Hi John,
Thanks! With lesser equipment, such as the 5370A, would longer runs be better?
I used a set of 1 hr runs and the result wasn't quite what I had expected.
However, it may be that I had mislabeled the files, and thus got the sources
confused. Of course, it may be that the ionospheric effect was grossly
different between the three tests. So, with a 5370, Source A would be the
START input and Source B would be the STOP input, right? For my testing, the
sources are all 10MHz signals, and I'm driving the EXT input with 1PPS from a
GPSDO.
Bob
From: John Miles <j...@miles.io>
To: 'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement'
<time-nuts@febo.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2017 1:07 AM
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Three-cornered hat on timelab?
> It was mentioned that Timelab can do a three-cornered hat. I can't find it.
> Is
> this something that can only be done with multiple Timepods connected, or
> is there an option that I'm missing? Or is there some other tool that needs
> to be used? For the record, I want to create the 3c-hat from data that was
> run at different times, and I understand (at least somewhat) the
> shortcomings of doing that. But, it would be interesting to see what would
> result. And, not having three 5370s in good condition, it's the best I can
> do.
Hi, Bob --
N-cornered hat measurement is a beta feature, not in the docs yet. A single
TimePod can generate the required three plots simultaneously, but you can use
individual plots from TICs and frequency counters as long as you start with
highly-reproducible measurements and are careful with your interpretation of
the results. If your setup returns inconsistent results from one run to the
next, then any attempt at a separated-variance plot will be GIGO.
You can see some examples at http://www.ke5fx.com/gpscomp.htm . Various
finicky conditions need to be met before the 3-cornered hat display will become
available; check out
https://www.febo.com/pipermail/time-nuts/2015-September/094039.html for some
tips.
-- john, KE5FX
Miles Design LLC
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