[time-nuts] GPS Units in Z3801A

[Pete Lancashire]

I may have more of replacement Motorola GPS receiver modules. I had been
sorting out stuff in storage
and ran across some boxes that came from the same source the last batch
came from. It maybe a couple
weeks before I can find out. My dance card is pretty full for the next
couple weeks and weekends.

The pictures from last year

http://petelancashire.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=5249

-pete






On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 3:27 PM, Hal Murray <hmurray at megapathdsl.net> wrote:

>
> I have a Z3801A that has lost contact with GPS.  The GPS module is working
> -
> the list of not-tracking  satellites changes occasionally, but it never
> tracks anything.  I've tried swapping antennas and such but that hasn't
> helped.
>
> How often does the front end of the GPS module die?
>
> Will the newer 8 channel modules work in the Z3801A or do I need to locate
> an
> old 6 channel version?
>
> Is there a tells-all web page or message to this list about GPS modules for
> the Z3801A?  I'd expect one, but I haven't found it.
>
> --------
>
> I noticed that the UTC time from the status page is different from the T2
> time.
>
> T2201707100009039300141
>
> The UTC clock seems to have gone crazy.  From the status page:
> Tracking: 0        Not Tracking: 6            UTC      06:28:15 [?] 01 Nov
> 2018
> Tracking: 0        Not Tracking: 6            UTC      06:28:15 [?] 22 Aug
> 2019
> Tracking: 0        Not Tracking: 6            UTC      06:28:15 [?] 19 Dec
> 2019
>
> The T2 time is a day old.  My guess is that it pulled the time it's using
> for
> T2 from wherever it stores the log slots.
>
>
>
>
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