Re: [time-nuts] Quad Driven Mixer 5 to 10 MHz Doubler Article

2014-11-13 Thread timeok
George, you can replace the input transformer with the mini-circuits model T2-613-1-KK81 or T662-KK81 for under 2 Dollars. The inductors L1 and L3 are standards value you can find smd or standard on ebay. About L4 you can put in place a standard 4.7uH value increasing the series capacitor for

[time-nuts] strange carrier

2014-11-13 Thread Joe Leikhim
Looks like a clock to divide by 1000 and generate 59.99 Hz A computer video card or monitor? Some piece of Video gear? A UPS? A solar system power inverter? A generator control panel? -- Joe Leikhim Leikhim and Associates Communications Consultants Oviedo, Florida jleik...@leikhim.com 407-

Re: [time-nuts] strange carrier

2014-11-13 Thread Don Latham
7.6 Hz is very close to the Schumann resonance fundamental. Don Doug Ronald > I'm working on my WWVB BPSK receiver and am receiving a carrier, 10 dB > stronger than WWVB in Sunnyvale, California, quite stable, on the air 24/7 > at a frequency of 59.99240 kHz. I have researched on Internet what it

Re: [time-nuts] Lucent GPSDO comments

2014-11-13 Thread Charles Steinmetz
Paul wrote: Lots of noise on the ti/pps and you can see EFC is rising all the time. I will say in the past it had been a steady rise now there is a wave that might mean its slowing down a bit. But this all looks rattier then I would believe. According to the plot, the oscillator is still a

Re: [time-nuts] strange carrier

2014-11-13 Thread ed breya
Maybe it's leakage from another time-nut's experiment in the neighborhood, or some commercial equipment. There's probably lots of stuff going on in that area. It's not necessarily a broadcast carrier, but just a frequency that happens to be generated somewhere and getting out big enough - maybe

[time-nuts] Lucent GPDSO TTI ps graph and efc is this sick?

2014-11-13 Thread paul swed
Hello to the group. Running the Lucent GPSDO and its been on for 5 days now. This is a capture from the z3811 program. I did not think I could get this graph out to time nuts. The actual files are quite large. However a .png makes it pretty compact. My question Is this normal? I did not expect th

Re: [time-nuts] HP 3586B Info

2014-11-13 Thread Bill Reed
Hi Perrier, Thanks, I would like the documents. I have a HP 3586B and its sensitivity is right on for the 20 Hz and 400 Hz bands but is about 30 dB low for the 3100 Hz band. I have manuals but have not found the fault. Do you have suggestions? Regards, Bill br...@otelco.net -Original Me

Re: [time-nuts] strange carrier

2014-11-13 Thread paul swed
Doug A classical tv anyplace? 4th harmonic of the flyback was a common issue. My best guess and highly doubtful. Regards Paul WB8TSL On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 6:23 PM, Doug Ronald wrote: > I'm working on my WWVB BPSK receiver and am receiving a carrier, 10 dB > stronger than WWVB in Sunnyvale, Cal

Re: [time-nuts] Lucent GPSDO comments

2014-11-13 Thread paul swed
Bob the actual pictures and files are large so here is the left screen and right screen from the z3811 program. Pretty easy to guess whats in the middle. Lots of noise on the ti/pps and you can see EFC is rising all the time. I will say in the past it had been a steady rise now there is a wave that

Re: [time-nuts] My NTGS50AA failed

2014-11-13 Thread EB4APL
Hello Nigel, Finally I got enough courage and removed the OCXO, you know what kind of task it is.. Fortunately I didn't spoiled the PCB so I'll install 2 smb connectors in the provided places, I don't want to return there if I need to change the oscillator. Well, the oscillator is ok, this is

[time-nuts] strange carrier

2014-11-13 Thread Doug Ronald
I'm working on my WWVB BPSK receiver and am receiving a carrier, 10 dB stronger than WWVB in Sunnyvale, California, quite stable, on the air 24/7 at a frequency of 59.99240 kHz. I have researched on Internet what it might be, with no results. I have turned off all switch mode power supplies at my l

Re: [time-nuts] Lucent GPSDO comments

2014-11-13 Thread Bob Camp
Hi How much is your unit moving? Bob > On Nov 13, 2014, at 1:50 PM, paul swed wrote: > > On the older units that used a RB to control an Xtal. They created a mix of > 5 Mhz +10 Mhz and that produced 15 out that hit an amplifier to drive a 12 > way splitter. > I think I reverse engineered the c

Re: [time-nuts] Lucent GPSDO comments

2014-11-13 Thread paul swed
On the older units that used a RB to control an Xtal. They created a mix of 5 Mhz +10 Mhz and that produced 15 out that hit an amplifier to drive a 12 way splitter. I think I reverse engineered the circuit. Its on paper and filed. Oh that ends this discussion. Anyhow it was not hard to figure out.

Re: [time-nuts] Quad Driven Mixer 5 to 10 MHz Doubler Atricle

2014-11-13 Thread Dave Daniel
Is that the "A Two Diode Frequency Doubler" article by John Pivnichny? DaveD On 11/12/2014 10:47 PM, Don Latham wrote: I digitized the first 2011 article to hand, the one in Jan-Feb; it's a smaller article, and not as elegant as the later one. Anyone interested can email me off-list. You're all

Re: [time-nuts] Things your mother (or FEI) didn't tell you about FE series oscillators

2014-11-13 Thread Paul Berger
Hi Skip, Seeing as how you have spent some time poking around inside FE-5680s maybe you might be able to help with a problem I have with one. A while back I purchased two 5380As that where reputed to be new they are marked with "10MHZ OPTION 57" and would seem to match you description of the

Re: [time-nuts] Quad Driven Mixer 5 to 10 MHz Doubler Article

2014-11-13 Thread xaos
Luciano, This looks very nice. However, the inductors are custom made. It would be nice to have a off the shelf parts solution so it can be made easily. Any ideas ? -George, N2FGX On 11/13/2014 08:39 AM, tim...@timeok.it wrote: > Hi all, > > I can suggest a different solution I have tested to ha

Re: [time-nuts] Quad Driven Mixer 5 to 10 MHz Doubler Article

2014-11-13 Thread timeok
Hi all, I can suggest a different solution I have tested to have some important improvement. First, the lower phase shift sensitivity with the use of a low pass filter in conjunction with two notch filters instead the high Q band pass filter, second the unity gain to avoid a 13/20 dB amplif

Re: [time-nuts] My NTGS50AA failed

2014-11-13 Thread GandalfG8--- via time-nuts
Hi Ignacio I'm sure removing the oscillator would make your faultfinding much more straightforward. When I removed mine I started out quite convinced I wouldn't be able to do it, even with the solder mostly removed from around the pins they were obviously quite a tight fit and all I had a

Re: [time-nuts] Quad Driven Mixer 5 to 10 MHz Doubler Atricle

2014-11-13 Thread Graham
I would like a copy of the article please. cheers, Graham ve3gtc planoph...@aei.ca On 2014-11-13 00:47, Don Latham wrote: I digitized the first 2011 article to hand, the one in Jan-Feb; it's a smaller article, and not as elegant as the later one. Anyone interested can email me off-list. You'r

Re: [time-nuts] Efratom/Datum Starloc II

2014-11-13 Thread GandalfG8--- via time-nuts
Hi Paul, I haven't used the Starloc II, so can't offer any direct help/advice, but I did find manuals for the Starloc II and Starloc II plus when searching for Starloc-Lite data a few years ago. As always I hoarded what I found, which makes this your lucky day rather than mine as I neve

Re: [time-nuts] Quad Driven Mixer 5 to 10 MHz Doubler Article

2014-11-13 Thread Bert Kehren via time-nuts
We are using Wenzel with two filters see attached if it will pass. 20 Mhz is down more than 60 db and 5 MHz 55. Distribution Amp takes care of the rest. Bert Kehren In a message dated 11/12/2014 8:13:33 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, dgmin...@mediacombb.net writes: Just a few days ago,