[time-nuts] Spectracom 8170 Time of Day grief...(WWVB Clock)

[paul swed]

I did call spectracom just to see if they had any parts for the 81XX
series. They said they had not had any for 10 years. The Guy was helpful.
But those magical 60Khz xtals aren't to be had.
Regards
Paul
WB8TSL


On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 10:37 AM, J. L. Trantham <jltran at att.net> wrote:

> Well, it 'killed' my two.  The website for the manufacturer of mine (both
> SkyScan, cheap from Sam's) stated that there was a problem with WWVB.
>
> I'll keep an eye out for a replacement.
>
> Joe
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On
> Behalf Of Charles P. Steinmetz
> Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2013 6:03 PM
> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Spectracom 8170 Time of Day grief...(WWVB Clock)
>
> Joe wrote:
>
> >In a slightly different direction, are there any commercially available
> >'PSK Compliant Atomic Clocks' out there for those of us used to looking
> >at the 'correct time'?
> >
> >Also, what, exactly, was the advantage of changing modulation formats?
> >That 'killed' all the existing 'Atomic Clocks'?
>
> No, it killed phase-locking instruments, including the Spectracom clocks.
> Most "atomic clocks" designed for time-of-day use do not, and never did,
> phase lock to the WWVB carrier.  My 20-year-old Brookstone "atomic clock"
> still works just as it always did (within tens of mS AFAICT).  So should
> most other older "atomic clocks," and everything currently available from
> the many time-of-day "atomic clock" suppliers.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Charles
>
>
>
>
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