Hi Bruce,
Bruce Lane wrote:
> < snip ><
>> P.S. Have you got any software for yours? I've got a User Manual
>> PDF for mine if that helps.
>
> For the Trak? I've got an archive file with the last release of
> firmware, if that's what you mean. Trak was nice enough to send such
> my way after s
Hi, David,
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On 18-Dec-06 at 10:25 David Smith wrote:
>Bruce,
>
>I've owned a Trak Systems 8821 for over a year, and had a problem with
>the antenna side. Yours may be different.
Mission One at this point is simply to get a viable outdo
Bruce,
I've owned a Trak Systems 8821 for over a year, and had a problem with
the antenna side. Yours may be different.
My unit is designed to work with a powered antenna, and it feeds 12V up
the coax to power it. Apparently this is the "standard" voltage for TNC
antenna connections - the sm
Before doing all sorts of crazy tests, cable checks, and hours on end
googling for info...
Why not just hook up another antenna directly to the unit that you know is
good? I have a couple spares sitting in a drawer that I use for testing
only. They are just those cheap ones you find everyone selli
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Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Failure mode in GPS receivers
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 22:45:52 +0100 (CET)
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> Magnus,
Björn,
> Was there not a local "jamming" case in your hometown, where a waterfilled
> GPS antenna m
From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Failure mode in GPS receivers
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 21:39:47 +
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> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Magnus Danielson write
> s:
>
> >I think th
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Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Failure mode in GPS receivers
oh yes .
1) Waterlevel in GPS antenna's "hermetic" too high ... the ice inside the
"hermetic" was melting down ( Hi Magnus ;-) )
2) Coaxial cable damaged, due to nice little pecking bi
On Sun, December 17, 2006 22:27, Magnus Danielson said:
> From: geo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Failure mode in GPS receivers
> Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 21:10:02 +
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>>
>> oh yes .
>>
>>
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Magnus Danielson write
s:
>I think the culprit was that the manufactures tag was sitting over the venting
>plug. At least I think it was a venting plug. I have that tag sitting on my
>monitor at work these days. Ah well.
...and whenever you leave your computer for
On Sun, December 17, 2006 22:27, Magnus Danielson said:
>> 2) Coaxial cable damaged, due to nice little pecking birds :-(
>
> Oh, those lovely birds! :-)
>
> The non-optimal placement we have for our antenna just happends to make it
> fairly uninteresting for birds. There are better sit-and-enjoy-t
From: David Forbes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Failure mode in GPS receivers
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 14:09:19 -0700
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Dave,
> The point is that some receivers require more RF signal from the
> antenna than others to achieve
On Sun, December 17, 2006 22:09, David Forbes said:
> At 12:04 PM -0800 12/17/06, Bruce Lane wrote:
>>On 17-Dec-06 at 19:54 Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
>>
>>>In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Bruce Lane"
>>>writes:
Fellow clock-tickers,
In the group's experience, what's the most co
From: geo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Failure mode in GPS receivers
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 21:10:02 +
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>
> oh yes .
>
> 1) Waterlevel in GPS antenna's "hermetic" too high ... the ice inside the
>
At 12:04 PM -0800 12/17/06, Bruce Lane wrote:
>On 17-Dec-06 at 19:54 Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
>
>>In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Bruce Lane"
>>writes:
>>>Fellow clock-tickers,
>>>
>>>In the group's experience, what's the most common failure
>>> mode for GPS receivers, especially older on
oh yes .
1) Waterlevel in GPS antenna's "hermetic" too high ... the ice inside the
"hermetic" was melting down ( Hi Magnus ;-) )
2) Coaxial cable damaged, due to nice little pecking birds :-(
Regards,
Martin
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On Sun, December 17, 2006 21:34, Bruce Lane said:
> Good day,
>
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> On 17-Dec-06 at 21:25 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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>>On Sun, December 17, 2006 20:54, Poul-Henning Kamp said:
>>> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Bruce Lane"
>>> writes:
Fellow clock-ti
Good day,
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On 17-Dec-06 at 21:25 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>On Sun, December 17, 2006 20:54, Poul-Henning Kamp said:
>> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Bruce Lane"
>> writes:
>>>Fellow clock-tickers,
>>>
>>> In the group's experience, what's the most
On Sun, December 17, 2006 20:54, Poul-Henning Kamp said:
> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Bruce Lane"
> writes:
>>Fellow clock-tickers,
>>
>> In the group's experience, what's the most common failure
>> mode for GPS receivers, especially older ones, that could stop them
>> from hearing the
From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Failure mode in GPS receivers
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 19:54:28 +
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> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Bruce Lane" writes:
> >Fellow clock-t
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Bruce Lane" writes:
>>> In the group's experience, what's the most common failure
>>> mode for GPS receivers, especially older ones, that could stop them
>>> from hearing the sats?
>>
>>Antenna damage.
>
> Are you sure? Especially considering that the o
Hi, Poul,
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On 17-Dec-06 at 19:54 Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
>In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Bruce Lane"
>writes:
>>Fellow clock-tickers,
>>
>> In the group's experience, what's the most common failure
>> mode for GPS receivers, especially older ones,
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Bruce Lane" writes:
>Fellow clock-tickers,
>
> In the group's experience, what's the most common failure
> mode for GPS receivers, especially older ones, that could stop them
> from hearing the sats?
Antenna damage.
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Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Z
Fellow clock-tickers,
In the group's experience, what's the most common failure mode for GPS
receivers, especially older ones, that could stop them from hearing the sats?
I ask because my Trak Systems 8820 clock, which has worked perfectly
well for nearly a year since I installe
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