Hi If you get the whole magnetics package (and not just a transformer) it probably will have a pretty good common mode choke in it. If you go back to the days of coax ethernet, the choke was more the “magic” that let them go to twisted pair than the transformer.
Why does this matter? Well … we seem to still be stuck back in the “coax ethernet” era when it comes to standard distribution. Every time somebody brings up a need to go hundreds of feet, coax becomes a second choice sort of solution. That’s even more true for a pps. Don’t toss out the rest of the magnetics when you salvage one of these old beasts … Why mention pps? There are more than one isolated pair on those connectors. You would need to modulate the pps onto something at one end and demodulate it at the other end. There are a lot of cheap ways to do that, very much so if you are generating the pps yourself in something on the transmitting end. Bob > On Dec 14, 2014, at 11:59 AM, Alan Melia <alan.me...@btinternet.com> wrote: > > Hi Paul I confirm the 17MHz LPF response I didn't measure them for flatness > :-)) The source I used was surplus 16way 10BaseT switches which were junked > some time back but may still be lying in the back of store-room > cupboards.....you get a lot on one board that way. > > Alan > G3NYK > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "paul swed" <paulsw...@gmail.com> > To: "Time-nuts" <time-nuts@febo.com> > Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2014 4:18 PM > Subject: [time-nuts] Frequency distribution isolation transformers YCL20F001n > arrived > > >> Another Time-nut suggested the use of 10 baseT ethernet transformers for 10 >> MHz isolation that he pulls from old ethernet boards. The 20F001n. These >> are available from UTSource on ebay at 90 cents each NOS. Ordered 20. >> >> Well I have to say as a BPF or something for 10 Mhz they are lousy. BUT >> then how could they be when they are a pretty flat transformer from 40 KHz >> to 17 MHz! Take that Mini-Circuits. (Only in jest) Yes there are some lumps >> and bumps in that pass band But not large maybe 1-1.3db I need to get much >> more accurate. But now I have a nice transformer that can work at WWVB 60 >> Khz as well as with frequency distribution. >> They come in a dip foot print and 2 X to a package. >> I have more to check because to good to be true almost always is. At least >> for me. >> Regards >> Paul >> WB8TSL >> _______________________________________________ >> 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. _______________________________________________ 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.
