[time-nuts] Lucent CDMA Reference Question

Rex rexa at sonic.net
Fri Feb 2 04:38:23 EST 2007


On Thu, 1 Feb 2007 20:57:51 -0600, "Bill Hawkins" <bill at iaxs.net> wrote:

>Have we settled the question of whether or not the RB can
>be dominated (no, that's not it) disciplined by an external
>1 PPS or 10 MHz signal?
>
>If it can, I'd load up on Rb units and discipline them with
>a modern GPS receiver - or maybe replace the OXCO in Z3801s.

"The RB" is a little too vague in this case. I picked up one of the
RFG-RB units and I can't see anyway that there is disciplining in it. I
think it just free runs and was used as a backup if the XO in the XO
unit lost sync from GPS.

From what I have read here, the -m- units may be different and actually
do some kind of disciplining of the RB unit. IOW, the different models
of Lucent stuff seem (from messages here) to be quite a bit different.

The actual LPRO Rb that is in my RFG-RB should be possible to be
disciplined with some other circuity, but as far as I can see, not the
circuitry that is in the box.

I think I got a decent deal for what I paid, but I'll probably remove
the LPRO and not use the board that came in the box. 





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