[time-nuts] Question about specifications for Quartzlock GPS antenna down-converter
Russell Rezaian
rrezaian at motorola.com
Sat Mar 14 15:11:39 UTC 2009
Hi all,
I have found myself with a GPS clock that is labeled as requiring a
GPS down converter antenna. It won't sync to any of my normal
antennas. Looks like it has an up-converter integrated into the
receiver directly.
So far so good. I think I may have found an antenna with a built in
down-converter, so we'll see how well that works.
However, in addition, I just happen to have a Quartzlock GPS antenna
down converter sitting in my office at work which I have never used
personally. It was handed to me a while back by someone who knows I
am interested in such things.
Now I have no specs for this little grey box. It uses an N style
connector for antenna in, and a TNC connector for signal out. It's
labeled with Quartzlock as the manufacturer, and shows their UK web
site. There's no model number designation I can see.
A few web searches have so far failed to show any references to
specification documents.
So I am not sure what voltages it requires or supports. There's no
external power connection which tends to lead me to suspect that it
expects to get power from the RF cables.
Has anyone used one of these? Any pointers to reference information
would be appreciated.
Thanks!
--
Russell
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