[time-nuts] Re: Issue with my 3816a

[Dana Whitlow]

Are you sure you don't simply have an antenna or feedline problem?

Dana


On Wed, Aug 23, 2023 at 3:55 PM majanoff--- via time-nuts <
time-nuts at lists.febo.com> wrote:

> My HP 3816A is no longer working properly. I can communicate with it
> through
> the serial interface, however it never acquires any satellites. It
> occasionally shows satellites in the process of acquisition, but for the
> most part there are no satellites acquired in Lady Heather or GPSCON.  I
> suspect the GPS card, as I don't get any response when I remove it and try
> to connect to the software in a standalone mode. I know that I can purchase
> a new GPS card, however before I spend $200 on a new card, I'd like to know
> it will fix my issue as the card is non-returnable. If someone has an extra
> GPS card for this unit that they could lend me, that would be great
> (alternatively, I'd be happy to send my 3816A if you can test with your
> card). I have working Motorola cards from TAPR that fit into the 3816, but
> they do not solve the problem. The 3816A does pass all the self-tests.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Mitch
>
>
>
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