[time-nuts] Has anybody checked this? GPSDO in kit

[Bob Camp]

Hi

There is a *long* list of information on that unit over on EEVBlog. Bottom line is
that if you get a good one (you may not) it is a *much* better solution than the other
one you are looking at. 

Bob

> On Oct 23, 2016, at 9:32 AM, Giuseppe Marullo <giuseppe at marullo.it> wrote:
> 
> Thanks to all that have answered, as usual very good advices.
> 
> I am puzzled about what to do, still the total cost of it for a OXCO + GPS(unit with antenna) + control mcu is 67usd, I doubt I could find anything like this for a cheaper price new.
> 
> Only cheap alternative could be this one(already discussed here one year ago):
> 
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/141734507722?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649
> 
> Would this allow me to play as the "standard" ThunderBolt using the same software? Any preferred model among
> 63090/73090/65256 "models"?
> 
> Giuseppe Marullo
> IW2JWW - JN45RQ
> 
> PS: Still I like the idea of the kit...the trimble would require PSU, antenna, boxing and no fancy display...
> 
> 
> On 10/22/2016 4:02 PM, Giuseppe Marullo wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I know, I know it is not supposed to be high end stuff(timenutted), but I was looking for a GPS clock and noticed that this could be a cheap GPSDO too:
>> 
>> http://qrp-labs.com/progrock.html
>> 
>> It has a OCXO option, a box, a display(customizable), a GPS and could be probably fitted with a Raspberry Zero for a cheap NTP server too.
>> 
>> Any advice?
>> Sorry if this has been already discussed here, didn't find any reference in the ML.
>> 
>> Could it be compared to a Thunderbolt GPSO in terms of performance, how worse it could be?
>> 
>> I just need a clean/self-calibrating  10MHz reference to tune HF radios ...seems good enough for the price.
>> 
>> Giuseppe Marullo
>> IW2JWW - JN45RQ
>> 
>> 
>> 
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