[time-nuts] NTS-100 scored

Stan, W1LE stanw1le at verizon.net
Wed May 19 02:38:34 UTC 2010


A quick review of the manual shows a GPS antenna downconverter, external 
device.
So, it may take more than a GPS antenna/RF preamplifier, like I use with 
my Trimble.

Hopefully you will get the down converter  also.

Have you ever worked near Cham ?

Stan, W1LE     Cape Cod     FN41sr




On 5/18/2010 4:10 PM, Bruce Lane wrote:
> 	In this case, I found out a little more. It actually is an NTS-100i,
> sub-model NIC-215.
>
> 	I have no idea if this will eventually be good, bad, or indifferent, but
> the price was right.
>
> 	Thanks.
>
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> On 18-May-10 at 14:35 Russell Rezaian wrote:
>
>    
>> Bruce,
>>
>> The NTS-100 is almost identical to the 100i, save for the fact that i
>> doesn't have the network management module (serial management only)
>> and DOES produce time code on the serial port.
>>
>> There was a link for the 100i manual on the Symmetricom web site when
>> last I checked, and I found a link to a 100 manual also, but don't
>> have the web site handy.
>>
>> One thing to be careful about, there were several versions of the NTS
>> 100 family, some are GPS based, some actually DO sync to an IRIG
>> signal instead.
>>
>> So you might have a mistaken seller, and you might have one of the
>> less common IRIG units without a GPS.
>>
>> The Part number can usually disambiguate the different versions.
>> --
>> Russell
>>
>> At 11:52 AM -0700 2010/05/18, Bruce Lane wrote:
>>      
>>> 	My scrounging luck pulsed this morning, netting me a cheap ($47 with
>>> shipping) TrueTime NTS-100 from That Auction Site.
>>>
>>> 	It was billed as a 'tech special,' in that the seller claimed
>>> it powered
>>> up but he was unable to "get it to lock to an IRIG signal."
>>>
>>> 	Unless I'm mistaken, the NTS-100 is a GPS-based device, yes?
>>>
>>> 	I'm off to hunt for its manual, but if anyone has any words of wisdom
>>> (or wit) on these units, I'll listen. ;-)
>>>
>>> 	Thanks much.
>>> Bruce Lane, Owner&  Head Hardware Heavy,
>>> Blue Feather Technologies (http://www.bluefeathertech.com)
>>> Assoc. member, AZA&  AAZK for many moons.
>>> "Salvadore Dali's computer has surreal ports..."
>>>
>>>
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