Re: [time-nuts] DeLorme Tripmate GPS receiver

2014-12-22 Thread ed breya
One thing I want to clarify - it is not a Jupiter GPS module - it just uses the chipset, presumably hooked up as in the application info. The board is proprietary, and there seems to be no standard electrical or operational interface as would be expected in an OEM GPS module. So, the only way

Re: [time-nuts] Simple AC mains zero-cross detector

2014-12-22 Thread nuts
On Sun, 21 Dec 2014 17:37:07 -0500 Charles Steinmetz csteinm...@yandex.com wrote: Ed wrote: It seems to me that a low voltage secondary should be OK by using a fast comparator IC rather than a transistor to decide - the gain of the IC allows for much smaller detection levels, so the

Re: [time-nuts] LNA and Alias

2014-12-22 Thread Bruce Griffiths
Are you sure that the setup is aligned to minimise AM response? Are you using cross-correlation? Bruce On Monday, 22 December 2014 5:08 PM, Loïc Moreau loic.mor...@eai..fr wrote: Hi all, My phase noise measurements system give erroneous  results in close in phase noise

Re: [time-nuts] LNA and Alias

2014-12-22 Thread Loïc
Bruce Griffiths bruce.griffiths@... writes: Are you sure that the setup is aligned to minimise AM response? Are you using cross-correlation? Bruce On Monday, 22 December 2014 5:08 PM, Loïc Moreau loic.moreau at eai..fr wrote: Hi all, My phase noise measurements system

Re: [time-nuts] Simple AC mains zero-cross detector

2014-12-22 Thread nuts
On Sat, 20 Dec 2014 18:31:29 -0500 Mike Garvey r3m...@verizon.net wrote: From a Time-Nut perspective, isn't phase/frequency of the (nominal) 60 Hz all we'd be interested in? Phase is best measured at a zero crossing as this is the (only) phase measurement point which is independent of

Re: [time-nuts] Simple AC mains zero-cross detector

2014-12-22 Thread ed breya
Actually, the core saturation depends on how much voltage is applied at a given frequency. Most power transformers are run partly into saturation at rated line, to get the most from the copper and iron available, in exchange for heat and less efficiency. The magnetizing current and losses will

Re: [time-nuts] LNA and Alias

2014-12-22 Thread Bob Camp
Hi At the moment Comcast and ko4bb.com don’t seem to like each other. I can’t refer directly to the schematic or the page. What you *should* have (assuming 10 MHz inputs for clarity): 1) The RF inputs go into the mixer from what ever sources you happen to want to test. At least one source

Re: [time-nuts] LNA and Alias

2014-12-22 Thread Magnus Danielson
Loic, If you have a single-pole low-pass filter at say 20 kHz you will have a 60 dB damping as you hit 20 MHz. No reason to get really fancy. Either just do a two-pole low-pass filter (inductance, capacitance) or a two-stage RC-link, or consider doing a LC-series link between signal and

Re: [time-nuts] LNA and Alias

2014-12-22 Thread Bruce Griffiths
On Monday, December 22, 2014 09:26:15 AM Loïc wrote: Bruce Griffiths bruce.griffiths@... writes: Are you sure that the setup is aligned to minimise AM response? Are you using cross-correlation? Bruce On Monday, 22 December 2014 5:08 PM, Loïc Moreau loic.moreau at eai..fr

Re: [time-nuts] LNA and Alias

2014-12-22 Thread Didier Juges
Bob, It may not have been Comcast. I had issues (cockpit error on my part) with the server this morning around the time you wrote your message. It should be OK now. However, the new setup is making it more difficult to attach links to documents because when you click on a document in the Manuals

[time-nuts] GUI installer with ntp-4.2.8 for Windows now available

2014-12-22 Thread Martin Burnicki
Folks, a new GUI installer with ntp-4.2.8 for Windows is now available at Meinberg's NTP download page: http://www.meinbergglobal.com/english/sw/ntp.htm#ntp_stable This also includes the current version v1.0.1j of the openSSL DLL, which also fixes some openSSL vulnerabilities. Martin

Re: [time-nuts] DeLorme Tripmate GPS receiver

2014-12-22 Thread Ryan Stasel
Ed, Not 100% sure this is the same model, but it would seem to indicate there's a PPS signal on the DCD pin (from the gpsd-users list circa 2007): http://marc.info/?l=gpsd-usersm=118340900010559w=2 Have a 'scope to check what that pin looks like? -Ryan Stasel On Dec 21, 2014, at 23:07 , ed