Re: [time-nuts] Has my TBolt gone south ?

2015-08-12 Thread Jason Ball
Or if your in Australia, a cockatoo. I've had to rerun my coax twice over the past 12 months 😠 On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 9:18 AM, William Beam wrote: > A nearby thunderstorm could have taken out the preamp in the antenna. > > 73 Bill Beam > NL7F > - Original Message - > From: "Discussion

[time-nuts] yet another GPSDO

2015-08-12 Thread Arthur Dent
I made some progress with the Symmetricom CGBA card I bought on Ebay and mentioned here last Friday. After getting it running and checked out, I took a closer look at the board to see if I could communicate with it. What I found was 3 unused holes on the board marked 'USER' and 2 of those pads had

Re: [time-nuts] Has my TBolt gone south ?

2015-08-12 Thread Chris Waldrup
I had an issue with mine and worked it out last night thanks to all of you great list members!! Thank you!! Turned out to be a blown PNP SOT package transistor that feeds 5V to the antenna.  Do you have 5V on the F connector? I saw your Lady Heather screenshot said antenna ok, but this is

[time-nuts] REF,,HP3325A

2015-08-12 Thread Pete Williams
​ G'evening group...A query from me as a new member..I have a working HP 3325A and bemoan the fact that the memories in the instrument are volatile and have to be reset if the unit is turned off. I believe the memories in the 3325B are non volatile. so is there any way the 'A'

Re: [time-nuts] Has my TBolt gone south ?

2015-08-12 Thread Bryan _
I have had a similar issue occur. For some reason it all of a sudden wanted to do wanted to do a self survey but couldn't. Stuck at 1% on the survey. I switched to Tboltmonitor as my backup program and was able to re input my lat/long and altitude settings, saved and it carried on. Power glitch,

Re: [time-nuts] Has my TBolt gone south ?

2015-08-12 Thread William Beam
A nearby thunderstorm could have taken out the preamp in the antenna. 73 Bill Beam NL7F - Original Message - From: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" To: Cc: Sent:Wed, 12 Aug 2015 23:29:45 +0200 Subject:Re: [time-nuts] Has my TBolt gone south ? On 8/12/2015 8:29 PM,

Re: [time-nuts] Has my TBolt gone south ?

2015-08-12 Thread Bob Camp
Hi Never ever rule out the idea that a squirrel has found your feed line a really tasty thing to chew on…. Bob > On Aug 12, 2015, at 5:29 PM, Alberto di Bene wrote: > > On 8/12/2015 8:29 PM, Hal Murray wrote: > >> How long did you wait after turning it on? >> How good is your antenna position

Re: [time-nuts] Has my TBolt gone south ?

2015-08-12 Thread Alberto di Bene
On 8/12/2015 8:29 PM, Hal Murray wrote: How long did you wait after turning it on? How good is your antenna position? Did you tell it to remember the location after a survey finished? If it's been off for a few weeks, it doesn't know where the satellites are. To get started, it has to find one

Re: [time-nuts] Has my TBolt gone south ?

2015-08-12 Thread Bob Camp
Hi Looks like no antenna ( = no RF in the front end). If it’s been on for a while, I’d start with the antenna and work back to the TBolt. Bob > On Aug 12, 2015, at 8:47 AM, Alberto di Bene wrote: > > Today I switched on again my TBolt after a few weeks of power down. > It looks like it has de

[time-nuts] More serial ports in NanoBSD

2015-08-12 Thread Willy Willemse
Hi all, I have a got a NanoBSD image with NTPns from Jason Rabel because I am a complete noob in FreeBSD, I tried to build an image but there were so many pitfalls for me that I asked Jason for a copy of his image. It works fine on my soekris NET4501, but I want also use the time signal fro

Re: [time-nuts] KS-24361 REF-0 standalone

2015-08-12 Thread Don Latham
Re the Ref-0 Ref-1 difference. Might be easier to find in the difference between PForth dumps? R0 and R1 may simply be differences in words? Don Bob Camp > Hi > > Yes, Paul posted a link yesterday that includes a link of the words dump from > pForth. > > Bob > > >> On Aug 9, 2015, at 9:51 PM, Don

Re: [time-nuts] KS-24361 EFC Error

2015-08-12 Thread Dave M
I have verified with MTI that the recommended tuning voltage for model 260-0624-C is 0 to 6V. The datasheet range of -10V to +10V is the available range of EFC for the entire 260 series, and may or may not apply to any specific model within the 260 series. Cheers, Dave M Dave M wrote: The O

Re: [time-nuts] KS-24361 EFC Error

2015-08-12 Thread Dan Rae
On 8/12/2015 4:13 AM, Bob Camp wrote: Hi Indeed, there is a *lot* of difference between the REF-1 and the REF-0. Working out a clone of the two could be a major undertaking. I’d only try it if there was nothing else on my schedule for the winter :) It’s the observation that the ROM’s are like

Re: [time-nuts] KS-24361 REF-0 standalone

2015-08-12 Thread Mod Mix
Hi, for use in audio setup we got some Ref-0. The audio project was quit (the better is the enemy of good ,-). Please contact me directly rather than via the list if you're interested in one or more (50 EUR each + shipping costs within EU). Ulli Am 12.08.2015 um 01:16 schrieb Bob Camp: I

Re: [time-nuts] Has my TBolt gone south ?

2015-08-12 Thread Hal Murray
dib...@usa.net said: > Today I switched on again my TBolt after a few weeks of power down. It looks > like it has decided to take a period of rest, maybe definitive... How long did you wait after turning it on? How good is your antenna position? Did you tell it to remember the location after a s

Re: [time-nuts] wtd: WWVB info

2015-08-12 Thread Tim Shoppa
Consumer WWVB products long ago moved from hobbyist-friendly DIP to gumdrop IC's (black epoxy blobs covering chip bonded directly to PCB). You can either buy a $10-$20 consumer WWVB clock and cut out the PCB section around the gumdrop IC/filter crystal/ferrite stick, or buy a module e.g. http://ww

[time-nuts] Has my TBolt gone south ?

2015-08-12 Thread Alberto di Bene
Today I switched on again my TBolt after a few weeks of power down. It looks like it has decided to take a period of rest, maybe definitive... The link below is a screen capture of LH, with some annotation from me. Is there anything that, in your experience, I can try to diagnose the failure and

Re: [time-nuts] KS-24361 EFC Error

2015-08-12 Thread Hal Murray
kb...@n1k.org said: > It’s the observation that the ROM’s are likely identical that has me > interested in the idea. *IF* that’s a correct guess (and I have not verified > it’s true with dumps), there must be jumpers that tell the board what it is > and what it does. There *could* be some

Re: [time-nuts] KS-24361 EFC Error

2015-08-12 Thread Bob Camp
Hi Indeed, there is a *lot* of difference between the REF-1 and the REF-0. Working out a clone of the two could be a major undertaking. I’d only try it if there was nothing else on my schedule for the winter :) It’s the observation that the ROM’s are likely identical that has me interested in

Re: [time-nuts] KS-24361 REF-0 standalone

2015-08-12 Thread GandalfG8--- via time-nuts
Hi Adrian, I've recently ordered two pairs to go with my earlier REF-1 units and found there was quite a significant saving on postage, even with the original packaging which I decided was a safer option, but don't forget there's a very high chance these days that you'll get hit with VAT an

Re: [time-nuts] wtd: WWVB info

2015-08-12 Thread Brian Inglis
Hi Donald, On the page referenced by Alex later in this thread, there is a link to Galleon as a US distributor of the HKW modules and WWVB receiver chip: http://www.ntp-time-server.com/wwvb-receiver/wwvb-receiver.html where the price may or may not be lower than direct shipping from EU, or availa