[time-nuts] Kode TCU 285 info wanted

John Lofgren jlofgren at lsr.com
Fri May 6 15:21:00 UTC 2011


Hi Paul,

This one isn't a GPSDO, AFAIK.  It looks like a stand-alone tape controller that accepts either SLO code or IRIG input.  My main use for it was just as an IRIG clock display, but it doesn't seem to want to work like that.

- John

-----Original Message-----
From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On Behalf Of paul swed
Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2011 6:30 PM
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Kode TCU 285 info wanted

A bunch of pre 91 rcvrs used down converters at the antennas. Did you get
the antenna with your unit?

On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 5:50 PM, John Lofgren <jlofgren at lsr.com> wrote:

> I don't think so.  All of the chips that have date codes I can decipher are
> from late 1984, or earlier.
>
> I probably should have been more specific, too.  It's a model 285-202/NC
> with a serial number of 011710.
>
>
> -John
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On
> Behalf Of paul swed
> Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2011 4:22 PM
> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Kode TCU 285 info wanted
>
> I have nothing. Though recently have gotten a pair of Odetics GPStars
> working with Pete Lancashires (Think thats misspelled) help.
> Can you tell if its newer then 1994?
> Regards
>
> On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 4:54 PM, John Lofgren <jlofgren at lsr.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > Does anybody have any information available for a Kode (Odetics) model
> 285
> > Time Code Unit?  I've checked the usual places (google, BAMA, Didier's
> site,
> > etc.) and haven't come up with anything.  I see that this question was
> asked
> > in 2008 and 2009, also.  Just checking to see if anything new has come to
> > light.
> >
> > Ideally I'd like to find a service manual but a simple operating manual
> > would be of some help.
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > John
> >
> >
> >
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