[time-nuts] Odetics receiver grief...

[Burt Weiner]

Several years ago I had an Odetics GPS receiver.  I don't know if it's the same one you have or not but here's a little bit of what I know about the one I had. The data output was meant to work with a dumb terminal such as a Wyse.  It had to be told where it was in order for it to lock up and required a software update to deal with Y2000.  When I contacted Odetics about this they laughed at me and asked why I had this unit and told me to buy a new one.  Prior to Y2000 I found that it drifted and at best was undependable.  THe project I was on finally abondoned the Odetics in favor of DATUm 9130 series receivers.  The support at Odetics left a bad taste in my mouth for them.  I fianlly gave the receiver to a friend who wanted it becuase "it looked neat".

Burt, K6OQK - temporarily in Taiwan

>>> Behalf Of Roy Phillips
>>> Sent: 10 February 2008 09:52
>>> To: Time Nuts
>>> Subject: [time-nuts] Odetics 325 - 865
>>>
>>> Gentlemen
>>>
>>> Pleased to join you - I major in "high-end" test equipment, and have
>>> recently added a couple of Watkins-Johnson Rx's -- Dual 8607 (20 - 2032
>>> MHZ)
>>> ,and a WJ 8700 again dual LF/HF (to 32 MHZ). But I have now gathered a
>>> couple of items of "Time & Frequency" . The first one is a Radio Code
>>> Clock
>>> RCC 8000, this receives the 60 Khz Standard frequency transmissions from
>>> our
>>> UK transmitter. This is fine - works OK. Now I have a bigger challenge - 
>>> I
>>> found  a ODETICS Model 325-865 SatSync which has been gathering dust 
>>> since
>>> 1998 (last date it was active).
>>> It was switched on (and no antenna was connected), I don't have one.  It
>>> came to life and scrolling its menu it shows a date in 1998 and a set of
>>> co-ordinates which suggests it was probably a ship installation. I found
>>> my
>>> way to your site through searching for info on this item, and I gather
>>> that
>>> some of you have this item of equipment - can you help - I gather that it
>>> requires an active antenna  - what can be found or built to meet this
>>> need?
>>> Also the system is "Locked" - what do I do to clear this problem ( the
>>> menu
>>> display suggests I refer to the manual !!) Is it possible to obtain a
>>> manual
>>> or copy of such. I must admit that it is a very well made item and must 
>>> be
>>> worthwhile to re-establish.  looking forward to any help you may offer.
>>>
>>> Roy
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