[time-nuts] Trimble NTPX‏ GPSDO

2012-06-12 Thread Mark Sims
Does anybody out there have a Trimble NTPX GPSDO? If so, I'd like someone to try it with the latest Lady Heather version that is compatible with the Nortel GPSDO units. I can send you the .EXE file ___ time

Re: [time-nuts] GPS NTP update on Mac OS-X 10.7.4

2012-06-12 Thread Chris Albertson
On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 8:13 AM, mike cook wrote: > > Le 12 juin 2012 à 16:37, Ross T61AA a écrit : > >> Hi all, >> >> I recently connected up a USB GPS to my Linux box and found it quite easy to >> get NTP to up from the GPS. I was hoping to get the same GPS to update the >> Mac running Lion 10

Re: [time-nuts] NTGS50AA glitches

2012-06-12 Thread Bob Camp
Hi You are going to get a 5x10^-10 to 2x10^-9 per G frequency shift on most of these oscillator. For anything below 5x10^-10 a pretty exotic crystal would be needed... Bob On Jun 12, 2012, at 7:19 PM, Dan Rae wrote: > On 6/12/2012 2:48 PM, Mark Sims wrote: >> I saw a similar DAC jump when I r

Re: [time-nuts] NTGS50AA glitches

2012-06-12 Thread Dan Rae
On 6/12/2012 2:48 PM, Mark Sims wrote: I saw a similar DAC jump when I replaced the SMB pigtail to my board. The unit went into a brief holdover and came out with a shift in the dac vaue. I would try wiggling the coax connection (without moving the board) and also gently tapping around the

[time-nuts] NTGS50AA glitches

2012-06-12 Thread Mark Sims
I saw a similar DAC jump when I replaced the SMB pigtail to my board. The unit went into a brief holdover and came out with a shift in the dac vaue. I would try wiggling the coax connection (without moving the board) and also gently tapping around the board (maybe start with the oscillator

Re: [time-nuts] Thunderbolt cabling questions

2012-06-12 Thread Rix Seacord
Hi gang Just to upset the apple cart a bit, high trees do not necessarily protect a large area from lightning. In my past life as a range officer at a large shooting facility, we were hit by lightning directly in front of the firing line during a storm. The tree line was about 20 to 30 ft behin

Re: [time-nuts] NTGS50AA glitches

2012-06-12 Thread Dan Rae
On 6/12/2012 12:25 PM, Charles P. Steinmetz wrote: Dan wrote: The attached LH plot shows what happened when it was moved slightly on the bench two or three times. What surprises me is that the DAC plot remains offset after everything else has settled. The movement event(s) appear to coincide

Re: [time-nuts] NTGS50AA glitches

2012-06-12 Thread Charles P. Steinmetz
Dan wrote: The attached LH plot shows what happened when it was moved slightly on the bench two or three times. What surprises me is that the DAC plot remains offset after everything else has settled. The movement event(s) appear to coincide with about 3 hours of significant temperature eve

[time-nuts] [Fwd: New PM modulation test]

2012-06-12 Thread J. Forster
Original Message Subject: New PM modulation test From:"John Lowe" Date:Tue, June 12, 2012 10:57 am -- _*NOTICE*_ NIST Radio Station WWVB will be conducti

Re: [time-nuts] Datum/Exactime 9390-6000

2012-06-12 Thread Ziggy
The GPS unit is a module, which seems to be a a Trimble SVeeSix-CM3, or variant of some kind. It's marked 26889-81 on a sticker and 25040- -D silk screened on the board. Just as an interesting observation: This GPS module has two MCX connectors, one on the top of the board for the antenna and

[time-nuts] Fwd: GPS NTP update on Mac OS-X 10.7.4

2012-06-12 Thread Ross T61AA
Mike, Thanks for your reply and: Yes, I am using USB device comes up as /dev/cu.usbmodem411 or 621 and /dev/tty.usbmodem 421 or 621 depending on which USB port I use and I clearly do not use the tty device as it will wait until DCD goes high, which is never. I note, below that you talk about /

Re: [time-nuts] NTGS50AA glitches

2012-06-12 Thread Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R
On 06/12/2012 07:20 AM, Dan Rae wrote: While generally behaving really well my NTGS50AA does apparently show an unusual sensitivity to being moved. The attached LH plot shows what happened when it was moved slightly on the bench two or three times. What surprises me is that the DAC plot rema

Re: [time-nuts] GPS NTP update on Mac OS-X 10.7.4

2012-06-12 Thread mike cook
Le 12 juin 2012 à 16:37, Ross T61AA a écrit : > Hi all, > > I recently connected up a USB GPS to my Linux box and found it quite easy to > get NTP to up from the GPS. I was hoping to get the same GPS to update the > Mac running Lion 10.7.4, however, it has been a very frustrating uphill > bat

[time-nuts] GPS NTP update on Mac OS-X 10.7.4

2012-06-12 Thread Ross T61AA
Hi all, I recently connected up a USB GPS to my Linux box and found it quite easy to get NTP to up from the GPS. I was hoping to get the same GPS to update the Mac running Lion 10.7.4, however, it has been a very frustrating uphill battle. Has anybody managed to get GPS NTP update working on OS

Re: [time-nuts] Czech time radiobeacon driven by pendulum

2012-06-12 Thread paul swed
I had not seen this. Thanks Often thought about building a clock like that. Reagrds Paul On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 8:34 AM, Collins, Graham wrote: > > This may have been discussed previously and I just missed it. > > In any case, I just stumbled across this interesting project and thought > others

[time-nuts] Czech time radiobeacon driven by pendulum

2012-06-12 Thread Collins, Graham
This may have been discussed previously and I just missed it. In any case, I just stumbled across this interesting project and thought others on the list might find this time clock radio beacon driven by a pendulum to be of interest: http://ok0epb.nagano.cz/ cheers, Graham ve3gtc __

Re: [time-nuts] Thunderbolt cabling questions

2012-06-12 Thread Jim Lux
On 6/11/12 10:31 PM, Hal Murray wrote: albertson.ch...@gmail.com said: But you know what? If you simply place an automotive "puck" type GPS antenna on your roof you have to do the same thing. It must be grounded the same way, same lightening protection and so on. So in the end you may as we

Re: [time-nuts] Dimension 4 and GPS time disagree, why?

2012-06-12 Thread Javier Herrero
El 12/06/2012 13:09, David J Taylor escribió: I run Dimension 4 as a time standard on my POC's, mainly for using JT65 digital radio communications. It polls tick.usno.navy.mil for the time. I have noticed since getting my ThunderBolt set up that the GPS time is about 15 seconds in advance of my P

Re: [time-nuts] Dimension 4 and GPS time disagree, why?

2012-06-12 Thread Chris Wilson
> I run Dimension 4 as a time standard on my POC's, mainly for using > JT65 digital radio communications. It polls tick.usno.navy.mil for the > time. I have noticed since getting my ThunderBolt set up that the GPS > time is about 15 seconds in advance of my PC clock, despite a > correction via Di

Re: [time-nuts] Dimension 4 and GPS time disagree, why?

2012-06-12 Thread David J Taylor
I run Dimension 4 as a time standard on my POC's, mainly for using JT65 digital radio communications. It polls tick.usno.navy.mil for the time. I have noticed since getting my ThunderBolt set up that the GPS time is about 15 seconds in advance of my PC clock, despite a correction via Dimension 4 i

[time-nuts] Dimension 4 and GPS time disagree, why?

2012-06-12 Thread Chris Wilson
12/06/2012 11:59 I run Dimension 4 as a time standard on my POC's, mainly for using JT65 digital radio communications. It polls tick.usno.navy.mil for the time. I have noticed since getting my ThunderBolt set up that the GPS time is about 15 seconds in advance of my PC clock, despite a correct

Re: [time-nuts] Thunderbolt won't set a "stored position"?

2012-06-12 Thread Javier Herrero
El 12/06/2012 08:50, Chris Wilson escribió: It has also always shown a "Leap Second Pending minor alarm, but I believe this is quite usual? Hello, it is usual now since there is a leap second scheduled for next 30-Jun. After that day, it will disaappear... until next one :) Regards, Javie

Re: [time-nuts] Datum/Exactime 9390-6000

2012-06-12 Thread Azelio Boriani
Is the GPS unit built-in (TBolt-like) or is it a separate module? Maybe there is a firmware update for the GPS unit itself to fix the rollover problem. On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 5:26 AM, Ziggy wrote: > I've recently acquired one of these, primarily to use as an alternative to > (and for comparison

Re: [time-nuts] Thunderbolt cabling questions

2012-06-12 Thread Gregory Muir
Here in my own 2-story house and at a couple of single-level remote sites I have my HP GPS antennas mounted up in the attic areas with no problems whatsoever. All buildings are wood frame construction with standard asphalt shingles. The plus side to this is that the antennas never see any weat