[time-nuts] Spectracom 8164 Hack?
GandalfG8 at aol.com
GandalfG8 at aol.com
Wed Jun 26 03:44:48 EDT 2013
Hi Perrier
It's a WWVB receiver, not Loran, with a built in phase comparator, hence
the strip chart, that can be used to compare its own oscillator or a local
input with WWVB, and is another unit affected by the WWVB changes.
Those switches on the front panel select an output frequency provided by
internal dividers.
Manual here.....
http://www.spectracomcorp.com/Support/HowCanWeHelpYou/Library/tabid/59/Defau
lt.aspx?EntryId=123
However, the 8164 does have some limitations as highlighted in John
Ackerman's very interesting observations here.....
http://www.febo.com/time-freq/wwvb/spectracom/
Regards
Nigel
GM8PZR
In a message dated 26/06/2013 03:31:03 GMT Daylight Time,
sandeenpa at yahoo.com writes:
List, There are several Spectracom 8164 receiver available on Ebay.
My question: on the front panel bank of frequency selection switches, the
left hand switch is marked .1MHz. Is that really a 100 KHz (for LORAN)
setting or is it really tuned to WWVB?
If it truly is tuned to 100KHz can it be hacked to 60KHz in a reasonably
practical manor?
Regards,
Perrier
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