Re: [time-nuts] Making a 10811 better

Is there a relatively inert gas that has much higher thermal conductivity than air? Then a flask makes sense and is not the size of the basement... Dick Moore On Sep 20, 2011, at 5:00 AM, time-nuts-requ...@febo.com wrote: -- Message: 2 Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011

[time-nuts] Lady Heather help, please

to invoke various things, but I can't get to anything that looks like a command line to use the /3 command. Suggestions? TIA, Dick Moore ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo

Re: [time-nuts] Lady Heather help

Thanks, y'all -- that addition to the directory path did it. LH works good! Along the way, I discovered that on my machine, F11 toggles the screen size between full screen, which I can actually read on my big display, and some squashed version that's unusable. Best, Dick Moore

Re: [time-nuts] low-loss cable

Once again, thanks to all. The Lucent bullet antenna has an N connector on the base, so I'll just use RG-6 which I have enough of, and live with a bigger trough through the window frame or just go ahead and bore through the wall -- I originally cut the slit in the window frame to accommodate

[time-nuts] Lowloss cable?

What's the best small diameter (0.25) low loss coax? I need to run about 30' from my GPS antenna to a TBolt. Best, Dick ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and

Re: [time-nuts] low-loss cable

Thanks all -- I got a Lucent bullet from i.fluke, +26dB gain. Replaces a Hawk patch with lower gain, but I want to run more cable (about 2X) to get the bullet higher in the air. The Hawk patch, which works very well signal-wise, has cable that's about 3 or 4mm in diameter and about 6m long.

[time-nuts] 60kHz shielded loop antenna

shrank them as much as I could, but they're still a bit big. http://www.moorepage.net/Loop.html Mike Feher has first refusal on this thing. Dick Moore ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin

Re: [time-nuts] HP/Dymek DY-5842

and works quite well, and is tuned for the 5842 at 60kHz. Best, Dick Moore On Oct 1, 2010, at 3:50 PM, time-nuts-requ...@febo.com wrote: Message: 5 Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2010 16:34:57 -0600 From: ziggy9 zig...@pumpkinbrook.com Subject: [time-nuts] Possibly OT - Any interest in a vintage HP

[time-nuts] one-off PC board

I have a board layout that I need made, simple single-side, 2.3 x 6.5 inches. Any suggestions on where I can get this made at a reasonable price? The mask layout I have is a printout from a pdf document that has black where the traces are and is full-size. Others may be interested -- this is

[time-nuts] LCD monitor for TBolt

Bob Mokia at fluke.l (www.no1electric.com still has some of the TBolt LCD monitors (but it was hard to find on his site -- try Trimble as a search term). I just got one, and it runs from a +12V wall-wart just fine. Works great. Best, Dick Moore

[time-nuts] PICTIC II parts from Mouser in da house!

Got the package today from Mouser with everything there. Now to send the PIC chip to Bob Darlington for programming. And get the board from Stanley Reynolds. Best, Dick Moore ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https

[time-nuts] Vectron 1MHz OCXO info?

an alternative 1MHz OCXO? Or would it be easier/cheaper to use a 10MHz OCXO with a divider? I've got a manual for the counter on its way to me, thanks to eBay, which will answer many questions I have, but I'm betting there won't be anything but a block diagram of the OCXO. Best, Dick Moore

Re: [time-nuts] Vectron OCXO

Here's the link to the pix I have so far on the Vectron 1MHz OCXO: http://www.moorepage.net/VectronOCXO.html Best, Dick Moore ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time

[time-nuts] More items for sale

Hi -- I've added four pieces to my clearance sale at www.moorepage.net/Testequip.html Best, Dick Moore ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow

Re: [time-nuts] crystal oscillators TPLL

experimental set-up, or if you have a working version of your own, it would help me a lot if you could provide more details about parts and pieces. Best, Dick Moore On Jun 23, 2010, at 5:00 AM, time-nuts-requ...@febo.com wrote: Message: 1 Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 19:17:43 +1200 From: Steve Rooke sar10

Re: [time-nuts] TPLL method

? I'm quite interested in your setup. Dick Moore ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.

[time-nuts] Monsanto 1500A

of it in a smaller box. They go in the back row of boards, but I have no idea what order some of them go in. There's one bad Nixie, but I found one on fleaBay. If anyone has a manual or knows the board order, I sure could use some help. Best, Dick Moore ___ time

Re: [time-nuts] HP 3458A CLIP manual

and the board charred -- it also gave a 202 error... well, no kidding! Dick Moore ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.

[time-nuts] Printed manuals for bidding

Now that nearly all of my gear has been sold, I've been able to go through my stack of manuals and offer them for bidding. See them at: www.moorepage.net/Testequip.html Best, Dick Moore ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe

[time-nuts] A few more items up for bid

Hi, time-nuts -- Now that most of my gear is gone, some pieces have come out of the corners and are open for bids. See them at my webpage: http://www.moorepage.net/Testequip.html Best, Dick Moore ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com

Re: [time-nuts] time-nuts Digest, Vol 69, Issue 63

Thx for the feedback, Stan. I'll add a last update date and time at the top. I'll only use eBay for the stuff that you guys don't want. Dick Moore On Apr 26, 2010, at 11:12 AM, time-nuts-requ...@febo.com wrote: Send time-nuts mailing list submissions to time-nuts@febo.com

[time-nuts] Closing the lab -- gear for sale

past help; good luck... Dick Moore ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.

Re: [time-nuts] Yukon power

. Don't know if they were part of a control loop or just monitors. Tallies well with what the engineer told Rick. Dick Moore ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts

Re: [time-nuts] HP3420B calibration

to you, but please don't hold your breath... Dick Moore ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.

Re: [time-nuts] Test equipment

or Keithley 6.x digit DMM would be useful -- older HP DMMsa with 6+ digit resolution come up for peanuts on auction sites all the time, and a 3456A for example is a very good, very versatile instrument once it's cal'd. My 2 cents. Dick Moore Message: 2 Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:35:22 -0500

Re: [time-nuts] Modified Total Deviation measurement

Hi Magnus -- Any possibility that there is some math package subroutine error of some kind? In yours or theirs? Best, Dick Moore Message: 3 Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 03:29:49 +0100 From: Magnus Danielson mag...@rubidium.dyndns.org Subject: [time-nuts] Modified Total Deviation calculation

Re: [time-nuts] time-nuts Digest, Vol 66, Issue 55

Nic, many times volt-nut questions are posted here, including by me, and no one has ever said get outta here, we're TIME-NUTS. I currently have two 732As, a Fluke 5440B, a couple of Datron 1082s, and not too long ago got an HP3458A and had it cal'd by HP in Loveland. One thing I've discovered

Re: [time-nuts] Cheap Rubidium

, much like the Navy's demagnetizing coils for the Trident subs up here at Subase Bangor in Washington State. After all, cost really is no object, right? Best, Dick Moore On Dec 24, 2009, at 12:55 PM, time-nuts-requ...@febo.com wrote: Send time-nuts mailing list submissions to time-nuts

Re: [time-nuts] Power level reference

My boss at Tektronix, Bob Ragsdale, quoted the Pulse Amplifier Designer's Law, which he said he learned at the Rad Lab in Livermore: If it's big enough, it's too slow. If it's fast enough, it's too small. If it's big enough and fast enough, its got rumdiddlies on the top. Best, Dick Moore

Re: [time-nuts] Newbie looking for GPSDO kit or Project sites

in both. Best, Dick Moore ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.

[time-nuts] UTC in Windows, and dual-booting

/mswish/ut-rtc.html Best, Dick Moore ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.

Re: [time-nuts] UTC in Windows

, each for its own best applications. But I've noticed the RTC error that occurs when I re-boot into Windows from Mac on my Frakkintosh dual-boot machine, and this article, begun in 2004 and updated, is about that, with (if read carefully) a possible fix which I will apply. Best, Dick Moore

Re: [time-nuts] HP 5328A

winding to frame. A solder bridge somewhere is always a possibility if you're not the first person to work on this unit. I no longer own one of these, but I can kibbitz with you if it'll help. If it's more convenient, email me at: rich...@hughes.net Best, Dick Moore On Sep 9, 2009, at 6

Re: [time-nuts] General MEA CULPA

So, so sorry -- After my last post reply, I forgot to get rid of the following posts -- I hate it when that happens! Dick Moore ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo

Re: [time-nuts] more PCAdHoc IO

I've used the DLP products and they work great See: www.moorepage.net/gps2.html for the DLP board that goes from TTLUSB and my mounting scheme. Just scroll down. Best, Dick Moore On Sep 2, 2009, at 11:59 AM, time-nuts-requ...@febo.com wrote: Message: 4 Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 08:38:01

Re: [time-nuts] Atom of time

I first encountered the use of atom of time when reading The Cloud of Unknowing, a ?13th C? work on spirituality and contemplation written by an anonymous English priest. Best, Dick On Aug 22, 2009, at 12:14 PM, time-nuts-requ...@febo.com wrote: Message: 5 Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 13:19:34

Re: [time-nuts] Mark Sims and gnat posteriors

later became New Mexico State College, in about 1920 or so. Of course, he trained in the mounted cavalry brach, so furlongs were good and useful units, and a day in the saddle must surely have felt like a fortnight (two weeks to you young folks) Best, Dick Moore Message: 1 Date: Wed, 19

Re: [time-nuts] Difference in GPS antennas

On Aug 14, 2009, at 9:27 AM, time-nuts-requ...@febo.com wrote: Maybe why choke rings are rings. Message: 9 Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 09:27:52 -0700 From: Lux, Jim (337C) james.p@jpl.nasa.gov Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Difference in GPS antennas To: Discussion of precise time and frequency

Re: [time-nuts] another 3458A error

that's so far out in left field that you can't see it from here. Now don't forget those cotton gloves when you touch the boards, and *never* clean up the board after soldering. Dick Moore ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com

Re: [time-nuts] new request for 3458A info

for all the advice and tips. Dick Moore ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.

Re: [time-nuts] new request for HP 3458A info

problems. It is in generally very good physical condition and is very clean. I don't have schematics for this box. I do have a right-of-return for refund, which I will most likely exercise. Best, Dick Moore On Aug 1, 2009, at 11:28 AM, time-nuts-requ...@febo.com wrote: .. internal overload

Re: [time-nuts] new request for 3458A info

invalid 72 ---dcv gain 10V invalid If this is a matter of tweaking something, that would be good. I think I have a pdf of the Calibration Manual -- I'll check it out. All thoughts and comments welcome, as always. Dick Moore ___ time-nuts mailing

[time-nuts] New request for HP 3458A info

of these errors before, or have any idea what's wrong? Any and all help appreciated. The power supplies appear to be working correctly. Dick Moore ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman

[time-nuts] Volt-nuts cooperation?

to reply to me at: rich...@hughes.net. We can work our details if the interest is sufficient. Best, Dick Moore ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow

Re: [time-nuts] Need volt-nuts help

Hey Ed, thanks for the tips. The DC-200 has a quite different meter system based on the pix of the DC-150 you linked to. I did find a manual for sale for a model DC-200AR, and have inquired if the 200AR is at all similar to the 200C. If it is, I'm good to go. Thanks, Dick Moore On Jun 7

[time-nuts] Need volt-nuts help

sites for manuals with no luck, and also Googled and found nothing. Rather than try now to reverse engineer the schematic, I'm hoping one of you may know something about this machine. If nothing else it will be an interesting platform for play. Thx, Dick Moore