Re: [time-nuts] Z3805 utility, Was: AW: (no subject)

2010-05-22 Thread Ed, k1ggi
Point of clarification, on a PC RS-232 port, expect to find TxD (output) on pin 2 of a 25-pin D-sub, and on pin 3 of on a 9-pin D-sub. This is a sign of terminal configuration (DTE), and a PC is conventionally a terminal. It would be surprising if your PC isn't. If you don't have a scope, a dc m

Re: [time-nuts] crystal oscillators & TPLL

2010-06-22 Thread Ed, k1ggi
Careful, I would never renounce my nuttiness, lest something awful happen to me list-wise :) Ed -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Robert Benward Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 12:36 PM To: Discussion of precise time and frequ

Re: [time-nuts] GPS Timing Source -- looking at buying

2010-07-11 Thread Ed, k1ggi
Keep in mind, SMPTE/EBU is timecode, AES/EBU is digital audio. 3 orders of magnitude difference in the bit rates. Chris was talking timecode. Ed -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Bob Camp Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 8:38 AM

Re: [time-nuts] Determining Time-Nut infection severity

2010-10-25 Thread Ed, k1ggi
. On this list, acceptability is all according to the exponent. Just fix the TOD within an hour and you are certain to be at E-14 on the cosmological scale. Spectacular. Plus you get to use the word "cosmological". Ed, k1ggi ___ time-nuts ma

Re: [time-nuts] New wrist Watch

2012-09-09 Thread Ed, k1ggi
Stan, You want a Casio Waveceptor WVA470J-1ACF, ana-digi/solar/wwvb. I have a WVA105HDA-2A, no-solar, no sweep hand, been a solid performer. 73, Ed -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Stan, W1LE Sent: Sunday, September 09, 20

Re: [time-nuts] 57600 baud rate with Basic???

2012-10-09 Thread Ed, k1ggi
Hi Corby, Before you go to all the trouble of venturing into unfamiliar waters, code a few inps and outs to poke a 2 into the uart divisor latch and give it a try. I just tried poking 3 to pull in some 38.4k NMEA strings and its fine. Using v3.22 and W7/32. Ed -Original Message- From: time

Re: [time-nuts] How to get 32.768KHz from 10MHz.

2008-07-23 Thread Ed, k1ggi
I see I'm coming to the party late, on the heels of Mike and Tom, but here's some additional from playing with the numbers during lunch. A mix of 30.4 us and 31.2 us periods (76 and 78 pic instr loops) in the ratio of 1747 to 301 does it -- 32768Hz with a few percent fm-ing. With just the two oute

Re: [time-nuts] How to get 32.768KHz from 10MHz.

2008-07-23 Thread Ed, k1ggi
Correction - freq is high (*lead* builds up) for 53msec. Ed abt 200usec of lag accumulates ___ 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 ther

Re: [time-nuts] Time Nuts at Boxboro

2008-08-22 Thread Ed, k1ggi
Yes. Careful not to get trampled in the stampede. 73, Ed, k1ggi -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott McGrath Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 1:36 PM To: time-nuts@febo.com Subject: [time-nuts] Time Nuts at Boxboro Anyone going to to the

Re: [time-nuts] THUNBERBOLT PACKET 0X8F-AB

2008-10-04 Thread Ed, k1ggi
('stuffed') before sending a packet and removed after receiving the packet." Ed, k1ggi -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hank Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2008 11:51 AM To: time-nuts@febo.com Subject: [time-nuts] THUNBERBOLT PACKE

Re: [time-nuts] WWV / WWVH / WWVB

2008-11-20 Thread Ed, k1ggi
Brad Stockdale wrote: How in the heck do you differentiate between the two stations if they broadcast on all the same channels? Brad - Regarding WWV and WWVH, take a look at http://tf.nist.gov/timefreq/general/broadcast.htm#1 and http://tf.nist.gov/timefreq/general/broadcast.htm#7 Ed ___

Re: [time-nuts] altitude difference between two gps

2008-12-27 Thread Ed, k1ggi
On the thunderbolt, what datum do you have selected in Setup > Packet Masks and Options? If it is 0 (WGS-84), try 2 (NAD-27). -30m is about right for the geoid height around Las Vegas. Ed, k1ggi -Original Message- From: James R. Gorr [mailto:n3...@yahoo.com] Sent: Saturday, December

Re: [time-nuts] Need schoolin PPM vs E to the umth?

2008-12-31 Thread Ed, k1ggi
1%, it comes out 0.1%, 10 times smaller, but here the context reveals the intent, so there you go. Intent is harder to figure out when there are a dozen zeros floating around and there is less explanatory context. So just be on guard when you see 10Eanything, check for reasonableness, and consider

Re: [time-nuts] Tbolt monitor software

2009-01-21 Thread Ed, k1ggi
Sounds like the tbolt is not getting the queries from the pc and therefore the responses are absent, but the pc is getting the unsolicited info from the tbolt. A fault with pin 3 on the DE9 would do it, or something deeper that kills the pc-to-tbolt comms. Ed, k1ggi -Original Message

Re: [time-nuts] Weird T-Bolt elevation readings...

2010-01-14 Thread Ed, k1ggi
Mike - On the thunderbolt, what datum do you have selected in Setup > Packet Masks and Options? The default of 0 is the WGS-84 ellipsoid. Looking at the 2003 geoid, Most of Florida is -25 to -30m hae. Try datum 2, it looks like it may approximate NAD-27. Any better? Ed, k1ggi -Origi

Re: [time-nuts] Measuring 10 MHz accurately.

2008-05-07 Thread Ed, k1ggi
What is the difference between 1E-12, 10E-12, and 10^-12? Ed, K1GGI 2 parts in 10E-12 ___ 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] Near-perfect chip for Loran-C frequency

2008-07-04 Thread Ed, k1ggi
If there is something smaller than a nit to pick in the grand scheme of things, this may be it. Anyway - these days WWVB is running the depth at 17dB. Interesting info at http://tf.nist.gov/timefreq/general/pdf/2139.pdf Ed -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: [time-nuts] WWVB remodulator for the Spectracom 8170...

2013-06-18 Thread Ed, k1ggi
>Weird.. where does that 3V in my mind come from? Metal gate cmos. Ed -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Attila Kinali Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 18:11 PM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: R

Re: [time-nuts] Is this measurement for real?

2013-12-08 Thread Ed, k1ggi
and 8640B. There you can inquire and learn about AM BC stations locked or not to gps, as well as intentional carrier offset applied to mitigate slow deep fading in zones of overlapping coverage. http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/FMT-nuts/info 73, Ed, k1ggi -Original Message- From: time

Re: [time-nuts] Shortt Clock Recent Measurements

2013-12-10 Thread Ed, k1ggi
Its not in the Loomis article, lunar influence is in the Brown and Brouwer analysis, beginning on pg. 581. -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Bill Hawkins Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2013 11:12 AM To: 'Bill Hawkins'; 'Discu