[time-nuts] Up And Running

[George Race]

Hi Bill, see my comments below.

Not sure it's a good idea to seal the antenna in a plastic box.
Definitely will vent it from the bottom!
Must get hot in there. And mounting it under a big Yagi?
Uda would be pleasantly surprised to see what has evolved from his first
antenna!

I considered using a puck antenna and protecting it with a
black plastic conical cap that is used to keep seagulls off
the top of dock pilings. Air could circulate under the cap.
Tested the cap in a microwave oven, stayed cool. Didn't use
it, though, got a HP conical outdoor antenna instead.

Why would you want to attenuate the precision of the time
signal by 6 db? The caption says, "Precision Attenuator." :-)
Was worried the signal would come out as a 5MHz sine wave, but it did not!
:-;
But, it does turn the 5 volt P to P that comes out of the Trimble into 2.5
volt P to P.
It must be a Precision Broadband Amplitude Only Sine Wave Signal Attenuator
Thing-E!  
Guess you could call it a PBAOSWSATE for short! 

All the best,
George

Bill Hawkins


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