Re: [time-nuts] Newby with questions

2011-03-01 Thread Magnus Danielson
On 02/28/2011 06:57 PM, b...@lysator.liu.se wrote: On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 8:37 AM, David VanHorn wrote: I've done the 48 hour survey, but my signal plot shows a big circular shaped mouse bite on the north side. I'm showing no signal up through 70 degrees at north, 30 degrees from NE around t

Re: [time-nuts] Newby with questions

2011-02-28 Thread David VanHorn
> Stuff (snow, rain, birds, space aliens) can pile up on the skylight. That > messes with the GPS signal. You really want to get the antennas outdoors if > at all possible. > > When you do get them outdoors, don't forget that the electric code (and > common sense) requires that you put a proper gro

Re: [time-nuts] Newby with questions

2011-02-28 Thread Pete Lancashire
1 12:45 PM > To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Newby with questions > > > The 24 GPS satellites are in orbits that never pass over the  poles. > I think they are about 60 degree inclinations.   By your description > you must be in the nor

Re: [time-nuts] Newby with questions

2011-02-28 Thread David VanHorn
Not completely ignorant. He described the plot of coverage as a "mouse bite" taken out of the North. That implies to me that he is not way up there in high latitudes as is even southern Sweden. As you move south there is no "hole" or more precisely you can't even see to the center of the hole

Re: [time-nuts] Newby with questions

2011-02-28 Thread Chris Albertson
On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 9:57 AM, wrote: >> On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 8:37 AM, David VanHorn >> wrote: >> >>> I've done the 48 hour survey, but my signal plot shows a big circular >>> shaped mouse bite on the north side. I'm showing no signal up through 70 >>> degrees at north, 30 degrees from NE a

Re: [time-nuts] Newby with questions

2011-02-28 Thread David VanHorn
Hi If everything in the plant gives the same answer - do you actually care if you are 0.5 ppm off? In a lot of cases the answer turns out to be no, provided the drift rate is very low. I wish that were the case, but things are far enough off that it's a problem. The counter, signal generator a

Re: [time-nuts] Newby with questions

2011-02-28 Thread Bob Camp
Of David VanHorn Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 12:45 PM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Newby with questions The 24 GPS satellites are in orbits that never pass over the poles. I think they are about 60 degree inclinations. By your

Re: [time-nuts] Newby with questions

2011-02-28 Thread Bob Camp
ement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Newby with questions The 24 GPS satellites are in orbits that never pass over the poles. I think they are about 60 degree inclinations. By your description you must be in the northern hemisphere. If you can, set up your antenna so it can see to the south and

Re: [time-nuts] Newby with questions

2011-02-28 Thread Bob Camp
or the purpose will do a better job than something you lash up. Bob -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of David VanHorn Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 12:45 PM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subje

Re: [time-nuts] Newby with questions

2011-02-28 Thread bg
> On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 8:37 AM, David VanHorn > wrote: > >> I've done the 48 hour survey, but my signal plot shows a big circular >> shaped mouse bite on the north side. I'm showing no signal up through 70 >> degrees at north, 30 degrees from NE around to NW.   How badly will this >> impact me?

Re: [time-nuts] Newby with questions

2011-02-28 Thread David VanHorn
The 24 GPS satellites are in orbits that never pass over the poles. I think they are about 60 degree inclinations. By your description you must be in the northern hemisphere. If you can, set up your antenna so it can see to the south and don't worry if the view of the north is blocked because

Re: [time-nuts] Newby with questions

2011-02-28 Thread Bob Camp
nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of David VanHorn Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 11:38 AM To: time-nuts@febo.com Subject: [time-nuts] Newby with questions I have a thunderbolt up and running since last week Friday. I'm doing this for a calibration source at work, eventually we will have two ant

Re: [time-nuts] Newby with questions

2011-02-28 Thread Mark Spencer
rcial settings.   My thunderbolt also seems to work best when I mask out satellites below 30 degrees or so. - Original Message From: Chris Albertson To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Cc: David VanHorn Sent: Mon, February 28, 2011 9:07:35 AM Subject: Re: [time-nuts]

Re: [time-nuts] Newby with questions

2011-02-28 Thread Chris Albertson
On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 8:37 AM, David VanHorn wrote: > I've done the 48 hour survey, but my signal plot shows a big circular shaped > mouse bite on the north side. I'm showing no signal up through 70 degrees at > north, 30 degrees from NE around to NW.   How badly will this impact me? The 24

Re: [time-nuts] Newby with questions

2011-02-28 Thread cook michael
Le 28/02/2011 17:37, David VanHorn a écrit : I have a thunderbolt up and running since last week Friday. I'm doing this for a calibration source at work, eventually we will have two antennas, feedlines, and thunderbolts, so that we can have one fail and keep operating, but for the moment I jus

[time-nuts] Newby with questions

2011-02-28 Thread David VanHorn
I have a thunderbolt up and running since last week Friday. I'm doing this for a calibration source at work, eventually we will have two antennas, feedlines, and thunderbolts, so that we can have one fail and keep operating, but for the moment I just have the one receiver. Both antennas are mo