[time-nuts] PTS 250-SX51 synthesizer available

2007-04-14 Thread John Ackermann N8UR
Hi all -- I just became aware of a PTS250-SX51 synthesizer in good condition that's available for $200 plus shipping. This is an interesting unit -- the standard PTS250 operates from 1 MHz to 250 MHz, but the SX51 modification adds a divide-by-10 module that provides very low phase noise from 1 M

Re: [time-nuts] PTS 250

2006-12-16 Thread Rex
On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:00:17 -0800, Rex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Does anyone have information on the PTS 250 Synthesizer? > >I bought one on eBay. With several web sources and some experimentation, I was able to figure out how to use the remote programming connector to control my PTS 250. I th

Re: [time-nuts] PTS 250

2006-12-15 Thread Pete
Rex, PTS is still in business & they will answer the phone. They have not & will not publish any repair/alignment/schematics etc. I think they will provide user level data, including pinouts for all their stuff. Regards, Pete Rawson ___ time-nuts m

Re: [time-nuts] PTS 250

2006-12-15 Thread John Ackermann N8UR
John Ackermann N8UR wrote: > I have pinouts of the BCD connector at > http://www.febo.com/hardware/PTS/index.html. Screwed up the URL -- it's http://www.febo.com/time-freq/hardware/PTS/index.html Sorry about that. John ___ time-nuts mailing list ti

Re: [time-nuts] PTS 250

2006-12-15 Thread John Ackermann N8UR
I have pinouts of the BCD connector at http://www.febo.com/hardware/PTS/index.html. Note the big red warning sign -- the first 250 I had was in some way goofy and that led me down an erroneous path for the pinout. The pinout described for the 160 is correct for all the units (at least the ones

[time-nuts] PTS 250

2006-12-14 Thread Rex
Does anyone have information on the PTS 250 Synthesizer? I bought one on eBay. Seems to work pretty well, except the OCXO is not great. I have a hard time even setting it below about 5x10^-9, but output seems accurate and functional if I use external 10 MHz. Do cal and service manuals exist for t