[time-nuts] Lucent 40 dB Antenna

[gary]

You just need a spectrum analyzer. The signal source would be the birds.

I forget who claimed the GPS signals are beneath the thermal noise. I'm 
quite sure I could see them on my spectrum analyzer and will check this 
weekend.

These work fine if all you need is L-band:
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/AVCOM-PSA-45D-PORTABLE-SPECTRUM-ANALYZER-L-BAND-/110838378615?pt=BI_Analyzers&hash=item19ce7b7077

You will find two vendors on Ebay. I think I mentioned the story before. 
Just get the cheap one and check it out immediately. They have a few 
hundred, so you can get a swap if it doesn't work. Expect to spend $50 
to rebuild the Lion pack. Even then, the unit drains the pack in a few 
days if you don't use it right away. None of the units have ethernet 
unfortunately. I paid $40 more for my unit than the price listed in the 
ad, and was supposed to get ethernet, but it never materialized. I'm 
going to bug the guy to send me a junker unit since I paid extra and 
didn't get what was advertised. The current advert doesn't mention 
ethernet. I manged to get a serial port card from the vendor. It has the 
ethernet traces on the PCB, but not populated.

Don't expect a lot of frequency accuracy. This is not HP. It is 
technician gear.


The units are pulls from mil gear and were rack mounted at one point. No 
feet, bail, or case included. Avcom still exists, but their accessories 
are quite expensive.

On 4/13/2012 4:44 PM, paul swed wrote:
> Yes indeed I think its quite challenge to really know whats up.
> Though if you have sig gen and spectrum analyzer you could come up with a
> method for at least cw
>
> On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 6:08 PM, J. L. Trantham<jltran at att.net>  wrote:
>
>> Mine arrived in the same manner.  It works but I can't tell any real
>> difference between it and my 26 dB antenna, switching between them when
>> mounted on the corner of the roof of my workshop.
>>
>> Joe
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On
>> Behalf Of Steve Krull
>> Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 1:40 PM
>> To: time-nuts at febo.com
>> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Lucent 40 dB Antenna
>>
>> Just got mine, from "Just_for_survive" on eBay. Poorest packing job I've
>> ever seen for an international package. Three wraps of newsprint and a
>> thin padded envelope. I'll know this weekend if its operational.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 11:14 PM, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R wrote:
>>
>>> My Lucent antenna arrived today.  I scrounged some adapters
>>> and connected it to my Thunderbolt.  Two birds were visible
>>> with AMU>  4 when I held the antenna.  My Droid 3 could not
>>> see any birds through the wet roof.
>>>
>>> The unit has some dings and scrapes but no visible corrosion.
>>>
>>> I am tempted to take it apart but don't wish to break a unit
>>> which seems to be working well.
>>>
>>> Has anyone compared this antenna with the mushroom that
>>> came from China with the used Thunderbolts???
>>>
>>> --
>>> Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R     caf at omen.com   www.omen.com
>>> Developer of Industrial ZMODEM(Tm) for Embedded Applications
>>>    Omen Technology Inc      "The High Reliability Software"
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