[time-nuts] 468-DC NBS Time receiver

Tom Van Baak tvb at LeapSecond.com
Thu May 29 00:14:19 EDT 2008


> I have heard rumors that there was a GPS antenna/receiver combo
> developed for use with this unit. Supposedly, it was a direct plug-in
> replacement for the original antenna. It would absorb the time info
> from the GPS stream, remodulate the thing onto the 4.5MHz carrier
> that the 468 expects to see, and send it down the cable.
> 
> I have no idea how true (or not) this is, as I have never seen one of
> these antennas. All I can say is that I used to have one of these units,
> and it served me well for many years before GOES timecode
> transmission was killed.
> 
> Happy tweaking.

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