Re: [time-nuts] Looking for Tracor 599 VLF Receiver Manual

2011-01-07 Thread paul swed
Indeed would be very interested in the schematic of the synth. Regards Paul. On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 3:49 PM, ewkeh...@aol.com wrote: Arthur, you mention that the 204 can select 60 KHz by thumbwheel. Do you have a schematic of that synthesizer? I know they had a 60 KHz down converter I have

[time-nuts] Looking for Tracor 599 VLF Receiver Manual

2011-01-06 Thread Arthur Dent
There were quite a few variations of the Tracor 599 receivers. Actually the 599K had the synthesizer built into the 599-204 receiver module and had a thumbwheel switch that you could use to to select 60.0Khz for WWVB reception plus a srtipchart recorder to plot the phase difference. The 599-201

Re: [time-nuts] Looking for Tracor 599 VLF Receiver Manual

2011-01-06 Thread EWKehren
Arthur, you mention that the 204 can select 60 KHz by thumbwheel. Do you have a schematic of that synthesizer? I know they had a 60 KHz down converter I have modified my unit and in my TI days modified quite a few for our cal labs by setting the oscillator to 122 KHz dividing it by two and

[time-nuts] Looking for Tracor 599 VLF Receiver Manual

2011-01-05 Thread woffermom
Subject: Looking for Tracor 599 VLF Receiver Manual I have acquired a Tracor Series 599 VLF Tracking Receiver system that I'd like to use for WWVB reception. I'm curious if anyone has, or knows of, a source of manual(s) for this system. It consists of the following units: Power Supply 599-502

Re: [time-nuts] Looking for Tracor 599 VLF Receiver Manual

2011-01-05 Thread paul swed
Al, Bert who is on this list is quite an expert. He has helped me. I have a pair of 599s One working the other so so. Several comments. Pretty sure that your 599 will not do loran. Loran was nothing like what the system worked on steady cw carriers. Generally it worked on 25 KC and below on the

Re: [time-nuts] Looking for Tracor 599 VLF Receiver Manual

2011-01-05 Thread J. Forster
It's OMEGA not LORAN. Try FairRadio or Google for it. OMEGA was in the 10-25 KHz region. LORAN-C was 100 KHz. WWVB is 60 KHz. You might be better off starting from scratch. Best, -John === Subject: Looking for Tracor 599 VLF Receiver Manual I have acquired a Tracor Series 599

Re: [time-nuts] Looking for Tracor 599 VLF Receiver Manual

2011-01-05 Thread EWKehren
Paul, did you scan the manual? Bert In a message dated 1/5/2011 2:58:25 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, paulsw...@gmail.com writes: Al, Bert who is on this list is quite an expert. He has helped me. I have a pair of 599s One working the other so so. Several comments. Pretty sure that your 599

Re: [time-nuts] Looking for Tracor 599 VLF Receiver Manual

2011-01-05 Thread paul swed
No I did not scan it On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 3:03 PM, ewkeh...@aol.com wrote: Paul, did you scan the manual? Bert In a message dated 1/5/2011 2:58:25 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, paulsw...@gmail.com writes: Al, Bert who is on this list is quite an expert. He has helped me. I have a pair