There is a leap second waiting for June/July this year. On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 6:16 PM, Chris Albertson <albertson.ch...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Maybe it's the antenna, or a short in the cable (water in the coax) or a > nearby transmitters that is jamming the GPS signal. The simplest way to > diagnose the problem is by swapping parts. Is your antenna in a good > location with a direct view of the entire sky? > > > > > On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 9:05 AM, Ed Mersich <wa6...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > I have been using a surplus Thunderbolt for about six months, and it > seemed > > to be working fine. In January 2012, a message came up in yellow, (LEAP > > PENDING!), I don't know what this means, but since it didn't go away on > Feb > > 28, must not be leap year related. About a week ago I got a Holdover: xx > > secs, message. It was a new figure in yellow. Yesterday the Thunderbolt > > stopped working correctly, there were no satellites found. I tried Lady > > Heather, and Trimble Studio without success. I finally got the unit > back > > in service with a program called "Tboltmon.exe". After it was running > for > > a > > couple of hours I restarted Lady Heather. This morning I again have > > "Holdover: 50 secs". > > > > > > > > Does it sound normal, or is this unit headed for the junk box? Sorry, I > am > > not very technical about this type of electronics. You can see a > snapshot > > of Lady Heather at: http://wa6rzw.homelinux.net/addon/fmt/fmt_2.php Any > > comments or suggestions would be appreciated. 73 Ed, WA6RZW > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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. > > > > > > -- > > Chris Albertson > Redondo Beach, California > _______________________________________________ > 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.
