Re: [time-nuts] 60 KHz Receiver
The city of Sunnyvale was thinking of replacing it (the Blue Cube, etc) with car dealerships, but decided against it because only 3 dealers would fit. I was happy; who needs more car dealers? They now want to do something that won't increase traffic too much. They also just opened a bike trail in the wetlands behind Moffet (in reality, it took them a few years to remove 2 locks). There are still signs back there banning cameras (or they were there a year ago). Dave - Original Message - From: J. Forster j...@quik.com To: bro...@pacific.net, Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement time-nuts@febo.com Sent: Saturday, October 9, 2010 9:27:20 AM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] 60 KHz Receiver About the only doors in the place that did not have electronic combo locks were the bathrooms. Sad to see it's being shut down. IMO, it was one of the kewl places to be in the heddy early days of space. OTOH, it probably makes some sense to muve the thing into the bowels of a mountain somewhere. FWIW, -John == Hi Dave: Yes, it was right on the central expressway and was part of the GTE military electronics complex. Hi John: My recollection of the antennas at the Blue Cube is that they are out in the open. See photo at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Cube Have Fun, Brooke Clarke http://www.PRC68.com d.sei...@comcast.net wrote: We had similar dome in Sunnyvale (Ca) until the late 80's, but I can't remember who owned it, maybe GE?; it's all housing now. Dave - Original Message - From: Arthur Dentgolgarfrinc...@yahoo.com To: time-nuts@febo.com Sent: Friday, October 8, 2010 5:06:34 AM Subject: [time-nuts] 60 KHz Receiver Lester Veenstra-“No, Andover Maine.� The white Dacron fabric dome of the station in Andover, Maine, really stood out and could be seen by hikers on the tops of mountains miles away. Somewhere I have photos I took looking down at that white speck in the distance. On one of my hiking trips I stopped to check out the facility. The Dacron fabric dome that was held up only by air pressure (like a carnival funhouse) was still standing but was scheduled to be taken down in the near future. Below is a link to a video about Telstar that appeared on the History Channel and another link to still photos of the horn and the inside of the dome. The date given for removal in the second link was 1985 but I was thinking the dome was removed a few years later than that. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyfGuSmSHWM http://users658.mainememory.net/slideshow/386/display%3Fformat=listprev_object_id=1050prev_object=pageslide_num=1.html -Arthur ___ 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 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. -- Have Fun, Brooke Clarke http://www.PRC68.com ___ 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 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 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] 60 KHz Receiver
Kind of sad, IMO, the way the US has squandered our space competance. FWIW, -John = The city of Sunnyvale was thinking of replacing it (the Blue Cube, etc) with car dealerships, but decided against it because only 3 dealers would fit. I was happy; who needs more car dealers? They now want to do something that won't increase traffic too much. They also just opened a bike trail in the wetlands behind Moffet (in reality, it took them a few years to remove 2 locks). There are still signs back there banning cameras (or they were there a year ago). Dave - Original Message - From: J. Forster j...@quik.com To: bro...@pacific.net, Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement time-nuts@febo.com Sent: Saturday, October 9, 2010 9:27:20 AM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] 60 KHz Receiver About the only doors in the place that did not have electronic combo locks were the bathrooms. Sad to see it's being shut down. IMO, it was one of the kewl places to be in the heddy early days of space. OTOH, it probably makes some sense to muve the thing into the bowels of a mountain somewhere. FWIW, -John == Hi Dave: Yes, it was right on the central expressway and was part of the GTE military electronics complex. Hi John: My recollection of the antennas at the Blue Cube is that they are out in the open. See photo at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Cube Have Fun, Brooke Clarke http://www.PRC68.com d.sei...@comcast.net wrote: We had similar dome in Sunnyvale (Ca) until the late 80's, but I can't remember who owned it, maybe GE?; it's all housing now. Dave - Original Message - From: Arthur Dentgolgarfrinc...@yahoo.com To: time-nuts@febo.com Sent: Friday, October 8, 2010 5:06:34 AM Subject: [time-nuts] 60 KHz Receiver Lester Veenstra-ââ¬ÅNo, Andover Maine.ââ¬ï¿½ The white Dacron fabric dome of the station in Andover, Maine, really stood out and could be seen by hikers on the tops of mountains miles away. Somewhere I have photos I took looking down at that white speck in the distance. On one of my hiking trips I stopped to check out the facility. The Dacron fabric dome that was held up only by air pressure (like a carnival funhouse) was still standing but was scheduled to be taken down in the near future. Below is a link to a video about Telstar that appeared on the History Channel and another link to still photos of the horn and the inside of the dome. The date given for removal in the second link was 1985 but I was thinking the dome was removed a few years later than that. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyfGuSmSHWM http://users658.mainememory.net/slideshow/386/display%3Fformat=listprev_object_id=1050prev_object=pageslide_num=1.html -Arthur ___ 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 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. -- Have Fun, Brooke Clarke http://www.PRC68.com ___ 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 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 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] Possibly OT - Any interest in a vintage HP/Dymec DY-5842 VLF receiver?
In case anyone was wondering, the receiver has found a home with Paul, WB8TSL. He tells me he's got it receiving WWVB already. It will need a little TLC, but it was good to see its basic functionality confirmed. I've posted the scanned copy of the manual on my website at http://www.pumpkinbrook.com/DY-5842/ for those that are interested. Thanks for the interest, and the replies. Paul - K9MR On Oct 2, 2010, at 2:40 PM, Pete Lancashire wrote: Ken would be a great person. THe HP Memory project would be another http://www.hpmemory.org/index.htm -pete On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 3:50 PM, Brian Kirby kilodelta4foxm...@gmail.com wrote: You might consider contacting Dr. Ken Kuhn -- kennathak...@gmail.com check his HP museum at http://www.kennethkuhn.com/hpmuseum/ Brian Kirby KD4FM On 10/1/2010 5:34 PM, ziggy9 wrote: Fellow time-nuts: I've got a circa 1964 DY-5842 VLF receiver. This is (was) operated in conjunction with an external time interval counter to make a frequency comparison. So you would select WWVL for example, and use that as your primary standard for comparison to your local standard. It's got 5 crystals in it: 16, 18, 19.8, 20, and 60 kHz (listed as GBR, NBA, NPM, WWVL, WWVB). It works and I have the manual. The thing is, the interest in something like this is bound to be a bit narrow, so I thought I'd mention it here. So if there are any collectors, equipment museums, etc. that might be interested in this, please let me know. I'm a bit sentimental about this thing, it's sort of a bit of history, and from what I can tell, somewhat rare (doesnt make it worth anything though :). Since it's a bit of a curiosity, I'd like to pass it to someone that might be interested in it rather than just tossing it. I can always provide more details to anyone that wants them. Best regards, Paul Davis - K9MR ___ 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 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 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 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] 60 KHz Receiver
That's OK, the Chinese will establish a moon colony using our money and copies of our technology. Of course, it then becomes possible to deliver really large moon rocks to selected positions on the earth... who needs nuclear warheads or missiles? Excuse me, I have to go out and buy another substandard toilet seat... Don - Original Message - From: J. Forster j...@quik.com To: d.sei...@comcast.net Cc: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement time-nuts@febo.com Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2010 9:54 PM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] 60 KHz Receiver Kind of sad, IMO, the way the US has squandered our space competance. FWIW, -John = The city of Sunnyvale was thinking of replacing it (the Blue Cube, etc) with car dealerships, but decided against it because only 3 dealers would fit. I was happy; who needs more car dealers? They now want to do something that won't increase traffic too much. They also just opened a bike trail in the wetlands behind Moffet (in reality, it took them a few years to remove 2 locks). There are still signs back there banning cameras (or they were there a year ago). Dave - Original Message - From: J. Forster j...@quik.com To: bro...@pacific.net, Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement time-nuts@febo.com Sent: Saturday, October 9, 2010 9:27:20 AM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] 60 KHz Receiver About the only doors in the place that did not have electronic combo locks were the bathrooms. Sad to see it's being shut down. IMO, it was one of the kewl places to be in the heddy early days of space. OTOH, it probably makes some sense to muve the thing into the bowels of a mountain somewhere. FWIW, -John == Hi Dave: Yes, it was right on the central expressway and was part of the GTE military electronics complex. Hi John: My recollection of the antennas at the Blue Cube is that they are out in the open. See photo at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Cube Have Fun, Brooke Clarke http://www.PRC68.com d.sei...@comcast.net wrote: We had similar dome in Sunnyvale (Ca) until the late 80's, but I can't remember who owned it, maybe GE?; it's all housing now. Dave - Original Message - From: Arthur Dentgolgarfrinc...@yahoo.com To: time-nuts@febo.com Sent: Friday, October 8, 2010 5:06:34 AM Subject: [time-nuts] 60 KHz Receiver Lester Veenstra-ââ,¬ÅNo, Andover Maine.ââ,¬ï¿½ The white Dacron fabric dome of the station in Andover, Maine, really stood out and could be seen by hikers on the tops of mountains miles away. Somewhere I have photos I took looking down at that white speck in the distance. On one of my hiking trips I stopped to check out the facility. The Dacron fabric dome that was held up only by air pressure (like a carnival funhouse) was still standing but was scheduled to be taken down in the near future. Below is a link to a video about Telstar that appeared on the History Channel and another link to still photos of the horn and the inside of the dome. The date given for removal in the second link was 1985 but I was thinking the dome was removed a few years later than that. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyfGuSmSHWM http://users658.mainememory.net/slideshow/386/display%3Fformat=listprev_object_id=1050prev_object=pageslide_num=1.html -Arthur ___ 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 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. -- Have Fun, Brooke Clarke http://www.PRC68.com ___ 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 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 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 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.
