GPSDO Frequency Reference

I needed a precise frequency reference in my lab. I’ve played around with Rubidium standards before, but I wanted to try GPSDO (GPS disciplined oscillator) this time. I installed a GPS antenna on the roof and ran coaxial to the lab. Then I acquired a surplus Trimble Thunderbolt GPSDO, the kind used in cell phone towers. By hooking it up to my laptop and running Lady Heather software, I can get all sorts of data back from GPS satellites, like atomic clock synced time. I’m also outputting a clean 10Mhz signal.

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  1. Hi there !

    Good to see you ‘found’ and are using LH. A great piece of freeware !
    Guess the picture shown is displaying your counters offset from the GPSDO’s ref output. Time to reset the FA-2’s ref osc perhaps ?? !!

    Regards,

    Kit
    VK1LL
    (Another TimeNut ..)

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