Re: [time-nuts] ngTADD-1

2013-04-25 Thread Hal Murray
ke...@rosenberg.net said: For 1ns jitter, do you have a recommendation of modulation (ASK/PSK?) and carrier frequency? All the digital communication over fiber that I'm familiar with is simple on-off baseband, no carrier. Digital geeks use encoding rather than modulation. One

[time-nuts] Feldmann guide to the HP3586A/B/C

2013-04-25 Thread Perry Sandeen
Gents, Wrote: There are a number of paragraphs with the same number and Appendix C is missing all the schematics. PS both the links go to the same document. Wrote: original was edited by a third party (including in particular the paragraph headers) around the time that Mr. Feldmann died. I

Re: [time-nuts] ngTADD-1

2013-04-25 Thread Attila Kinali
On Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:09:14 -0600 Kevin Rosenberg ke...@rosenberg.net wrote: On Apr 24, 2013, at 2:50 AM, Attila Kinali att...@kinali.ch wrote: [...] low jitter (sub 1ns rise/fall times). For the transmitters, if possible go for those with laser diodes and modulate them (ie no on-off

[time-nuts] HP-8640B

2013-04-25 Thread Alf Pousar
Hello Folks! I turn to you in hope someone can help me. The old but good signal generator 8640B is by Agilent declared obsolete and no support available. The frequency counter in the last production versions, has a Pre-Scaler P/N 08640-60306 quite different from the old one 08640-60168. The old

Re: [time-nuts] HP-8640B

2013-04-25 Thread Azelio Boriani
Try this page: http://www.jvgavila.com/hp8640b.htm maybe the problem described is exactly what you are experiencing on yours. On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 11:25 AM, Alf Pousar alf.pou...@surffi.net wrote: Hello Folks! I turn to you in hope someone can help me. The old but good signal generator

Re: [time-nuts] HP-8640B

2013-04-25 Thread J. Forster
Try www.ArtekMedia.com Dave has IMO the best info on HP (and other) stuff available. Best, -John == Hello Folks! I turn to you in hope someone can help me. The old but good signal generator 8640B is by Agilent declared obsolete and no support available. The frequency

Re: [time-nuts] ngTADD-1

2013-04-25 Thread Lester Veenstra
Use a maximal length PRN sequence with a unique state (say all ones) tied to 1 pps) Receive by correlation to recover time of unique state. Lester B Veenstra  MØYCM K1YCM W8YCM les...@veenstras.com US Postal Address: 5 Shrine Club Drive HC84 Box 89C Keyser WV 26726 GPS: 39.33675 N  78.9823527

Re: [time-nuts] HP-8640B

2013-04-25 Thread Tom Miller
It is now www.artekmanuals.com But I fully agree. This is a great resource if you are in to the legacy test equipment. Regards, Tom - Original Message - From: J. Forster j...@quikus.com To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement time-nuts@febo.com Sent: Thursday,

Re: [time-nuts] ngTADD-1

2013-04-25 Thread Chris Albertson
The problem with analog 10MHz is the non-linear parts at each end of the fiber optic. It would be hard to get a nice sine wave at the output. I think if you have a requirement for very clean sine wave at the far end you'd best try to phase lock a local XO. Send a 10 MHz square wave down the

[time-nuts] HP 5065A change sheets

2013-04-25 Thread cdelect
Hi Everyone, Does anyone have the change sheets that apply to the prefix 2816A. I only have the one that covers up to prefix 2740A. Thanks, Corby ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to

Re: [time-nuts] HP-8640B

2013-04-25 Thread engineering
If you also Google 8640B manual several sites will pop up offering free pdf manuals for this unit. Greg Alf Pousar alf.pou...@surffi.net wrote: Hello Folks! I turn to you in hope someone can help me. The old but good signal generator 8640B is by Agilent declared obsolete and no support