[time-nuts] RFTG-u REF 0 Z3812 as cleanup module for FEI5680A
Bob Camp
kb8tq at n1k.org
Tue Nov 18 07:47:37 EST 2014
Hi
At this point there is no “proof” that the non-GPS REF-0 will run by it’s self. My guess is that it will operate on it’s own with faked GPS messages.
Since the REF-0 has a 10 MHz output, there is less need to immediately change around the 15 MHz output.
The power brick would be a bit complicated to remove. It’s a triple output unit.
Bob
> On Nov 18, 2014, at 12:08 AM, Hendrik Dietrich <don_hendi at gmx.de> wrote:
>
> Hello List,
>
> having not looked at the spectra yet as I am confined to mobile phone instead of PC often, I had the idea to marry those two well-known devices to get a nice clean reference oscillator. I remember the spectrum of the FEI as not so nice, and the MTI sounds better.
>
>
> My understanding is yet that I would need to emulate the REF1 unit, basically need to look up the "lonely REF" tweak with the bridges in J5, maybe fake valid GPS datagrams with a microcontroller and turn the 1PPS pulse from the FEI into that 2 PPSes expected.
>
> Replacing the Lucent Power Brick with a linear supply and bridging the tripler to get 5 MHz out might be tweaks to increase the output spectrum further. This was discussed before, I think, i have to look it up too.
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> (I wonder if the REF0 acts up after complete removal of the source REF1 or keep on doing holdover which would be a nice way to take a good frequency standard to a ham radio repeater side)
>
> BR
>
> Hendrik
>
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