[time-nuts] Austron 2100F

asmagal at fc.up.pt asmagal at fc.up.pt
Fri Oct 22 19:56:13 UTC 2010


Dear All,

Diving into the hardware, I found the DC-DC +5 to +/-12 V Power Source
defective. There may be something more but that is serious enough.

Thank you for your kind attention and help.

Antonio
CT1TE

Quoting paul swed <paulswedb at gmail.com>:

> Thats what I was thinking also on the reference and emailed back to the
> group.
> I believe over time that internal switch to select 1,5,10 mc can get a bit
> touchy.
> If a operating reference is connected and checked to be correct toggle the
> switch a few times to clean its contacts. It gets lonely sitting in there by
> itself for years. ;-)
> Regards
> Paul.
>
> On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 8:12 AM, Chuck Harris <cfharris at erols.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Antonio,
>>
>> Ok.  I just wanted to be sure that it was still up in Europe.  Canada
>> dropped their chains 3 months earlier than they said they would.  And
>> since Loran-C is no longer usable world wide, I figure Europe will be
>> dropping their chain soon.
>>
>> The error indication you have described tells me that you have no
>> reference oscillator.  This could be for a couple of reasons:
>>
>> 1) you have no frequency standard connected to your 2100F
>> 2) the switch, labeled 1-5-10, on the board stack visible when you hinge
>>   open the front panel is set incorrectly for your external frequency
>>   standard.
>> 3) Your 2100F is broken.
>>
>> -Chuck Harris
>>
>> asmagal at fc.up.pt wrote:
>>
>>> Chuck,
>>>
>>> I am in Portugal, currently receiving the European
>>> 6731 LESSAY Chain.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Antonio
>>> CT1TE
>>>
>>> Quoting Chuck Harris <cfharris at erols.com>:
>>>
>>>  Are you sure that your Loran chain is still up? In the US and
>>>> Canada, Loran has been decommissioned.
>>>>
>>>
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