Re: [time-nuts] HP 3586A documents

2015-06-21 Thread iovane--- via time-nuts
I attach the schematics. I could send you off list my copy of the PRACTICAL GUIDE these schematics are taken from. Let me know. Antonio I8IOV >Messaggio originale >Da: kc0...@gmail.com >Data: 21/06/2015 20.38 >A: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" >Ogg: [time-nuts] HP

Re: [time-nuts] potential source for cheap copy of labview

2015-06-21 Thread Jim Lux
On 6/21/15 11:28 AM, Don Latham wrote: Just for fun, went to the site. $149 for basic, but by the time I added all the toolboxes I thought (!) I needed, I was over $750. sigh. Don Hence the popularity of the student license (or Octave) ___ time-nut

Re: [time-nuts] Motorola Oncore UT+ firmware upgrade & backup power questions

2015-06-21 Thread paul swed
Bobs description is accurate. As an example we had a power hit last night. My gps rcvr came up at some odd time. (normally its all fine in 10-30 seconds) I guessed the battery was bad its been 5 years. Sure enough sometime later in hours the time is correct. Time to get a screw driver and battery.

Re: [time-nuts] potential source for cheap copy of labview

2015-06-21 Thread paul swed
I downloaded both the software and drivers. About 2GB in total. Install was typical two restarts required and the eval copy is 7 days not 45. but you can get a eval license extension. It seems for each package so you have to re-step through the process multiple times. The NI explorer will look for

Re: [time-nuts] Cheap 48V 2A power supply

2015-06-21 Thread Ben Hall
Thanks for the heads-up. Bought two of them and now have my Z3801 running off of one vice the transformer-based supply I had been using. thanks much and 73, ben, kd5byb On 6/13/2015 8:54 PM, John Allen wrote: BG Micro has some nice 48V 2A power supply modules for around $12. IEC power cord in

[time-nuts] HP 3586A documents

2015-06-21 Thread Dave Daniel
I have recently acquired a used HP 3586A. Awhile back, in 2013, there was a thread that discussed the availability of Mr. Bill Feldman's "A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR USING THE HP3586A.pdf", which I have found on the BAMA website. However, as pointed out in the earlier thread, the schematics for the

Re: [time-nuts] Close in phase noise of microwave VCOs

2015-06-21 Thread Attila Kinali
Moin, Thanks for the references! On Sat, 20 Jun 2015 13:35:54 -0700 "Richard (Rick) Karlquist" wrote: > Somewhat had asked about "how" close in the 30 dB/decade is > good for. There is a reference about this issue. The > book Edson: Vacuum Tube Oscillators has what I believe is > I think E

Re: [time-nuts] potential source for cheap copy of labview

2015-06-21 Thread Don Latham
Just for fun, went to the site. $149 for basic, but by the time I added all the toolboxes I thought (!) I needed, I was over $750. sigh. Don David J Taylor > From: Jim Lux > [] > Mathworks still does a variety of low cost licenses, including a $149 > for Matlab "home" license + $45 for add on pro

Re: [time-nuts] FE-5680A commands

2015-06-21 Thread Cube Central
Hi there I've come across the following resources for the one I was fooling with... Here, on the archive of this list: https://www.febo.com/pipermail/time-nuts/2008-June/031663.html Some more information: http://www.leapsecond.com/museum/fei5650a/ A really good PDF here: http://www.dd1us.de/Dow

Re: [time-nuts] potential source for cheap copy of labview

2015-06-21 Thread Dave Daniel
Thanks for that update. I hadn't looked on the Mathworks website in quite some time. I looked again after seeing your post, and I see that a "home bundle" is once again available. This is what I have from 1999. I have also used Octave, although not as much as I have used MatLab and Simulink.

Re: [time-nuts] Motorola Oncore UT+ firmware upgrade & backup power questions

2015-06-21 Thread Bob Camp
Hi I think there is some confusion here between the almanacs / ephemeris and the firmware. The Oncore saves the most recent GPS information (almanac and ephemeris) in RAM. If that’s battery backed up, it re-loads it at boot. The firmware is in flash memory. Re-programming the flash is (at bes

Re: [time-nuts] Motorola Oncore UT+ firmware upgrade & backup power questions

2015-06-21 Thread Pete Stephenson
The Oncore driver can load certain parameters (e.g. the fixed location, mode of operation, and -- I think -- the current estimated time) into the Oncore receiver's RAM, but doesn't do anything to the firmware on flash. Cheers! -Pete On Sun, Jun 21, 2015 at 1:06 AM, Hal Murray wrote: > > gign...@

Re: [time-nuts] potential source for cheap copy of labview

2015-06-21 Thread David J Taylor
From: Jim Lux [] Mathworks still does a variety of low cost licenses, including a $149 for Matlab "home" license + $45 for add on products. (not for academic, commercial, govt, or organizational use) They also have a $49/$99 student license "in conjunction with coursework at a degree granting ins

Re: [time-nuts] potential source for cheap copy of labview

2015-06-21 Thread Brent Gordon
You don't have to wait for the software to arrive if you don't mind downloading it. The software you download is the same as the software National Instruments (NI) ships to their customers. Without a serial number the software runs for 45 days. When you activate the software, using your seri