Re: [time-nuts] FA2 counter Picture

2019-09-30 Thread Bob kb8tq
Hi They probably got the OCXO for less than $5 on the internal Chinese market …. Bob > On Sep 30, 2019, at 5:13 PM, Jerry Hancock wrote: > > Someone should tell them to sell a version without that internal Bosc, just > an external reference. > > Regards, > > Jerry > >> On Sep 30, 2019, at

Re: [time-nuts] Talking Clock

2019-09-30 Thread Craig Kirkpatrick
You can buy one here https://www.tindie.com/products/nsayer/gps-talking-clock/ Best Wishes, Craig On Sep 30, 2019, at 3:00 PM, Neville Michie wrote: Here in Australia we are suffering the loss of one of the significant developments in accurate time keeping and dissemination. The talking clock,

Re: [time-nuts] Talking Clock

2019-09-30 Thread Bob kb8tq
Hi Based on only dimly remembered conversations long long ago: Getting all the “message fragments” so they sound natural and not choppy is not quite as easy as it seems at first. It’s by not quite rocket science, but there is more fiddling involved than one might think. One “solution” is to

Re: [time-nuts] Talking Clock

2019-09-30 Thread jimlux
On 9/30/19 3:00 PM, Neville Michie wrote: Here in Australia we are suffering the loss of one of the significant developments in accurate time keeping and dissemination. The talking clock, built in England, with sound tracks on rotating glass disks, has been on the Australian telephone system for

[time-nuts] FA-2 Counter Questions

2019-09-30 Thread Richard Solomon
I joined the crowd and bought one. I have a couple of questions I hope someone can answer. First, the display alternates between a * reading and a P reading. My input is my Trimble GPSDO. The * reading is 10 000 000.000 00, while the P reading is 9 999 000.000 00. The manual I received says the

[time-nuts] Talking Clock

2019-09-30 Thread Neville Michie
Here in Australia we are suffering the loss of one of the significant developments in accurate time keeping and dissemination. The talking clock, built in England, with sound tracks on rotating glass disks, has been on the Australian telephone system for more than half a century. The system was ti

Re: [time-nuts] FA2 counter Picture

2019-09-30 Thread Jerry Hancock
Someone should tell them to sell a version without that internal Bosc, just an external reference. Regards, Jerry > On Sep 30, 2019, at 9:39 AM, Bob kb8tq wrote: > > Hi > > If you look at the date code on the OCXO, it is going on 5 years old. That’s > a part that > was bought surplus somewh

Re: [time-nuts] Looking for documentation for GPSTM BY SYMMETRICOM (not Trimble)

2019-09-30 Thread Taka Kamiya via time-nuts
Bob, Yes, I am aware of all that. I got what I needed, thanks to a kind gentleman. --- (Mr.) Taka Kamiya KB4EMF / ex JF2DKG On Monday, September 30, 2019, 12:36:01 PM EDT, Bob kb8tq wrote: Hi Both GPSDO’s were *sold* to Nortel. Neither one was ma

Re: [time-nuts] FA2 counter Picture

2019-09-30 Thread Bob kb8tq
Hi If you look at the date code on the OCXO, it is going on 5 years old. That’s a part that was bought surplus somewhere. Bob > On Sep 30, 2019, at 2:15 AM, ew via time-nuts > wrote: > > > > From Juerg my partner in crime > > Atmel MEGA328 > Altera MAX II EPM570T100 > AD8307 > FTDI 1908-C

Re: [time-nuts] Looking for documentation for GPSTM BY SYMMETRICOM (not Trimble)

2019-09-30 Thread Bob kb8tq
Hi Both GPSDO’s were *sold* to Nortel. Neither one was made by them. The two vendors that you most commonly see popping up on eBay are Symmetricom ( now Microchip) and Trimble. There may have been other vendors as well. If you are looking for schematics and block diagrams on any surplus GPSDO

Re: [time-nuts] time-nuts Digest, Vol 182, Issue 40

2019-09-30 Thread hardy hansen via time-nuts
Hi Got mine this morning-very impressed--off by 0.1Hz compared to thunderbolt--but wait and se. Power level accurate to 0.2 dBm at 10Mhz Now after 10 min its of by less than 0.oo2Hz Later i will see how it behaves up to 6GHz! Hardy -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: time-nuts [mailto:time-n

Re: [time-nuts] Even Seconds Pulse option (1PP2S), HP 58503B

2019-09-30 Thread Bill Beam
40 to 100 microF electrolytic will work. On Mon, 30 Sep 2019 12:21:06 +1000, Neville Michie wrote: >If you have a square wave at .5PPS and you connect a large series capacitor to >the coil of a quartz clock >(less battery) you get alternating seconds pulses drive to an analogue dial. >50 ohms wi