Re: [time-nuts] DIY GPS-DO

2012-03-10 Thread Erno Peres
Hi, have a look at trhis side... http://www.g4jnt.com/EvenSimplerSimplestGpsdoPossible.htm Rgds Ernie -Original Message- From: Magnus Danielson To: time-nuts Sent: Sat, Mar 10, 2012 5:19 pm Subject: Re: [time-nuts] DIY GPS-DO On 03/10/2012 04:11 PM, Azelio Boriani wrote:

Re: [time-nuts] LORAN C in New Jersey??

2012-03-10 Thread paul swed
That is interesting as that was my primary chain. Though I used the secondary close by. Oh well seems they are trying them out. Also emailed ursanav. They have a bogus email. How is that for customer contact. Regards Paul. On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 9:31 PM, wrote: > NJ would have been covered by t

Re: [time-nuts] LORAN C in New Jersey??

2012-03-10 Thread hoag
NJ would have been covered by the Northeast US chain, GRI 9960. The stations were: Master Seneca NY Whiskey Caribou ME XrayNantucket (Siasconset) MA Yankee Carolina Beach NC ZuluDana IN --Glen Quoting paul swed : Thanks Greg. Right you are. But what would NJ be then? On Sat, Mar 1

Re: [time-nuts] 0MHz distribution...NOT

2012-03-10 Thread Mark Spencer
I've done this as well. I daisy chained several pieces of hp and marconi gear together that all had an approx 1k ohm input impedance for the frequency reference and fed them from a single 10 Mhz source via t connectors with a 50 ohm terminator at the end of the line. Looking at the signal wit

Re: [time-nuts] 0MHz distribution...NOT

2012-03-10 Thread Michael Blazer
You may want to take a look at the signal on a scope. Most instruments terminate their reference input. You might actually have 4 50 ohm loads on the Thunderbolt's output and the input voltage might be marginal. If your instruments have both reference input and output, it's better to daisy c

Re: [time-nuts] Possible replacement for FE5680A

2012-03-10 Thread Jim Lux
On 3/10/12 2:42 PM, Azelio Boriani wrote: Amazing, 10 at -19... will it ever be measurable? build three and compare them? ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts

Re: [time-nuts] Possible replacement for FE5680A

2012-03-10 Thread Bob Camp
Hi Measuring it will be a lot cheaper than building a pair of them to feed the comparison... Bob On Mar 10, 2012, at 5:42 PM, Azelio Boriani wrote: > Amazing, 10 at -19... will it ever be measurable? > > On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 10:02 PM, Attila Kinali wrote: > >> On Fri, 9 Mar 2012 15:29

[time-nuts] 0MHz distribution...NOT

2012-03-10 Thread Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R
A month or two ago I had sketched out a simple distribution amp for my 10 MHz reference. In the meantime I became somewhat disillusioned about my FE-5680a standards. So I removed the FE-5680a and disconnected its power supply from the box that holds the Thunderbolt, power supply, and big line

Re: [time-nuts] Possible replacement for FE5680A

2012-03-10 Thread Azelio Boriani
Amazing, 10 at -19... will it ever be measurable? On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 10:02 PM, Attila Kinali wrote: > On Fri, 9 Mar 2012 15:29:39 +0800 > Roger Costello wrote: > > > I noticed this which could potentially be a very good thing. > > > > > https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science/nuclear-clo

Re: [time-nuts] DIY GPS-DO

2012-03-10 Thread Magnus Danielson
Hi, On 03/10/2012 10:37 PM, John Allen wrote: Hi Magnus et al - You startled me with "Garners PLL book"! I knew what you meant but also that the name was not quite correct and I was racking my brain. It is Floyd Gardner's Phaselock Techniques, a classic. The Third edition was recently release

Re: [time-nuts] LORAN C in New Jersey??

2012-03-10 Thread paul swed
Thanks Greg. Right you are. But what would NJ be then? On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 3:27 PM, Greg Broburg wrote: > Great Lakes Chain was 8970 not 8790 > > Greg > > > On 3/10/2012 1:55 PM, paul swed wrote: > >> While on a business trip I had seen the discussion on LORAN C and that it >> was out of a t

Re: [time-nuts] OP-Amps for 10MHz distribution...?

2012-03-10 Thread Bruce Griffiths
Charles P. Steinmetz wrote: Bill wrote: At what frequency do you have 1 nv per square root Hz with opamp and what opamp ? With most op-amps suitable for a 10 MHz distribution amp, the input voltage noise is specified at 100 kHz or greater. For example, the OPA653 that Bruce tested is speci

Re: [time-nuts] DIY GPS-DO

2012-03-10 Thread John Allen
Hi Magnus et al - You startled me with "Garners PLL book"! I knew what you meant but also that the name was not quite correct and I was racking my brain. It is Floyd Gardner's Phaselock Techniques, a classic. The Third edition was recently released. http://www.amazon.com/Phaselock-Techniques-F

Re: [time-nuts] Agilent 53230A Counter

2012-03-10 Thread Mark Spencer
For a new piece of equipment with a warranty the base price doesn't seem hugely excessive.That being said I'm not in any hurry to buy one to replace my used hp 5370's. I agree with the other poster about the excessive prices for used hp5313x series counters. I can't imagine buying a used

Re: [time-nuts] Possible replacement for FE5680A

2012-03-10 Thread Attila Kinali
On Fri, 9 Mar 2012 15:29:39 +0800 Roger Costello wrote: > I noticed this which could potentially be a very good thing. > > https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science/nuclear-clock-may-keep-time-universe The paper they refere to can be found at [1] (and other related stuff can be found on their h

Re: [time-nuts] LORAN C in New Jersey??

2012-03-10 Thread Greg Broburg
Great Lakes Chain was 8970 not 8790 Greg On 3/10/2012 1:55 PM, paul swed wrote: While on a business trip I had seen the discussion on LORAN C and that it was out of a test site in NJ. Would that have been the 87900 GRI? Thats what I was picking up and thats the great lakes chain. Seneca master.

Re: [time-nuts] Austron 2100 switch repair

2012-03-10 Thread paul swed
Good point and I agree. Sounds like popping the switches is a bit risky. Caps a lot easier. As I say good write up on the technique. Thanks On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 5:07 AM, wrote: > Hi Paul > > Glad to be of help. > > If it's only just started it might be worth just doing the capacitor mod > for

[time-nuts] LORAN C in New Jersey??

2012-03-10 Thread paul swed
While on a business trip I had seen the discussion on LORAN C and that it was out of a test site in NJ. Would that have been the 87900 GRI? Thats what I was picking up and thats the great lakes chain. Seneca master. I am thinking about reaching out to URSANAV to see if there is a need or interest

Re: [time-nuts] Agilent 53230A Counter

2012-03-10 Thread Rick Karlquist
Adrian wrote: > Hello, > > just wondering if anyone has tried the new Agilent 53230A counter? Disclaimer: I work for Agilent and I get a "discount" on the counter :-) It has a nice user interface (way better than the previous generation that is now 20 years old) and a handy data logging function

Re: [time-nuts] DIY GPS-DO

2012-03-10 Thread Magnus Danielson
On 03/10/2012 04:11 PM, Azelio Boriani wrote: Ah, yes, now I see: you suggest to keep track of the FOM and DOP from message #21 and move the oscillator to minimize them. Interesting and doable. The oscillator time and frequency bias is already being supplied, so no need for a PICTIC to measure

Re: [time-nuts] DIY GPS-DO

2012-03-10 Thread Azelio Boriani
Yes, I was googling around... found also: www.eas.uccs.edu/wickert/ece5675/lecture_notes/n5675_1.pdf www.cppsim.com/PLL_Lectures/digital_pll_cicc_tutorial_perrott.pdf www.analog.com/static/imported-files/tutorials/MT-086.pdf using --"Phase-Locked Loops" by Best-- as a key. On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at

Re: [time-nuts] DIY GPS-DO

2012-03-10 Thread Attila Kinali
Ciao! On Sat, 10 Mar 2012 16:11:05 +0100 Azelio Boriani wrote: > Interesting, as usual, the references by Attila: I'm searching for the book > by Roland E. Best. What do you mean by searching? Amazon has it listed and i'm quite sure you can find it in any better technical bookstore or library.

Re: [time-nuts] DIY GPS-DO

2012-03-10 Thread Azelio Boriani
Ah, yes, now I see: you suggest to keep track of the FOM and DOP from message #21 and move the oscillator to minimize them. Interesting and doable. Interesting, as usual, the references by Attila: I'm searching for the book by Roland E. Best. On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 3:59 PM, Attila Kinali wrote:

Re: [time-nuts] Agilent 53230A Counter

2012-03-10 Thread Kevin Rosenberg
On Mar 10, 2012, at 7:12 AM, Adrian wrote: > just wondering if anyone has tried the new Agilent 53230A counter? I like it quite a bit. The YouTube videos by Agilent do a fair job showing the instrument and are worth a few minutes if you are interested. Using TimeLab with John's new TCP/IP suppo

Re: [time-nuts] Agilent 53230A Counter

2012-03-10 Thread Azelio Boriani
Yes, I totally agree. You can buy an SR620 (25pS single shot) for $1000 and even less. On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 3:47 PM, J. L. Trantham wrote: > I just ran a 'Quick Quote' for: > > 53230A 350 MHz/12 Digit/20 pSec $3623.00 > Printed English Manual Set

Re: [time-nuts] DIY GPS-DO

2012-03-10 Thread Attila Kinali
On Sat, 10 Mar 2012 14:07:33 +0100 Filip Ozimek wrote: > could you recommend me a good project of GPS-DO? I've got a GPS module > with 1PPS output and a 20 MHz VCXO. > As I understand to do a phaselock to 1 PPS signal one must build some > kind of digital PLL. But I'm not sure > how to calculate

Re: [time-nuts] Agilent 53230A Counter

2012-03-10 Thread J. L. Trantham
I just ran a 'Quick Quote' for: 53230A 350 MHz/12 Digit/20 pSec $3623.00 Printed English Manual Set 47.55 53230A-010 Ultra High Stability OCXO Time Base 1264.00 53230A-115 Add Channel 3 - 15 GHz

Re: [time-nuts] DIY GPS-DO

2012-03-10 Thread Magnus Danielson
On 03/10/2012 03:05 PM, Azelio Boriani wrote: Sure it is message ID #21 to be looked for? If I am to believe the FW manual I referred to, see page 83: 3.3.4 Navigation Data (ECEF Coordinates) ID# 21 Structure: Message ID#: 21 Rate (seconds): 1, 0.2 or 0.5 1 This log contains the receiver’s be

Re: [time-nuts] Agilent 53230A Counter

2012-03-10 Thread Azelio Boriani
Fantastic, and where can we find a non-overpriced Agilent 53230A? On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 3:12 PM, Adrian wrote: > Hello, > > just wondering if anyone has tried the new Agilent 53230A counter? > > 20 ps single shot TI resolution and the graphical display makes it look > like a much better deal t

[time-nuts] Agilent 53230A Counter

2012-03-10 Thread Adrian
Hello, just wondering if anyone has tried the new Agilent 53230A counter? 20 ps single shot TI resolution and the graphical display makes it look like a much better deal than the notoriously overpriced 2nd hand HP 53132A that is typically some 15 years old. Any experience / thoughts? Adrian

Re: [time-nuts] DIY GPS-DO

2012-03-10 Thread Azelio Boriani
Sure it is message ID #21 to be looked for? On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 2:54 PM, Magnus Danielson < mag...@rubidium.dyndns.org> wrote: > On 03/10/2012 02:38 PM, Filip Ozimek wrote: > >> >> It's an old novatel SUPERSTAR II. >> > > It's not hard to hook up a more stable 10 MHz oscillator to the Novatel

Re: [time-nuts] DIY GPS-DO

2012-03-10 Thread shalimr9
If you have a small canned VCXO, thermal performance will not be as good as an OCXO like the HP10811, so the optimum time constant of the filter will not be very long, and the analog solution is more practical. You may want to look at the James Miller design. He uses a Jupiter GPS receiver whic

Re: [time-nuts] DIY GPS-DO

2012-03-10 Thread Magnus Danielson
On 03/10/2012 02:38 PM, Filip Ozimek wrote: It's an old novatel SUPERSTAR II. It's not hard to hook up a more stable 10 MHz oscillator to the Novatel Superstar II. There is PCB foot-print for it and you need to move a component (don't recall if it is a resistor or cap) to enable it. Get th

Re: [time-nuts] DIY GPS-DO

2012-03-10 Thread Azelio Boriani
Yes, the use of the PPS as a disciplining reference was discussed weeks ago. It was debated whether an analog filtering/interpolation would do or a digital one is mandatory. The question is, in my opinion, still open and, in my opinion again, it can be done in the analog domain if a high precision/

Re: [time-nuts] DIY GPS-DO

2012-03-10 Thread Filip Ozimek
It's an old novatel SUPERSTAR II. Filip. Dnia 10 marca 2012 14:14 Bob Camp napisał(a): > Hi > > Which module do you have? > > Bob > > > > On Mar 10, 2012, at 8:07 AM, Filip Ozimek wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > could you recommend me a good project of GPS-DO? I've got a GPS module w

Re: [time-nuts] DIY GPS-DO

2012-03-10 Thread Bob Camp
Hi Which module do you have? Bob On Mar 10, 2012, at 8:07 AM, Filip Ozimek wrote: > Hello, > > > could you recommend me a good project of GPS-DO? I've got a GPS module with > 1PPS output and a 20 MHz VCXO. > As I understand to do a phaselock to 1 PPS signal one must build some kind of >

[time-nuts] DIY GPS-DO

2012-03-10 Thread Filip Ozimek
Hello, could you recommend me a good project of GPS-DO? I've got a GPS module with 1PPS output and a 20 MHz VCXO. As I understand to do a phaselock to 1 PPS signal one must build some kind of digital PLL. But I'm not sure how to calculate a correction signal to the VCXO and how to test such a

Re: [time-nuts] Austron 2100 switch repair

2012-03-10 Thread GandalfG8
Hi Paul Glad to be of help. If it's only just started it might be worth just doing the capacitor mod for now and seeing how it goes. No real reason of course why you shouldn't dive straight in and dismantle the switches, other than the slight risk of breaking one of the lugs, but I'd go