Re: [time-nuts] Frequency of LC Tank

2014-05-09 Thread NeonJohn
On 04/12/2014 03:23 PM, d...@irtelemetrics.com wrote: Magnus, You are very much on the track that I was thinking. I belive you are absolutly correct in that a 90 degree phase shift would be ideal. Coming into the conversation kinda late. Sounds like you're building an induction heater

[time-nuts] Releasing sources (was Re: Brooks Shera)

2013-03-28 Thread NeonJohn
On 03/25/2013 09:36 AM, Jim Lux wrote: One reason is that if one DOES release source, one will wind up supporting it, because generally, we all nice people and helpful, and it's hard to tell someone no when they send an email asking how to get it to compile on Version N+3 when you used

Re: [time-nuts] Bulletin Board / Forum

2010-08-25 Thread NeonJohn
On 08/25/2010 09:48 AM, J. Forster wrote: If your objective is to make a Wiki for Time-Nuts topics, why not do just that. There are Wiki Builder packages out there and IMO an easily searchable archive of Group posts would be a good thing. It's unclear to me how many will have time to read

Re: [time-nuts] Quartz crystal aging and applied voltage

2013-07-01 Thread NeonJohn
On 06/30/2013 08:34 PM, Bob Camp wrote: Hi U….. eer….. Natural quartz is great stuff for making resonators. In many ways it's better than synthetic quartz. About the only thing natural is worse for is radiation. Natural quartz comes from all over the world. Most of the US

Re: [time-nuts] looking for low-power system for gps ntp timekeeping

2013-07-01 Thread NeonJohn
Before anyone wastes his money on a BeagleBone, I suggest you join the mailing list and read the hundreds of messages each day that pass through, most of them citing problems, mostly with the Linux implementation. Basically, the ancient implementation of Angstrom Linux is a POS. Just barely

Re: [time-nuts] looking for low-power system for gps ntp timekeeping

2013-07-02 Thread NeonJohn
On 07/02/2013 02:11 AM, Eric Williams wrote: What did they leave out of the hardware? Hard to tell what to look for when it's not there. Thanks for sharing your experience. I'm not sure what all is gone other than the USB port since I haven't bought one. There is a list of omissions in

Re: [time-nuts] looking for low-power system for gps ntp timekeeping

2013-07-02 Thread NeonJohn
On 07/02/2013 02:14 AM, Iain Young wrote: On 02/07/13 06:43, NeonJohn wrote: Basically, the ancient implementation of Angstrom Linux is a POS. Just barely enough code to be able to say, for example, that SPI works. It does - sorta - but not well enough for any application where clock

Re: [time-nuts] Spectrum Analyzer Suggestions

2013-07-15 Thread NeonJohn
On 07/15/2013 10:37 AM, David Kirkby wrote: I don't know if it is true, but I read somewhere that some of the low-end Agilent scopes are made by Rigol. Personally I'd try to work around the weight issues of the HP. At least the HP will be fixable, whereas the Rigol will most likely be

Re: [time-nuts] Arduinos in time and near space

2014-01-20 Thread NeonJohn
On 01/20/2014 01:23 AM, David J Taylor wrote: Is it possible to write (assuming the poor little creature would do it) a piece of code, that given your lat/long, the time and a two line element set for an orbiting object, such as the ISS, that would give you the acquisition of signal

Re: [time-nuts] Schematic capture, anyone?

2012-02-26 Thread NeonJohn
I use professionally. It was the best that our small company could afford. Here are some tips that will save you mucho grief. 1) This is the biggie. Make your own parts library. Then put any part that you have to create in that library. As well, put a copy of any standard library part in

Re: [time-nuts] Chinese Scopes

2012-04-16 Thread NeonJohn
On 04/16/2012 03:46 AM, Attila Kinali wrote: What's the quality of those chinese scopes? I have one of the Rigol 2 channel 100 MHz 1GHz sampling rate scopes. Can't recall the model number. It's the one that either HP or Tek private labels. It is superb. It was with great sadness that I

Re: [time-nuts] Apollo, space and time

2009-07-16 Thread NeonJohn
w...@aol.com wrote: Audio can also be found here... _http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/apollo11_radio/index.html_ (http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/apollo11_radio/index.html) Anyone know if this audio is downloadable as files? I'm on Hughsnet and unfortunately can't stream this

Re: [time-nuts] E1938A Schematic

2009-08-04 Thread NeonJohn
Brooke Clarke wrote: Hi Adrian: For the last few days there has been a problem with FireFox. I too can not see the page in Firefox but can with IE6. This applies to many web pages. Must be winders-related. Looks fine here under Linux FireFox. John -- John DeArmond Tellico Plains,

Re: [time-nuts] Power Back-up

2009-08-09 Thread NeonJohn
gsteinb...@aol.com wrote: Weather projections for California this winter are WET, which implies local power failures (lasting up to perhaps eight hours). What do time-nuts do for backup power? I have one of the TAPR TBolt systems along with numerous other toys (OCXOs that should probably

Re: [time-nuts] 4 KV Power Supply Recommendations

2010-01-16 Thread NeonJohn
J. L. Trantham wrote: Any thoughts on a source for an external HV power supply for this application? Cheapest way I know is a 3500 volt, 10 ma neon sign transformer and a high voltage rectifier diode. The transformer will cost you about $30 new and a replacement diode for a microwave oven

Re: [time-nuts] Conducting Bench Top Material

2010-01-30 Thread NeonJohn
Chuck Harris wrote: I have several rooms that are lit exclusively with CFL's, and I find that for best life, I have to leave them on all the time. That is what EPA has found too! CFL's may take less power for a given illumination, but the owners leave them on far longer than incandescent,

Re: [time-nuts] LED Spectra mentioned in time-nuts Digest, Vol 66, Issue 164

2010-01-30 Thread NeonJohn
J. Forster wrote: I believe these particular units came from a biomedical analyzer of some sort. The gratings (hence the dispersion) can be changed at the factory, but it costs something like $500 last seen. I work with a fellow who makes custom gas discharge lamps (you need a spectra, he

Re: [time-nuts] Motorola RLN-4394A GPS antenna

2011-09-04 Thread NeonJohn
On 09/04/2011 04:32 PM, David Garnier wrote: there should be a way to stop this gaming of the search engine. Ideas? Just add -ebay and -e-bay without the quotes to your search string. That makes sleazebay disappear from your screen. If you have a google account, you can plug those strings

Re: [time-nuts] Tek high voltage probes

2011-09-22 Thread NeonJohn
On 09/21/2011 04:57 AM, David C. Partridge wrote: Howsabout HFC-236fa - very similar properties to R114 but not banned. Tektronix used a Freon in their 40 KV High Voltage probes. The Vapor pressure of some of those compounds is low at 70F, but they do have to be sealed. I use several of

Re: [time-nuts] Tek high voltage probes

2011-09-22 Thread NeonJohn
It's going on 10 years now since I last filled a probe. That's the major advantage of butane. It doesn't diffuse out like the freon did. On 09/22/2011 01:53 PM, Jose Camara wrote: John: One big difference is that when most of the butane leaked out and air leaked in, you'd get a very

Re: [time-nuts] alkali metals and water

2011-03-03 Thread NeonJohn
On 03/03/2011 02:52 AM, Robert Atkinson wrote: Hmm, Anyone else remember Sodium-Sulphur secondary batteries? they were proposed for electric vehicles in the late 70's I rode on a prototype at Chloride. You have to heat them up to melt both the Sodium and the Sulphur to make them work (about

Re: [time-nuts] Three Phase Power

2011-06-28 Thread NeonJohn
On 06/28/2011 08:16 AM, Will Matney wrote: Things like this, make me think, that these smart meters need to be policed, if we don't want to end up being royaly screwed. Making sure the timing is correct, on any of the meters, is the same as demanding calibration for any piece of equipment