[time-nuts] Thunderbolt Question

Azelio Boriani azelio.boriani at screen.it
Mon Apr 23 16:52:47 UTC 2012


There is a leap second waiting for June/July this year.

On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 6:16 PM, Chris Albertson
<albertson.chris at gmail.com>wrote:

> Maybe it's the antenna, or a short in the cable (water in the coax) or a
> nearby transmitters that is jamming the GPS signal.   The simplest way to
> diagnose the problem is by swapping parts.    Is your antenna in a good
> location with a direct view of the entire sky?
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 9:05 AM, Ed Mersich <wa6rzw at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > I have been using a surplus Thunderbolt for about six months, and it
> seemed
> > to be working  fine.  In January 2012, a message came up in yellow, (LEAP
> > PENDING!), I don't know what this means, but since it didn't go away on
> Feb
> > 28, must not be leap year related.  About a week ago I got a Holdover: xx
> > secs, message.  It was a new figure in yellow.  Yesterday the Thunderbolt
> > stopped working correctly, there were no satellites found.  I tried Lady
> > Heather, and Trimble Studio without success.    I finally got the unit
> back
> > in service with a program called "Tboltmon.exe".  After it was running
> for
> > a
> > couple of hours I restarted Lady Heather.  This morning I again have
> > "Holdover: 50 secs".
> >
> >
> >
> > Does it sound normal, or is this unit headed for the junk box?  Sorry, I
> am
> > not very technical about this type of electronics.   You can see a
> snapshot
> > of Lady Heather at: http://wa6rzw.homelinux.net/addon/fmt/fmt_2.php  Any
> > comments or suggestions would be appreciated.  73  Ed,  WA6RZW
> >
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>
> Chris Albertson
> Redondo Beach, California
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