[time-nuts] Used Spectracom

paul swed paulswedb at gmail.com
Thu Jan 17 01:09:45 UTC 2013


Burt
I don't know what to say at all but the bpsk signal does a number to my
8170. So all I can do is scratch my head. Lucky you.
Regards
Paul.

On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 7:01 PM, Burt I. Weiner <biwa at att.net> wrote:

> Paul,
>
> I just went out to my shoppe and looked.  Mine is locked and has been for
> most of the day, with two green lights.  Some time ago I added a meter to
> the front panel that I connected to one of the test points.  It's currently
> fairly steady except for the normal dips in carrier strength.  About this
> time of day it usually starts to go nuts because of the Diurnal shift.  I'm
> in Glendale, CA, just north of Downtown Los Angeles.  My WWVB antenna is a
> ferrite rod type in a PVC tube.  It's been laying by the side of the house
> on the ground for over 15 years.  That's where I've always gotten the
> cleanest signal - found that out when we re-roofed the house.
>
> Burt, K6OQK
>
>
>  From: paul swed <paulswedb at gmail.com>
>>
>> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Used Spectracom
>>
>> Quite odd my 8170 absolutely will not lock
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 3:33 PM, Burt I. Weiner <biwa at att.net> wrote:
>>
>> > I'm not sure what the status of the new modulation scheme is at the
>> > moment, but my Spectracom 8170 is still keeping good time.  That's about
>> > all I use it for anymore - a clock in the rack.  It says it's locked.
>> >
>> > Burt, K6OQK
>> >
>>
>
> Burt I. Weiner Associates
> Broadcast Technical Services
> Glendale, California  U.S.A.
> biwa at att.net
> www.biwa.cc
> K6OQK
>
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