I have had good success with the Garmin 15H indoors achieving DGPS / WAAS positioning accuracy.
Frank - KC8YEY -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 8:48 AM To: time-nuts@febo.com Subject: time-nuts Digest, Vol 42, Issue 62 Send time-nuts mailing list submissions to time-nuts@febo.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can reach the person managing the list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of time-nuts digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: indoor GPS test. (WB6BNQ) 2. Generation of very stable 10.001MHz for heterodyne freq measurement (Anders Time) 3. Re: Generation of very stable 10.001MHz for heterodyne freq measurement (John Ackermann N8UR) 4. Low phase noise digital divider (in 600MHz to10MHz area) (Anders Time) 5. Re: Low phase noise digital divider (in 600MHz to10MHz area) (Didier Juges) 6. Z3801A performance plots (John Ackermann N8UR) 7. Re: Generation of very stable 10.001MHz for heterodyne freq measurement (Bruce Griffiths) 8. Re: Z3801A performance plots (Mike Feher) 9. Re: Z3801A performance plots (Magne M?hre) 10. Re: Low phase noise digital divider (in 600MHz to10MHz area) (Bruce Griffiths) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 02:43:04 -0800 From: WB6BNQ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] indoor GPS test. To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement <time-nuts@febo.com> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii By the way, If you do get a Garmin 15, make sure it is the "H" or "L" model which has WAAS. The regular model "15," which is cheaper, does not have WAAS. Bill....WB6BNQ WB6BNQ wrote: > If you go to the Garmin web site and look at their OEM page, you can order the > OEM versions for around $55 from Garmin directly. I have one of their > models, a > 15xx OEM module (including the pigtail cable). It has PPS stated as good to > 1us > but I was told it was actually good to 100ns with SA turned off. It is not > designed to be a "timing" receiver, but will get you in the ball park for a > cheap > price. You will still need to get an antenna of some sort, supply power and > use > software in a PC to setup and control the unit. > > I purchased the Garmin 15 to use in my car, as my main GPS unit developed a > failure. I was using my main unit to drive my laptop software for mapping > purposes. The Garmin 15 will replace it. > > Bill....WB6BNQ > > Hal Murray wrote: > > > > The GPS 18 from Garmin is ~130 list, since ti comes with some software > > > for a laptop. > > > > You want the GPC 18 LVC rather than any of the other versions. (It's the > > only one with PPS.) > > > > You can get it for well under $100. Look for the OEM version. (aka no > > software) > > > > I got mine from Provantage. > > http://www.provantage.com/garmin-010-00321-56~7GRMN039.htm > > > > -- > > These are my opinions, not necessarily my employer's. I hate spam. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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. > > _______________________________________________ > 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. ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:23:56 +0100 From: "Anders Time" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [time-nuts] Generation of very stable 10.001MHz for heterodyne freq measurement To: time-nuts@febo.com Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 What is the best way to generate a very stable 10.001MHz(low E-13 or -110dBc/1Hz) to be to do high resolution heterodyne(Allan deviation) measurements? Using DDS? Using PTS 500 or 250 synth and divide? Using HP 8662A and divide? Some smart pll circuit by locking the 1000Hz to the reference in some way? Thanks Anders ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 07:56:53 -0500 From: John Ackermann N8UR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Generation of very stable 10.001MHz for heterodyne freq measurement To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement <time-nuts@febo.com> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Anders Time said the following on 01/25/2008 07:23 AM: > What is the best way to generate a very stable 10.001MHz(low E-13 or > -110dBc/1Hz) to be to do high resolution heterodyne(Allan deviation) > measurements? > Using DDS? > Using PTS 500 or 250 synth and divide? Using HP 8662A and divide? > Some smart pll circuit by locking the 1000Hz to the reference in some way? > Thanks > Anders Rick Karlquist has published a design for a very low noise synthesizer designed for just this application. Unfortunately, I don't have a link to that handy, but it's on his website. I just took a look at some measurements I did on a PTS-250-SX51 (special version with low noise output to 25 MHz via an internal divider) and it looks like it would barely meet your requirements -- around 2x10e-13 at 1 second, and about -115 dBc/Hz at 1 Hz offset: http://www.febo.com/pages/pts_synth/images/pts-250-sx51-adev.png http://www.febo.com/pages/pts_synth/images/pts-250-sx51-spectrum.png However, that was at 10.000... MHz; the performance, particularly with respect to spurs, changes as the decimal dividers kick in for more complex frequencies. John ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:01:56 +0100 From: "Anders Time" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [time-nuts] Low phase noise digital divider (in 600MHz to10MHz area) To: time-nuts@febo.com Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Have been locking around for a good article on how to design a good Low phase noise digital divider(in 600MHz to 10MHz area), but the have not found any good literature. Today most people talk about regenerative dividers, but are a rather complex subject. Does anyone have experience in what logic family that have the lowest noise TTL, AC, HC, F etc? What is the upper limit for ECL diviers? My first idea was to use ECL to divide down to 100MHz area and then to use lower noise TTL to go down to 10MHz. What about edge-conditioning circuit at divider input? Have seen people talk about it, but no info what it does? Thanks Anders ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 07:14:33 -0600 From: "Didier Juges" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Low phase noise digital divider (in 600MHz to10MHz area) To: "'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement'" <time-nuts@febo.com> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1250" There was a thread some time ago just about that. It was probably 2007, so if you look in the archives, you should find it. I will look for it too, as I want to index it for future reference, and if I find it first, I'll post it again. Didier > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Anders Time > Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 7:02 AM > To: time-nuts@febo.com > Subject: [time-nuts] Low phase noise digital divider (in > 600MHz to10MHz area) > > Have been locking around for a good article on how to design > a good Low phase noise digital divider(in 600MHz to 10MHz > area), but the have not found any good literature. Today most > people talk about regenerative dividers, but are a rather > complex subject. > Does anyone have experience in what logic family that have > the lowest noise TTL, AC, HC, F etc? > What is the upper limit for ECL diviers? My first idea was to > use ECL to divide down to 100MHz area and then to use lower > noise TTL to go down to 10MHz. > What about edge-conditioning circuit at divider input? Have > seen people talk about it, but no info what it does? > Thanks > Anders No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.11/1242 - Release Date: 1/24/2008 8:32 PM ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 08:33:59 -0500 From: John Ackermann N8UR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [time-nuts] Z3801A performance plots To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement <time-nuts@febo.com> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I realized that there hasn't been data posted about how the Z3801A performs when operating normally in GPS lock mode -- TVB's excellent page focuses on the oscillators when they are free running. So, I just did an experiment measuring two well aged Z3801As in GPS lock against one another. No huge enlightenment resulted, but the plot shows very clearly what happens when the GPS steering kicks in. http://www.febo.com/pages/oscillators/z3801A/index.html John ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 02:39:11 +1300 From: Bruce Griffiths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Generation of very stable 10.001MHz for heterodyne freq measurement To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement <time-nuts@febo.com> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Anders Time wrote: > What is the best way to generate a very stable 10.001MHz(low E-13 or > -110dBc/1Hz) to be to do high resolution heterodyne(Allan deviation) > measurements? > Using DDS? > Using PTS 500 or 250 synth and divide? Using HP 8662A and divide? > Some smart pll circuit by locking the 1000Hz to the reference in some way? > Thanks > Anders > _______________________________________________ > 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. > > Anders Its far easier to produce 9.999MHz cleanly than 10.001MHz The simplest and quietest way is to use a pair of cascaded SSB mixers: The first SSB mixer is an LSB mixer that subtracts (10MHz / 100) from 10MHz to produce 9.9MHz. The second SSB mixer is a USB mixer that adds (9.9MHz/100) to 9.9MHz to produce 9.999MHz. i.e. 10MHz*(1 + 1/100)*(1-1/100) = 9.999MHz Follow the USB mixer with a cleanup PLL using a low noise OCXO, however you will need a custom crystal. This is why NIST used a 10Hz offset with a 10MHz input and NIST + JPL use a 100Hz offset with a 100MHz input no custom crystal is required its easy enough to offset a standard 10MHz OCXO by 1ppm. Process is similar: 9.99999MHz = 10.00MHz (1-1/1000)*(1+1/1000) One could also use a USB mixer 10.001MHz = 10MHz*(1+1/10,000) but it may be more difficult to filter out the residual 9.999MHz component in the USB output. Synthesizers seem attractive, but in practice they have lots of spurs that can interfere unless you choose a suitable offset like 123 Hz as adopted by JPL to minimise synthesizers spurs when using a commercial synthesizer. Bruce ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 08:41:09 -0500 From: "Mike Feher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Z3801A performance plots To: "'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement'" <time-nuts@febo.com> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" John - Your link did not work for me. Thanks - Mike Mike B. Feher, N4FS 89 Arnold Blvd. Howell, NJ, 07731 732-886-5960 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Ackermann N8UR Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 8:34 AM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: [time-nuts] Z3801A performance plots I realized that there hasn't been data posted about how the Z3801A performs when operating normally in GPS lock mode -- TVB's excellent page focuses on the oscillators when they are free running. So, I just did an experiment measuring two well aged Z3801As in GPS lock against one another. No huge enlightenment resulted, but the plot shows very clearly what happens when the GPS steering kicks in. http://www.febo.com/pages/oscillators/z3801A/index.html John _______________________________________________ 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. ------------------------------ Message: 9 Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:41:00 +0100 From: Magne M?hre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Z3801A performance plots To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement <time-nuts@febo.com> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=UTF-8 John Ackermann N8UR wrote: > I realized that there hasn't been data posted about how the Z3801A > performs when operating normally in GPS lock mode -- TVB's excellent > page focuses on the oscillators when they are free running. > > So, I just did an experiment measuring two well aged Z3801As in GPS lock > against one another. No huge enlightenment resulted, but the plot shows > very clearly what happens when the GPS steering kicks in. > > http://www.febo.com/pages/oscillators/z3801A/index.html http://www.febo.com/pages/oscillators/z3801a/index.html seems to be the correct URL :) --Magne ------------------------------ Message: 10 Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 02:47:38 +1300 From: Bruce Griffiths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Low phase noise digital divider (in 600MHz to10MHz area) To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement <time-nuts@febo.com> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Anders Time wrote: > Have been locking around for a good article on how to design a good Low > phase noise digital divider(in 600MHz to 10MHz area), but the have not found > any good literature. Today most people talk about regenerative dividers, but > are a rather complex subject. > Does anyone have experience in what logic family that have the lowest noise > TTL, AC, HC, F etc? > What is the upper limit for ECL diviers? My first idea was to use ECL to > divide down to 100MHz area and then to use lower noise TTL to go down to > 10MHz. > What about edge-conditioning circuit at divider input? Have seen people talk > about it, but no info what it does? > Thanks > Anders > Anders The upper limit for current ECL dividers is well over 1 GHz. Theres nothing terribly fancy about the edge conditioning circuit at a divider input, its just a limiting amplifier or comparator used to amplify the input signal and reduce the input transition times seen by the divider. If you are serious about low noise division dont forget to bandpass filter the input to the divider and bandpass filter the output of each divide by 16 followed by another clock shaper. This process minimises the aliased noise at the divider output. If you want to use a programmable divider this cascaded divide and filter technique can become somewhat unwieldy. F dividers are supposed to be quieter but I havent seen any definitive measurements comparing like with like. Bruce ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts End of time-nuts Digest, Vol 42, Issue 62 ***************************************** _______________________________________________ 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.