Re: [time-nuts] . Re: WWV/CHU (jimlux)

2018-03-30 Thread Andre
Hi, I modified my RTL-SDR by adding a blue LED on one side of the crystal. This helped a bit but there is still a little variation with temperature. Anyone else run into this problem? It seems spot-on when checked against available standards but lack an atomic reference. -Andre

Re: [time-nuts] time-nuts Digest, Vol 159, Issue 14 SDR hacking

2017-10-09 Thread Andre
CT if someone has a use with pigtail lead and screw end. Has non standard fitting Andre ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.

Re: [time-nuts] time-nuts Digest, Vol 159, Issue 3

2017-10-03 Thread Andre
Whats up with it? There are related manuals for these around and one common problem is bad 10K resistor on the lamp board. Apparently the heat does them in over time. Interestingly a lot of "military surplus" units can in fact be probed using a random generator over serial port to see what comes

Re: [time-nuts] time-nuts Digest, Vol 158, Issue 32 8 am GPS glitch Ideas

2017-09-29 Thread Andre
Something sitting on the antenna at certain times ? ie a pigeon or seagull.. Also electrical interference is a good possibility, I found that an SDR is a good general diagnostics method. Mine now has a chip antenna swiped from an ld Wifi dongle (2002) which helps a lot around 1 GHz and a

Re: [time-nuts] Ball Model PRFS 102

2017-09-21 Thread Andre
Hi, Yes this is indeed the case but the procedure is quite fiddly. IIRC to do this you need to get the lamp in a position where the heat gun can access the front where the pinch is: problem might not be this at all. I would visually inspect lamp and if it looks OK then check everything else inc

[time-nuts] Re. contents of Time Nuts digest

2017-09-08 Thread Andre
Has anyone else run into this set of faults, as it locks some of the time the problem might be bad 10K resistor on the lamp board, etc. Doubt there is anything major wrong with it and for my needs it could be fine. -Andre ___ time-nuts mailing list --

Re: [time-nuts] time-nuts Digest, Vol 157, Issue 14

2017-08-10 Thread Andre
manage to find a non working Rb module for tinkering. Does anyone have one with low emission which they want to sell please? thanks, -Andre From: time-nuts on behalf of time-nuts-requ...@febo.com Sent: 09 August 2017 17:00 To: time-nuts@febo.com Subject

[time-nuts] Re. DIY atomic "resonator"

2017-04-11 Thread Andre
inating project to integrate SDR as these are (with modifications) very accurate and can be used to fine tune a lot of the oscillators etc with less hassle. Thanks, -Andre in Guernsey ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscri

[time-nuts] Re. Interesting experiments with SDR

2017-04-10 Thread Andre
M actually calibrate against GPS so this should be highly accurate. -Andre ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.

Re: [time-nuts] Pulsars make a GPS for the cosmos

2013-09-29 Thread Andre van Staden
r at magnitude 16.5 and spin at around 30Hz. (yes, and I assume you need to be some sort of timing freak to do this :-) If you are interest you can access my publication in June 2013 issue p91 of MNASSA at http://www.mnassa.org.za/ Best