[time-nuts] Symmetricom(R) TS2100-GPS update and conversion

[Gerhard Wittreich]

Greg,

I did both those upgrades a few weeks ago and have been very pleased with
the results.  Desoldering the TCXO is a bit tricky and takes some
patience.  I do not have the "widget board" in my TS-2100 so I'm not much
help there.

I assume you already have your OCXO...The correct one is a bit hard to find.

Gerhard R Wittreich, P.E.
N3PL


On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 11:08 PM, Gregory Beat <w9gb at icloud.com> wrote:

> The TymServe TS2100 arrived this afternoon.  So I started with the GPS
> receiver swap (update).
>
> I removed the Trimble ACE III receiver (39818-C), but noted that this
> specific unit had a "widget board" (65398.69) on the SMA antenna connector
> and 2 wires (DC power) to the 3-pin header on the main board.
>
> Was this board used to support +12 VDC powered outdoor antennas?
> ----
> Installed the Heol N024-TS-V2.1 receiver (ACE III clone w/corrections) and
> connected a Trimble 28367-00 GPS antenna (small mag mount) to the
> receiver's antenna port.
>
> From a dead cold start, in urban canyons, I had tracking in about a minute
> and lock in about 20 minutes.  So far, so good.  Next will be the TCXO to
> OCXO conversion (MTI 240-0530-D).
>
> greg
> w9gb
>
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