Re: [time-nuts] thunderbolt no UTC offset

2012-05-02 Thread Magnus Danielson
On 05/02/2012 03:50 AM, Dennis Ferguson wrote: On 2 May, 2012, at 04:30 , Tom Van Baak wrote: The UTC offset is in words 6-10, page 18, subframe 4 -- every 12.5 minutes. /tvb The leap second warning is also in the same place. How the unit could know that a leap second is pending but not

Re: [time-nuts] thunderbolt no UTC offset

2012-05-02 Thread Azelio Boriani
In my opinion nothing has to be changed. It is working OK this way. To improve performance it is worth to use linear regulators for the power supply +12V and -12V that are related to the OCXO supply and EFC. On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 9:24 AM, francesco messineo francesco.messi...@gmail.com wrote:

[time-nuts] thunderbolt no UTC offset

2012-05-02 Thread Mark Sims
I think the tbolt may need to go through two 12.5 minute almanac cycles before it updates/outputs all its data... The first thing to do to improve performance is to run the a oscillator autotune command. This will determine the correct osc gain and initial DAC settings. It will also set the

Re: [time-nuts] thunderbolt no UTC offset

2012-05-02 Thread Didier Juges
time and frequency measurement time-nuts@febo.com Reply-To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement time-nuts@febo.com Subject: Re: [time-nuts] thunderbolt no UTC offset francesco.messi...@gmail.com said: I just powered on again my trimble thunderbolt after some time

[time-nuts] thunderbolt no UTC offset

2012-05-01 Thread francesco messineo
Hi all, I just powered on again my trimble thunderbolt after some time without antenna. All alarms are green but the obvious leap second pending. BUT: I can't use UTC time as both tboltmon and lady heather display a No UTC offset message. I don't remember having seen this in the past. What's

Re: [time-nuts] thunderbolt no UTC offset

2012-05-01 Thread Hal Murray
francesco.messi...@gmail.com said: I just powered on again my trimble thunderbolt after some time without antenna. All alarms are green but the obvious leap second pending. BUT: I can't use UTC time as both tboltmon and lady heather display a No UTC offset message. I don't remember having

Re: [time-nuts] thunderbolt no UTC offset

2012-05-01 Thread francesco messineo
Hi Hal, On 5/1/12, Hal Murray hmur...@megapathdsl.net wrote: francesco.messi...@gmail.com said: I just powered on again my trimble thunderbolt after some time without antenna. All alarms are green but the obvious leap second pending. BUT: I can't use UTC time as both tboltmon and lady

Re: [time-nuts] thunderbolt no UTC offset

2012-05-01 Thread SAIDJACK
Incorrect, the UTC offset should be sent in the Almanac, the Almanac having a period of 12.5 minutes max. Not one hour. It should take no more than 12.5 minutes to get the UTC offset when sats are properly being received. bye, Said In a message dated 5/1/2012 11:45:06 Pacific Daylight

Re: [time-nuts] thunderbolt no UTC offset

2012-05-01 Thread francesco messineo
On 5/1/12, saidj...@aol.com saidj...@aol.com wrote: Incorrect, the UTC offset should be sent in the Almanac, the Almanac having a period of 12.5 minutes max. Not one hour. It should take no more than 12.5 minutes to get the UTC offset when sats are properly being received. when I posted my

Re: [time-nuts] thunderbolt no UTC offset

2012-05-01 Thread shalimr9
: Tue, 01 May 2012 11:41:22 To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurementtime-nuts@febo.com Reply-To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement time-nuts@febo.com Subject: Re: [time-nuts] thunderbolt no UTC offset francesco.messi...@gmail.com said: I just powered

Re: [time-nuts] thunderbolt no UTC offset

2012-05-01 Thread Tom Van Baak
The UTC offset is in words 6-10, page 18, subframe 4 -- every 12.5 minutes. /tvb ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.

Re: [time-nuts] thunderbolt no UTC offset

2012-05-01 Thread Magnus Danielson
On 05/01/2012 10:30 PM, Tom Van Baak wrote: The UTC offset is in words 6-10, page 18, subframe 4 -- every 12.5 minutes. It was added to the broadcast signal as an after-thought, as a separate upgrade package if you wish. At least back then, I believe they had USNO to measure the GPS time and

Re: [time-nuts] thunderbolt no UTC offset

2012-05-01 Thread Dennis Ferguson
On 2 May, 2012, at 04:30 , Tom Van Baak wrote: The UTC offset is in words 6-10, page 18, subframe 4 -- every 12.5 minutes. /tvb The leap second warning is also in the same place. How the unit could know that a leap second is pending but not know the UTC offset is a mystery. Dennis Ferguson