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Lady Heather newb questions

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W7SLS
Sat, Dec 16, 2017 2:15 PM

Hello,

Thanks for the great discussions on this group, and the work of all who brought Lady Heather to us.

I hope it is acceptable to ask some newbie questions?

What works:
Lady Heather installs, connects, and runs fine.
I’m comfortable with the command line interface.

What I’m curious about:
Where can I get more information about some of the abbreviation on the main screen?
For example:
Tcor  (corrected time?)
UNC (?)
I searched w/o success for those terms on the web, within this group archives, and in, for example, HP Zxxx manuals.

I’m also curious about my specific GPSDO.  It is a Symmetricom, inside a small enclosure with a display ($150 / eBay).
Specifically, even though I am not sure what UNC is, my guess is that 63k us  (= 63 ms) is not good.
Still, my (uncalibrated) Tek scopes and Agilent frequency meter say it is “10 MHz”
TFOM looks OK (@ 2)
I’ve not measured the cable length
I’ve had the GPSDO connected for maybe 24 hours.

Thank you for considering.

Scott
W7SLS

PS: Not sure whether a screen shot will make it to the group, but here goes.
PPS:  Yes, I obscured the specific lat/lon (but yes, I know there is enough info to find out anyway)
PPPS:  house blocks Northern sky

Hello, Thanks for the great discussions on this group, and the work of all who brought Lady Heather to us. I hope it is acceptable to ask some newbie questions? What works: Lady Heather installs, connects, and runs fine. I’m comfortable with the command line interface. What I’m curious about: Where can I get more information about some of the abbreviation on the main screen? For example: Tcor (corrected time?) UNC (?) I searched w/o success for those terms on the web, within this group archives, and in, for example, HP Zxxx manuals. I’m also curious about my specific GPSDO. It is a Symmetricom, inside a small enclosure with a display ($150 / eBay). Specifically, even though I am not sure what UNC is, my guess is that 63k us (= 63 ms) is not good. Still, my (uncalibrated) Tek scopes and Agilent frequency meter say it is “10 MHz” TFOM looks OK (@ 2) I’ve not measured the cable length I’ve had the GPSDO connected for maybe 24 hours. Thank you for considering. Scott W7SLS PS: Not sure whether a screen shot will make it to the group, but here goes. PPS: Yes, I obscured the specific lat/lon (but yes, I know there is enough info to find out anyway) PPPS: house blocks Northern sky