[time-nuts] Dang, I fixed ANOTHER one!

Robert Atkinson robert.atkinson at genetix.com
Thu Jan 18 03:13:44 EST 2007


Glad you got it fixed Bruce,
I guess I can leave mine in the rack for now :-)

Robert G8RPI.

-----Original Message-----
From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On
Behalf Of Bruce Lane
Sent: 18 January 2007 07:22
To: time-nuts at febo.com
Subject: [time-nuts] Dang, I fixed ANOTHER one!

	I seem to be on a roll. Perhaps I should buy a lottery ticket...

	As the list regulars know, I've been poring over a non-reception
problem with my Odetics 325. Tonight, as I was messing with it, I
remembered how a hot-air reflow of the chips in the GPS receiver module
had cured my Trak Systems clock of an identical issue, so I decided
(having nothing to lose) to try the same trick on the Magellan module in
the Odetics unit.

	Eeegads... IT WORKED! The thing is acquiring satellites even as
I type this, and is displaying normal time for the first time since I
got it!

	The moral of the story: If you have an older GPS clock that, for
no apparent reason, stops seeing the satellites, and you know that your
antenna system is good, try reflowing the multi-legged fuses in the GPS
receiver itself. You'll not have much to lose, and possibly a whole lot
to gain.

	I'm particularly glad to have gotten this unit working, as it
has an interesting history. It was a refugee from the south pole (yes,
as in Antarctica), where it was being used as one of the time references
for a radiotelescope array that, if I recall correctly, was connected
with the SETI project. Kind of neat, owning a piece of (now working)
history from such things.

	Outside of the time I've put into it in repairs, and the cost of
a few DIP cable connectors to replace a couple that had broken pins, I
got it pretty much for the cost of mailing (around $40). Not bad. Not
bad at all...

	Keep the peace(es).



	

	
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Bruce Lane, Owner & Head Hardware Heavy,
Blue Feather Technologies -- http://www.bluefeathertech.com
kyrrin (at) bluefeathertech do/t c=o=m
"If Salvador Dali had owned a computer, would it have been equipped with
surreal ports?"


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