[time-nuts] GPS Units in Z3801A

[Clint Jay]

Well that's handy to know, I've got a box of those I picked up from a
hamfest. I'll have to dig them out and test them

On 12 Jul 2017 2:55 pm, "Pete Lancashire" <pete at petelancashire.com> wrote:

> I may have more of replacement Motorola GPS receiver modules. I had been
> sorting out stuff in storage
> and ran across some boxes that came from the same source the last batch
> came from. It maybe a couple
> weeks before I can find out. My dance card is pretty full for the next
> couple weeks and weekends.
>
> The pictures from last year
>
> http://petelancashire.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=5249
>
> -pete
>
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> On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 3:27 PM, Hal Murray <hmurray at megapathdsl.net>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > I have a Z3801A that has lost contact with GPS.  The GPS module is
> working
> > -
> > the list of not-tracking  satellites changes occasionally, but it never
> > tracks anything.  I've tried swapping antennas and such but that hasn't
> > helped.
> >
> > How often does the front end of the GPS module die?
> >
> > Will the newer 8 channel modules work in the Z3801A or do I need to
> locate
> > an
> > old 6 channel version?
> >
> > Is there a tells-all web page or message to this list about GPS modules
> for
> > the Z3801A?  I'd expect one, but I haven't found it.
> >
> > --------
> >
> > I noticed that the UTC time from the status page is different from the T2
> > time.
> >
> > T2201707100009039300141
> >
> > The UTC clock seems to have gone crazy.  From the status page:
> > Tracking: 0        Not Tracking: 6            UTC      06:28:15 [?] 01
> Nov
> > 2018
> > Tracking: 0        Not Tracking: 6            UTC      06:28:15 [?] 22
> Aug
> > 2019
> > Tracking: 0        Not Tracking: 6            UTC      06:28:15 [?] 19
> Dec
> > 2019
> >
> > The T2 time is a day old.  My guess is that it pulled the time it's using
> > for
> > T2 from wherever it stores the log slots.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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