[time-nuts] new GPSDO kit

Said Jackson saidjack at aol.com
Fri Apr 4 23:38:31 EDT 2014


Hi Brent,

I guess thats a trade secret until you buy one :)

Bye,
Said

Sent From iPhone

On Apr 4, 2014, at 18:50, KD0GLS <kd0gls at mninter.net> wrote:

> Said,
> I looked through the literature on your website, but didn't see any pictures of the inside of the unit. I'm curious to see the board and component compliment. 
> Regards,
> Brent
> 
>> On Apr 4, 2014, at 20:19, Said Jackson <saidjack at aol.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Paul,
>> 
>> Forgot to mention, there is a spec sheet on the website on the LC-XO-Plus product page with additional technical details.
>> 
>> Bye,
>> Said
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
>>> On Apr 4, 2014, at 17:45, paul swed <paulswedb at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I mean no disrespect to anyone here. Jacksonlabs makes some very fine
>>> components. Brookes comment was spot on. What happens etc. I did run out to
>>> the site and take a quick read. The short piece I read did not have a lot
>>> of specifics or I simply missed them. It is low power and thats quite a
>>> plus, but has to also take into account how it behaves without GPS.
>>> Hopefully others will comment.
>>> So looking at the price I know that I have seen used Tbolts all over the
>>> place up to at least $350 or more. Same for the HPs and they have lots of
>>> miles on them.
>>> I suspect some comparison to those technologies would be helpful in
>>> appreciating whats being offered.
>>> Look at the fast turn around Said did. A time-nut says how about a discount
>>> and there you go a discount.
>>> Regards
>>> Paul
>>> WB8TSL
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 8:20 PM, Chris Albertson
>>> <albertson.chris at gmail.com>wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Wow.  Seriously I was just going to post about my $35 GPSDO.  I've used
>>>> some discipline to not say "for just a little more I can get..." and gone
>>>> the lowest cost route at each decision point.  Just to see what happens.
>>>> 
>>>> Price does not include GPS receiver, plug-in power cube and case and I'm
>>>> not shooting for really great spec's.  My goal was lowest price possible.
>>>> The unit is based on the one posted here by Lars Walenius.  I replaced his
>>>> $30 Arudino with a $4 part and added an LCD display.
>>>> 
>>>> It's not finished yet.  I plan on changing out the LCD display to a $4
>>>> Nokia cell phone part that does 84x84 pixel graphics.  I'd like to have the
>>>> GPSDO do its own primitive graphs and setup menus without need to be
>>>> connected to a computer.
>>>> 
>>>> No intent to compete with a commercial product.  I'm not going to sell
>>>> them.  But in time I'll document it.
>>>> Here is a photo <https://www.dropbox.com/s/bsksw9x51ydk6gi/gpsdo.jpg>
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 3:39 PM, <SAIDJACK at aol.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hello everyone,
>>>>> 
>>>>> sorry for the plug, but we just announced a new $568 complete GPSDO
>>>>> reference kit.
>>>>> 
>>>>> This unit is a tiny desktop unit with 10m antenna, power supply, cables,
>>>>> CD, and other accessories. It is a low cost addition to our Fury GPSDO
>>>>> line,
>>>>> and contains a really good TCXO, a uBlox GPS receiver, and various power
>>>>> options. I believe this is the lowest-cost real GPSDO in mass production
>>>>> available on the market right now, and being a true GPSDO it has  some
>>>>> fairly
>>>>> good phase noise and stability specs.
>>>> http://www.jackson-labs.com/assets/uploads/main/LC-XO-Plus_PressRelease.pdf
>>>>> 
>>>>> bye,
>>>>> Said
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>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> 
>>>> Chris Albertson
>>>> Redondo Beach, California
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