[time-nuts] Odetics 325 - 865

[Roy Phillips]

Gentlemen

Pleased to join you - I major in "high-end" test equipment, and have recently added a couple of Watkins-Johnson Rx's -- Dual 8607 (20 - 2032 MHZ) ,and a WJ 8700 again dual LF/HF (to 32 MHZ). But I have now gathered a couple of items of "Time & Frequency" . The first one is a Radio Code Clock RCC 8000, this receives the 60 Khz Standard frequency transmissions from our UK transmitter. This is fine - works OK. Now I have a bigger challenge - I found  a ODETICS Model 325-865 SatSync which has been gathering dust since 1998 (last date it was active). 
It was switched on (and no antenna was connected), I don't have one.  It came to life and scrolling its menu it shows a date in 1998 and a set of co-ordinates which suggests it was probably a ship installation. I found my way to your site through searching for info on this item, and I gather that some of you have this item of equipment - can you help - I gather that it requires an active antenna  - what can be found or built to meet this need?
Also the system is "Locked" - what do I do to clear this problem ( the menu display suggests I refer to the manual !!) Is it possible to obtain a manual or copy of such. I must admit that it is a very well made item and must be worthwhile to re-establish.  looking forward to any help you may offer.

Roy