Hi Robert For some reason I missed these until you mentioned them but have just taken a look and am reminded very much of the similarly modified and boxed EES 100s that Connect Distribution were selling around 5 years ago. Whilst this looks to be a much later unit both EES and Radiocode clocks do seem to have survived for an awful long time without too many significant revisions to their hardware, internal hardware anyway:-) I've seen a similar connector on one version of the RC060s but even that mainly used conventional D connectors. >From what I remember of the antenna modules on the EES 100s I got the impression that the interface processor board extracted the timing information from the GPS signal and converted it into an MSF compatible signal to feed the EES 100. I'm sure they didn't frequency convert from L band to 60KHz but just took the GPS data and started from fresh to generate their own MSF compatible signal using that data. I never tried to use one of the modified units straight from MSF but will dig one out and try it, I don't think there was very much of a modification to the MSF receiver other than whatever was required to accept another 60KHz signal. I suspect all the hard work was done in the antenna module and the MSF unit was just used as decoder and display for the converted signal. I may have missed something, nothing unusual there then:-), but it always struck me as a rather odd way of accessing and displaying GPS timing data, unless initially there was some pressure to find a quick fix utilising existing approved equipment. Regards Nigel GM8PZR In a message dated 29/11/2012 18:58:47 GMT Standard Time, robert8...@yahoo.co.uk writes:
Hi all, I recently gave in and bought one of the EES (european electronic systems) RC1454 Radio Clock units that have been on ebay.co.uk for a while. The one I snagged came with a GPS antenna unit. The main unit has a label saying "GPS Modified" The main box appears to be a MSF receiver but has no obvious power connector, just two rectangular multiway sockets, a 15W D plug and two BNC's. It is a 2U high card frame with 15 PCBS and a LED display on th front. Vintage is late 1990's and both units look like new. The GPS unit has an early Oncore (R1211A) receiver and a PCB with a CPU etc. Two BNC' marked "MSF ANT" and RX looks like a mod for either MSF or GPS time. Does anyone have any information on these beore I get into major reverse engineering? Robert G8RPI. _______________________________________________ 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.