[time-nuts] XL-AK Receiver: Worth it?

Richard W. Solomon w1ksz at earthlink.net
Fri Jan 29 20:55:12 UTC 2010


What leads you to believe that it doesn't have a 10 MHz output ?

The description gives me cause for concern. It's too vague. This
unit is easy to test and verify.

73, Dick, W1KSZ


-----Original Message-----
>From: Bruce Lane <kyrrin at bluefeathertech.com>
>Sent: Jan 29, 2010 12:46 PM
>To: time-nuts at febo.com
>Subject: [time-nuts] XL-AK Receiver: Worth it?
>
>Fellow time-tickers,
>
>	I'm considering the purchase of a surplus TrueTime XL-AK series GPS
>clock. As near as I can tell, it does not have the frequency output
>option for 10MHz.
>
>	My question: How easy (or not) is it to add this option? Are the
>necessary components already present in the unit, just needing some
>creative jumpering to bring to life, or was there a separate module?
>
>	Also, as a point of curiosity: What's the GPS receiver in the XL-AK, and
>what format is it putting out to the receiver's microprocessor? (NMEA?
>Binary? Something bizarre?)
>
>	Thanks much.
>
>
>Bruce Lane, Owner & Head Hardware Heavy,
>Blue Feather Technologies (http://www.bluefeathertech.com)
>Assoc. member, AZA & AAZK for many moons.
>"Salvadore Dali's computer has surreal ports..."
>
>
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