[time-nuts] new GPSDO kit

Said Jackson saidjack at aol.com
Sat Apr 5 01:20:01 UTC 2014


Paul,

Forgot to mention, there is a spec sheet on the website on the LC-XO-Plus product page with additional technical details.

Bye,
Said

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On Apr 4, 2014, at 17:45, paul swed <paulswedb at gmail.com> wrote:

> I mean no disrespect to anyone here. Jacksonlabs makes some very fine
> components. Brookes comment was spot on. What happens etc. I did run out to
> the site and take a quick read. The short piece I read did not have a lot
> of specifics or I simply missed them. It is low power and thats quite a
> plus, but has to also take into account how it behaves without GPS.
> Hopefully others will comment.
> So looking at the price I know that I have seen used Tbolts all over the
> place up to at least $350 or more. Same for the HPs and they have lots of
> miles on them.
> I suspect some comparison to those technologies would be helpful in
> appreciating whats being offered.
> Look at the fast turn around Said did. A time-nut says how about a discount
> and there you go a discount.
> Regards
> Paul
> WB8TSL
> 
> 
> On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 8:20 PM, Chris Albertson
> <albertson.chris at gmail.com>wrote:
> 
>> Wow.  Seriously I was just going to post about my $35 GPSDO.  I've used
>> some discipline to not say "for just a little more I can get..." and gone
>> the lowest cost route at each decision point.  Just to see what happens.
>> 
>> Price does not include GPS receiver, plug-in power cube and case and I'm
>> not shooting for really great spec's.  My goal was lowest price possible.
>> The unit is based on the one posted here by Lars Walenius.  I replaced his
>> $30 Arudino with a $4 part and added an LCD display.
>> 
>> It's not finished yet.  I plan on changing out the LCD display to a $4
>> Nokia cell phone part that does 84x84 pixel graphics.  I'd like to have the
>> GPSDO do its own primitive graphs and setup menus without need to be
>> connected to a computer.
>> 
>> No intent to compete with a commercial product.  I'm not going to sell
>> them.  But in time I'll document it.
>> Here is a photo <https://www.dropbox.com/s/bsksw9x51ydk6gi/gpsdo.jpg>
>> 
>> 
>> On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 3:39 PM, <SAIDJACK at aol.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hello everyone,
>>> 
>>> sorry for the plug, but we just announced a new $568 complete GPSDO
>>> reference kit.
>>> 
>>> This unit is a tiny desktop unit with 10m antenna, power supply, cables,
>>> CD, and other accessories. It is a low cost addition to our Fury GPSDO
>>> line,
>>> and contains a really good TCXO, a uBlox GPS receiver, and various power
>>> options. I believe this is the lowest-cost real GPSDO in mass production
>>> available on the market right now, and being a true GPSDO it has  some
>>> fairly
>>> good phase noise and stability specs.
>>> 
>>> 
>> http://www.jackson-labs.com/assets/uploads/main/LC-XO-Plus_PressRelease.pdf
>>> 
>>> bye,
>>> Said
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>> 
>> 
>> --
>> 
>> Chris Albertson
>> Redondo Beach, California
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