-13 Thread Magnus Danielson
On 02/13/2012 10:16 AM, John Miles wrote: That is exactly my thinking, but I was looking for a second opinion :) We have anyway asked Abracon for pn data on the 40MHz version to be sure. Most likely, the PN improvement will be somewhat better than the expected 12 dB close to the carrier, and

Re: [time-nuts] Morion MV89A pics

2012-02-13 Thread Azelio Boriani
I have always thought the space inside the cover was the outer oven... now I realize this is not quite correct but then the MV201, specified as a double-oven, can't be a double-oven. The MV201 has the crystal under a sort of Stonenge-like open structure: if this structure is the inner oven then

[time-nuts] FE-5680A Question

2012-02-13 Thread Erno Peres
Hi Gents, received my FE-5680A UN 63401 S/N 0311-61144... Anybody can advise a few idea about this module..? From the label I can see it requires +5 Volt but no info about the RS232... Can I adjust the C field from the DB9 connector Any info appreciated. Many thanks and

Re: [time-nuts] FE-5680A Question

2012-02-13 Thread Attila Kinali
On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:29:43 -0500 (EST) Erno Peres erniepe...@aol.com wrote: received my FE-5680A UN 63401 S/N 0311-61144... Anybody can advise a few idea about this module..? From the label I can see it requires +5 Volt but no info about the RS232... Can I adjust the C field

Re: [time-nuts] GPS fade out, Sat/Sun

2012-02-13 Thread paul swed
None on the east coast On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 4:01 AM, Said Jackson saidj...@aol.com wrote: Hi Hal, No outtage down here in Los Gatos, see the realtime plot here: http://www.jackson-labs.com/images/gpsstat.htm Said Sent From iPhone On Feb 12, 2012, at 20:52, Hal Murray

Re: [time-nuts] GPS fade out, Sat/Sun

2012-02-13 Thread Bill Hawkins
Nothing in Minnesota. Probably just the local terrorist cell tuning up the jammers for the big event on Valentine's day. Or a Light Squared test . . . Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: paul swed Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 7:52 AM None on the east coast Said Jackson

Re: [time-nuts] OCXO phase noise

2012-02-13 Thread Javier Herrero
Thanks for your answers, Magnus and John. For now, I will take the 12dB value as a starting point until further confirmation. Regards, Javier El 13/02/2012 10:32, Magnus Danielson escribió: On 02/13/2012 10:16 AM, John Miles wrote: That is exactly my thinking, but I was looking for a second

Re: [time-nuts] OCXO phase noise

2012-02-13 Thread Javier Herrero
I've an answer from Abracon. I had overlooked these plots: http://www.abracon.com/Precisiontiming/AOCJY%20Typ%20Phase%20Noise%20Plots.pdf The answer is that we can expect for the 40MHz unit a phase noise performance half way between the 10MHz and 100MHz units performance. That is, compared

Re: [time-nuts] Morion MV89A pics

2012-02-13 Thread Bob Camp
Hi A double oven should be one oven inside another oven. To count as an oven, you need a surface to heat, heaters, a temp sensor, and a controller. Insulation also comes in handy. You can indeed to multi zone heaters, but that's not the way a double oven works. The enclosure in the MV89

Re: [time-nuts] Morion MV89A pics

2012-02-13 Thread Scott Newell
At 11:10 AM 2/13/2012, Bob Camp wrote: trash the unit. Of course if somebody has one they hooked up backwards on the supply... I doubt that would do it--there appears to be a series Schottky on the power input line. -- newell N5TNL ___

Re: [time-nuts] 2004 2005 Tbolts w. the bad temp chip

2012-02-13 Thread Bob Camp
Hi Keep in mind that there's really nothing bad about these TBolts. They work just fine for their stated purpose - as a GPSDO. All replacing the chip does is let LH read the temperature in a high resolution mode. That's a perfectly good reason to swap the chip - if you need the resolution. Bob

Re: [time-nuts] GPS lock of the FE5680. Current experiment andquestion

2012-02-13 Thread Bob Camp
Hi Necessary question now that you see some of what's in the swamp: Are you sure you want to do this from scratch rather than lock the FE up to the 10 MHz output of a TBolt? I'm by no means trying to say that there's an obvious answer here. Only that it's at least worth asking the question. To

Re: [time-nuts] Morion MV89A pics

2012-02-13 Thread Bob Camp
Hi Hook up +12 to the case and ground the Vref line. There's always a way to create smoke :)... Bob -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Scott Newell Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 12:13 PM To: Discussion of precise time

Re: [time-nuts] GPS fade out, Sat/Sun

2012-02-13 Thread gary
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Re: [time-nuts] Morion MV89A pics

2012-02-13 Thread Scott Newell
At 03:50 AM 2/13/2012, Azelio Boriani wrote: I have always thought the space inside the cover was the outer oven... now I realize this is not quite correct but then the MV201, specified as a double-oven, can't be a double-oven. The MV201 has the crystal under a sort I just checked the MV201

Re: [time-nuts] Morion MV89A pics

2012-02-13 Thread Azelio Boriani
OK, I'll take pictures of the MV201. On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 6:34 PM, Scott Newell newell+timen...@n5tnl.comwrote: At 03:50 AM 2/13/2012, Azelio Boriani wrote: I have always thought the space inside the cover was the outer oven... now I realize this is not quite correct but then the MV201,

Re: [time-nuts] GPS lock of the FE5680. Current experiment andquestion

2012-02-13 Thread paul swed
Bob LH is attractive indeed, but the total layout for the receiver and such, plus I learn not a thing from doing that really is the answer. Heck I can just use the HP3801. I have already learned quite a bit. How to control the EFC and the range and such (Tuning sensitivity) Worked with a new D/A

Re: [time-nuts] FE-5680A Question

2012-02-13 Thread Chris Albertson
From the label I can see it requires +5 Volt but no info about the RS232... Can I adjust the C field from the DB9 connector On the units that require 5V you can adjust the frequency using rs-232 but only within a very small range around 10MHz. Some of the documentation

Re: [time-nuts] FE-5680A Question

2012-02-13 Thread Erno Peres
Hi Chris, thanks for the info. My second problem is that the unit is in locked position after powering up but after about 5-8min the freq goes down slowly about 9.999.997.3 Hz and the lock ind level is still low. Also noticed that during the sweep the max freq is 10.000.004 Hz and the

Re: [time-nuts] FE-5680A Question

2012-02-13 Thread Bob Camp
Hi For what ever reason, most of the FE's sweep down to about 200 to 250 Hz low. Few sweep more than 50 Hz high. I have one unit that locks fine and only sweeps 5 Hz high. Yes, I would open it up and re-tune. I think I would only bump it about 50 Hz or so. I have no idea *why* they are all tuned

Re: [time-nuts] FE-5680A Question

2012-02-13 Thread paul swed
The reason to sweep low is to establish a particular lock pattern to look for. Check the programmed offset before retuning. Mine was at mid range Search the threads for sending commands to the FE5680. On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 2:56 PM, Bob Camp li...@rtty.us wrote: Hi For what ever reason,

Re: [time-nuts] FE-5680A's suitability for use as a 10 MHz reference for microwave transverters

2012-02-13 Thread C. Turner
Last week I noted that the FE-5680A's barefoot output was found to NOT be a suitable 10 MHz reference for microwave transverters. Specifically, I tested it on two different 10 GHz transverters and found there to be objectionable levels of grunge on signals caused by low-level phase modulation

Re: [time-nuts] FE-5680A's suitability for use as a 10 MHz reference for microwave transverters

2012-02-13 Thread paul swed
Clint a good read and a fine approach. By accident I looked at the original filter schematic first and believe it has an error for the first output amplifier. The 470 ohm resistors in the wrong location. Others on the list have mentioned the same thing about the 5680s output being dirty. You have

[time-nuts] FE5680A square-wave output

2012-02-13 Thread bob grant
I'm not that fond of the way in which 10MHz is made available on a DB9. But there's a vacant site for an AC161 on the FE5680 PCB to perform a /6 operation from the 60MHz crystal. To good an opportunity to miss up Here is some pics of the mod.

Re: [time-nuts] FE-5680A Question

2012-02-13 Thread Bob Camp
Hi If they are looking for a pattern what is the pattern? Bob On Feb 13, 2012, at 3:35 PM, paul swed paulsw...@gmail.com wrote: The reason to sweep low is to establish a particular lock pattern to look for. Check the programmed offset before retuning. Mine was at mid range Search

Re: [time-nuts] FE-5680A Question

2012-02-13 Thread Bob Camp
Hi Some numbers: C field tuning on a Rb like an FRS or an LPRO is about 2 to 6 ppb DDS tuning on the new FE's is in the 1 to 10 ppm range (1000x larger) DDS tuning on the old FE's was about 10% without mods, much wider with minor tuning. Bob On Feb 13, 2012, at 2:16 PM, Erno Peres

Re: [time-nuts] FE-5680A Question

2012-02-13 Thread paul swed
The patterns simply the lead in to lock. Coming from a known position low in frequency... Nothing magical On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 7:48 PM, Bob Camp li...@rtty.us wrote: Hi Some numbers: C field tuning on a Rb like an FRS or an LPRO is about 2 to 6 ppb DDS tuning on the new FE's is in the 1

Re: [time-nuts] FE-5680A firmware dump

2012-02-13 Thread EB4APL
I don't mind sending something like $5 to a buy group and we'll have enough with a few of us. But if I were Elio I'll not feel very happy using a working unit for this kind of use, I would try to not break anything and he is even talking of removing the programmable chips to read them in a

Re: [time-nuts] FE-5680A's suitability for use as a 10 MHz reference for microwave transverters

2012-02-13 Thread Bruce Griffiths
paul swed wrote: Clint a good read and a fine approach. If and only if the high phase noise pedestal exhibited by the buffer amplifier that extends to offsets of a few hundred kHz or so isn't an issue. The relatively low isolation between the 10MHz outputs may also be an issue. By

Re: [time-nuts] FE-5680A firmware dump

2012-02-13 Thread Chris Albertson
Email some of the sellers in China and offer to buy a returned unit. they must have some On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 5:55 PM, EB4APL eb4...@cembreros.jazztel.es wrote: I don't mind sending something like $5 to a buy group and we'll have enough with a few of us.  But if I were Elio I'll not feel