Re: [time-nuts] Z3801A & ThunderBolt USING SAME ANTENNA?

2008-07-09 Thread Magnus Danielson
From: Bruce Griffiths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Z3801A & ThunderBolt USING SAME ANTENNA? Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:54:39 +1200 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Bruce, > The 50 ohm BNC connector is rated up to 4GHz, the 75 ohm version to 2GHz. Modern 75 O

Re: [time-nuts] Z3801A & ThunderBolt USING SAME ANTENNA?

2008-07-09 Thread Hal Murray
> Will I have a problem connecting the thunderbolt to the smartsplitter > using LRM400 50 ohm cable? Try whatever cable you have handy. It's not likely to break anything. I'm assuming you have some way to monitor your Thunderbolt and see if it's working well enough. -- These are my opinio

Re: [time-nuts] Z3801A & ThunderBolt USING SAME ANTENNA?

2008-07-08 Thread Bruce Griffiths
jshank wrote: > Bruce, > > Do I need to spend the extra $ for LMR400 cable or could I just use > rg58 for a total run of 60 feet. > Jeff Jeff A conservative approach would be to use a cable that has an attenuation of no more than 10dB (the attenuation of the cable supplied in the Trimble Thunde

Re: [time-nuts] Z3801A & ThunderBolt USING SAME ANTENNA?

2008-07-08 Thread Didier Juges
recise time and frequency measurement > Subject: [time-nuts] Z3801A & ThunderBolt USING SAME ANTENNA? > > Hi, > > I am trying to set up a Z3801A and a ThunderBolt to operate > off of one symmetricom 58532A antenna using a symmetricom > 4-port smartsplitter. The Z3801A m

Re: [time-nuts] Z3801A & ThunderBolt USING SAME ANTENNA?

2008-07-08 Thread Bruce Griffiths
jshank wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to set up a Z3801A and a ThunderBolt to operate off of one > symmetricom 58532A antenna using a symmetricom 4-port smartsplitter. The > Z3801A manual suggest using LMR 400 cable which is a 50 ohm cable which is > compatible with the antenna. The thunderbolt

[time-nuts] Z3801A & ThunderBolt USING SAME ANTENNA?

2008-07-08 Thread jshank
Hi, I am trying to set up a Z3801A and a ThunderBolt to operate off of one symmetricom 58532A antenna using a symmetricom 4-port smartsplitter. The Z3801A manual suggest using LMR 400 cable which is a 50 ohm cable which is compatible with the antenna. The thunderbolt which I receive has a typ

[time-nuts] Z3801A & ThunderBolt USING SAME ANTENNA?

2008-07-08 Thread jshank
Hi, I am trying to set up a Z3801A and a ThunderBolt to operate off of one symmetricom 58532A antenna using a symmetricom 4-port smartsplitter. The Z3801A manual suggest using LMR 400 cable which is a 50 ohm cable which is compatible with the antenna. The thunderbolt which I receive has a typ