Re: [time-nuts] Loran C shutdown

2009-11-16 Thread Francesco Ledda
AOPA -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Eric Garner Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 10:44 AM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Loran C shutdown Does anyone know if there is

[time-nuts] FS HP103 Precision Crystal Reference

2009-11-15 Thread Francesco Ledda
Nice looking, no mods. $115 plus shipping from 75044. Thank you! Francesco Ledda Garland, Texas -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com]on Behalf Of Magnus Danielson Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2009 9:01 AM To: Discussion of precise time

Re: [time-nuts] The Demise of LORAN (was Re: Reference oscillator accuracy)

2009-11-15 Thread Francesco Ledda
The bottom line is simple: the military don't need it, the FAA see no value in it; the avionics industry has discontinued the manufacturing of LORAN receivers years ago, the General Aviation community has bigger fish to fry (fight user fees); the Europen talked in the past about using LORAN for

Re: [time-nuts] The Demise of LORAN (was Re: Reference oscillator accuracy)

2009-11-15 Thread Francesco Ledda
Considering that the GPS antenna in aircrafts is mounted on top of fuselage, and that its radiation pattern is upward, it seems that a ground jammer will have an uphill battle. -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com]on Behalf Of J. Forster

Re: [time-nuts] The Demise of LORAN (was Re: Reference oscillator accuracy)

2009-11-15 Thread Francesco Ledda
(was Re: Reference oscillator accuracy) Francesco Ledda wrote: Considering that the GPS antenna in aircrafts is mounted on top of fuselage, and that its radiation pattern is upward, it seems that a ground jammer will have an uphill battle. Not all GPS receivers is sitting on flying airplanes. Far

Re: [time-nuts] The Demise of LORAN (was Re: Reference oscillator accuracy)

2009-11-14 Thread Francesco Ledda
AOPA is pushing congress to repristinate funding for LORAN. General aviation is probably the heaviest user on this Nav system. The aviation user community would love to see Nav systems with integrated LORAN and GPS capabilty, but the industry has done little in this area, due to lack of

Re: [time-nuts] The Demise of LORAN (was Re: Reference oscillator accuracy)

2009-11-14 Thread Francesco Ledda
LORAN is a good back up, but it has problems and limitations. Navigating next to a storm can overwhelm the receiver and make it unusable. The LORAN system doesn't have a build in accuracy degradation system like GPS(RAIM - receiver autonomous integrity monitoring), and this make LORAN unfit to

Re: [time-nuts] OT: Spectrum Analyzer

2009-10-31 Thread Francesco Ledda
I bought from Naptech a very clean HP8566B for $2200. I am very happy with it. -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com]on Behalf Of John Miles Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 11:06 PM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement

[time-nuts] FS: Austron Clock Distribution Unit

2009-10-30 Thread Francesco Ledda
Fos sale: Austron Model 1295D Series Distribution Chassis Includes: AC/DC Power Supply Qt1 - Low Loise Wideband Module Qt 3 - Quad W/B Output Manual Unit looks new, but it is untested. Price $250 plus shipping from 75044 Thanks, Francesco Ledda E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor

Re: [time-nuts] time-nuts Digest, Vol 63, Issue 52

2009-10-11 Thread Francesco Ledda
In the US, we use both systems. During engineering school, we mainly used the exponent system as done in Europe; we also used the US system for historycal and practical reasons. Some people here in the US feel more confortable one system and others with the other. My opinion is that as long as

Re: [time-nuts] 4046 variations (was EPE GPS....)

2009-09-27 Thread Francesco Ledda
The only portion of the device with possibly significant variability is the VCO. If the design does not take care of the VCO variability, for the capture range of the PLL; things may not work. If the device had a Phase-Frequency detector, instead of a phase detector, the capture range would not

[time-nuts] Lady Heather's Source Code

2009-09-26 Thread Francesco Ledda
Hi, Where can I download the source code? Thank you! E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (6.1.0.447) Database version: 6.13350 http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/ ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To

[time-nuts] HP 8753A on ExxY - good price

2009-09-09 Thread Francesco Ledda
Tittle says it all. ___ 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.

[time-nuts] Correction: HP 5373A on ExxY - good price

2009-09-09 Thread Francesco Ledda
Sorry, it is a 5373A!It is not mine. -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com]on Behalf Of Francesco Ledda Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 10:50 AM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: [time-nuts] HP 8753A

Re: [time-nuts] HP 5372a error 160

2009-09-04 Thread Francesco Ledda
You need to replace the internal battery (3.6) and calibrate the inputs; the procedure is simple. -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com]on Behalf Of Norman J McSweyn Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 8:16 AM To: Discussion of precise time

Re: [time-nuts] HP 5372a error 160

2009-09-04 Thread Francesco Ledda
, I saw in the troubleshooting section that a weak internal battery could be the cause. HA!!! Just found the procedure in the manual!! Looks deceptively easy. Thanks, Norm n3ykf Francesco Ledda wrote: You need to replace the internal battery (3.6) and calibrate the inputs; the procedure

Re: [time-nuts] Wireless Adapter for an TBolt

2009-07-03 Thread Francesco Ledda
you could use remote desktop -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com]on Behalf Of brucekar...@aol.com Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 8:50 AM To: time-nuts@febo.com Subject: [time-nuts] Wireless Adapter for an TBolt Has anyone coupled a

Re: [time-nuts] Bad capacitors (was Volt-nuts cooperation?)

2009-06-21 Thread Francesco Ledda
I believe you. You know that its is better to be lucky than smart ;) -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com]on Behalf Of Mark Sims Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2009 11:22 AM To: time-nuts@febo.com Subject: [time-nuts] Bad capacitors (was

Re: [time-nuts] Volt-nuts cooperation?

2009-06-20 Thread Francesco Ledda
Lucky me, I bought an HP3455A new still in the box for $300! -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com]on Behalf Of Mark Sims Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2009 5:05 PM To: time-nuts@febo.com Subject: [time-nuts] Volt-nuts cooperation? The 3458A

Re: [time-nuts] Z3805 initial behavior after power up revised

2009-06-19 Thread Francesco Ledda
: Re: [time-nuts] Z3805 initial behaviour after power up revised Francesco Ledda wrote: Aging cannot be predicted! If it could be predicetd, there would be no aging. Not entierly true. Even with a perfectly known aging, only a few oscillators would bother to estimate and correct it. This can

Re: [time-nuts] Z3805 initial behaviour after power up revised

2009-06-18 Thread Francesco Ledda
Aging cannot be predicted! If it could be predicetd, there would be no aging. -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com]on Behalf Of Ulrich Bangert Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 3:04 AM To: 'Discussion of precise time and frequency

Re: [time-nuts] Z3805 initial behaviour after power up

2009-06-17 Thread Francesco Ledda
A third order PPL has better sideband suppression. The tracking capability depends upon the phase range of the phase detector. If 1:1 phase comparison and a XOR phase detector is used, the range is 180 degrees. Dividers on the feedback portion of the PLL increase the phase range of the phase

Re: [time-nuts] Request for manuals for HP 5372A

2009-06-05 Thread Francesco Ledda
try http://www.mkdw.net/pub/radio/hp/Manuals/?C=N;O=D The manual is 05372-90016.pdf -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com]on Behalf Of gandal...@aol.com Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 6:55 AM To: time-nuts@febo.com Subject: Re: [time-nuts]

Re: [time-nuts] Request for manuals for HP 5372A

2009-06-05 Thread Francesco Ledda
I used the 5372 for years to design and test SONET synchronizers. I had option 40 istalled but never used it. I always downconverted my test clock to 1 kHz or lower to increase the resolution of the counter. -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com

Re: [time-nuts] 747 Chronometer

2009-05-21 Thread Francesco Ledda
Most likely, the clock needs 5V for the internal lighting. Many aircrft clocks are mechanical, but some are lectrical and need 28VDC. -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com]on Behalf Of Charles Rushing Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2009 1:45 AM

Re: [time-nuts] Home made GPS disciplined atomic clock

2009-01-25 Thread Francesco Ledda
The challenge is to detect a failure of the GPS source (LOS) before the DPLL moves the OCXO. I used to design Stratum clocks for a large telecom company, and I used several trick do detect a phase ramp on the digital phase detector; this was used to declare a probable bad source. At that point,

Re: [time-nuts] Home made GPS disciplined atomic clock

2009-01-25 Thread Francesco Ledda
There are techniques to remove/eliminate the phase error when the GPS source comes back on line. If the holdover is entered appropriately, the frequency error should be small and dependent on the stability of the OCXO. -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com

[time-nuts] Set Up instructions: FE-5440A O-1824A/U

2009-01-18 Thread Francesco Ledda
I am looking for a manual for the FEI FE-5440A O-1824A/U cesium source. I also need the instrument power up/set up instructions. Thank you in advance! Regards, Francesco Garland, Texsa ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe,