Re: [time-nuts] Making the most of SRS Rb source

2006-01-19 Thread Magnus Danielson
From: Mike Nolan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Making the most of SRS Rb source Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 21:58:00 -0400 Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi, Hi Mike, Now, considering that I would like to probe a pulsar what would be the typical gear needed? At what frequency do I probe

Re: [time-nuts] Making the most of SRS Rb source

2006-01-18 Thread Mike Nolan
On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 09:17:31AM -0700, David Forbes wrote: Our need for accurate time/frequency is: 1) Local oscillator frequency +/-1kHz at several hundred GigaHertz; 2) Time correct to +/-10 milliseconds to keep the telescope pointed correctly. I suppose it would make a lot more sense

Re: [time-nuts] Making the most of SRS Rb source

2006-01-18 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], David Forbes writes: At 6:43 AM -0800 1/18/06, James Maynard wrote: I suppose it would make a lot more sense to run the GPS 1PPS into the Rb source so that it will discipline itself, and the phase error be monitored to make sure it stays at zero. Am I barking up

Re: [time-nuts] Making the most of SRS Rb source

2006-01-18 Thread David Forbes
Poul, Thanks for the informative reply. I guess the short answer is that we should use a very clean long-term GPS trend record to correct the PRS10 rather than the 1PPS from the GPS unit, which has horrible short-term stability. I believe that Tom VB mentioned once that a daily update to the

Re: [time-nuts] Making the most of SRS Rb source

2006-01-18 Thread Mike Nolan
Hi, You should definately ask the VLBI people how to deal with the maser. You definately don't want to touch the frequency reference during an observation. They really do need the 10^-15 short-term stability. They can solve for pretty substantial frequency offsets (and linear drifts) after the

Re: [time-nuts] Making the most of SRS Rb source

2006-01-18 Thread Christopher Hoover
This is an interesting discussion and aimed directly at my homebrew efforts. How about using the PRS10 in time stamping mode where you feed it the 1 PPS from the GPS and use a uC to read back the time stamp and the GPS saw tooth to get the actual delta time? It would be easy to record these

Re: [time-nuts] Making the most of SRS Rb source

2006-01-18 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Brooke Clarke writes: HI Poul: That's very interesting. How about using the PRS10 in time stamping mode where you feed it the 1 PPS from the GPS and use a uC to read back the time stamp and the GPS saw tooth to get the actual delta time? It would be easy to