Re: [time-nuts] Cesium standard, Fluke 207, and Spectracom 8163 Sold
Hi Anybody else have any $500 working cesium's they would like to part with? Bob On Oct 20, 2010, at 10:44 PM, Bill Hawkins wrote: The items have been sold to a local buyer. I'm an old man looking to lighten the load that anchors me here, not a dealer willing to ship anywhere. Thanks for your interest. Bill Hawkins ___ 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] SWAP RFTG-II-XO for Trimble T-Bolt
I have a working Lucent RFTG-II-XO that I don't need. Does anyone have an extra Trimble Thunderbolt they would swap for it ? I would consider other GPSDO's. 73, Dick, W1KSZ ___ 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] Austron 2100F
Hello! After power up, my 2100F Loran-C receiver displays (E 1002048) followed by (E-20), as usually, but recently I have a trouble: after that the TRACKING led goes RED still and the display shows (- E - - - E). Running the test subroutines 1 to 4 everything seems to be OK but the fault persists. Entering the sequence (0, STATUS, 6) doesn't clear the error. Does someone knows how to make a deep reset for clearing all the errors? Thanks in advance. Antonio CT1TE ___ 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] Austron 2100F
Are you sure that your Loran chain is still up? In the US and Canada, Loran has been decommissioned. -Chuck Harris asma...@fc.up.pt wrote: Hello! After power up, my 2100F Loran-C receiver displays (E 1002048) followed by (E-20), as usually, but recently I have a trouble: after that the TRACKING led goes RED still and the display shows (- E - - - E). Running the test subroutines 1 to 4 everything seems to be OK but the fault persists. Entering the sequence (0, STATUS, 6) doesn't clear the error. Does someone knows how to make a deep reset for clearing all the errors? Thanks in advance. Antonio CT1TE ___ 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] HP / Tektronix / etc kit for sale
Hi guys, Hope you don't mind me adding this to the mailing list, but I've got various HP items (and a few others) on eBay right now: http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQsassZelektricity74QQhtZ-1 If anyone needs any more info please don't hesitate to drop me a line. Kind regards, Steve ___ 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] Austron 2100F
Antonio is in Italy and they do have loran still. I have seen the e's on mine and I believe you get that if you do not feed an external reference into it. Regards On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 6:55 PM, Chuck Harris cfhar...@erols.com wrote: Are you sure that your Loran chain is still up? In the US and Canada, Loran has been decommissioned. -Chuck Harris asma...@fc.up.pt wrote: Hello! After power up, my 2100F Loran-C receiver displays (E 1002048) followed by (E-20), as usually, but recently I have a trouble: after that the TRACKING led goes RED still and the display shows (- E - - - E). Running the test subroutines 1 to 4 everything seems to be OK but the fault persists. Entering the sequence (0, STATUS, 6) doesn't clear the error. Does someone knows how to make a deep reset for clearing all the errors? Thanks in advance. Antonio CT1TE ___ 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] Austron 2100F
In fact it seems that he is in Portugal. Regards Ignacio, EB4APL El 22/10/2010 2:04, paul swed escribió: Antonio is in Italy and they do have loran still. I have seen the e's on mine and I believe you get that if you do not feed an external reference into it. Regards On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 6:55 PM, Chuck Harriscfhar...@erols.com wrote: Are you sure that your Loran chain is still up? In the US and Canada, Loran has been decommissioned. -Chuck Harris asma...@fc.up.pt wrote: Hello! After power up, my 2100F Loran-C receiver displays (E 1002048) followed by (E-20), as usually, but recently I have a trouble: after that the TRACKING led goes RED still and the display shows (- E - - - E). Running the test subroutines 1 to 4 everything seems to be OK but the fault persists. Entering the sequence (0, STATUS, 6) doesn't clear the error. Does someone knows how to make a deep reset for clearing all the errors? Thanks in advance. Antonio CT1TE ___ 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] Austron 2100F
In a message dated 22/10/2010 01:05:19 GMT Daylight Time, paulsw...@gmail.com writes: Antonio is in Italy and they do have loran still. I have seen the e's on mine and I believe you get that if you do not feed an external reference into it. Regards --- I thought Ct1 was Portugal. regards Nigel GM8PZR ___ 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] Austron 2100F
Hello Tony, Do you have the manual ? My june, 1983 2100F op and maintenance manual, page 3-13 indicates: E #1 is a - or acquisition not in progress, cleared by software E#2 is a E, normal tracking has been halted due to a loss of external reference The operator clears this bit manually by restoring the external reference. E#3 is a - ,noise number is less than 4000 E#4 is a - ,no blinking E#5 is a - , servos active E#6 is a Enot yet in tracking mode . this bit is cleared by software. On page 3-14: The STATUS indicators are displayed by (keystrokes) STATUS 6 To clear the indicators, enter 0 STATUS 6 I found no other method of a deep reset. Take a look at the external reference connection to be sure it is recognized.. Any questions, send them along. Stan, W1LE Cape Cod On 10/21/2010 6:55 PM, Chuck Harris wrote: Are you sure that your Loran chain is still up? In the US and Canada, Loran has been decommissioned. -Chuck Harris asma...@fc.up.pt wrote: Hello! After power up, my 2100F Loran-C receiver displays (E 1002048) followed by (E-20), as usually, but recently I have a trouble: after that the TRACKING led goes RED still and the display shows (- E - - - E). Running the test subroutines 1 to 4 everything seems to be OK but the fault persists. Entering the sequence (0, STATUS, 6) doesn't clear the error. Does someone knows how to make a deep reset for clearing all the errors? Thanks in advance. Antonio CT1TE ___ 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] Austron 2100F
The first E seems to indicate Normal tracking has been halted due to loss (or temporary interuption) of the external reference The last E = not yet in tracking mode Doug K8ZN -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts- boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of asma...@fc.up.pt Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 2:46 PM To: time-nuts@febo.com Subject: [time-nuts] Austron 2100F Hello! After power up, my 2100F Loran-C receiver displays (E 1002048) followed by (E-20), as usually, but recently I have a trouble: after that the TRACKING led goes RED still and the display shows (- E - - - E). Running the test subroutines 1 to 4 everything seems to be OK but the fault persists. Entering the sequence (0, STATUS, 6) doesn't clear the error. Does someone knows how to make a deep reset for clearing all the errors? Thanks in advance. Antonio CT1TE ___ 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] Cesium standard prices
Gents, Talk about ask and ye shall receive! I want to thank all who have contributed answers on and off line. It appears at this time that in the case of a low end CS for me, that the remuneration is not worth the aggravation. I have far many too many projects to complete to be a nanny to what will probably be a quality time black hole. Perhaps after I get more projects finished and have a few more shekels saved up a CS will become feasible. Regards, Perrier ___ 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] Cesium standard prices
Awww... Aggravation? Don't you mean challenge? And taming a CS reference is a stepping-stone to your own H maser, right? (I'm still at the tbolt - Rubidium stage of time-nuttiness, and having a lot of fun, thanks to a bunch of folks on this list.) bob K6RTM in sunny silicon valley -- Message: 10 Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 20:08:22 -0700 (PDT) From: Perry Sandeen sandee...@yahoo.com Subject: [time-nuts] Cesium standard prices To: time-nuts-requ...@febo.com time-nuts@febo.com Message-ID: 282484.13290...@web38006.mail.mud.yahoo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Gents, Talk about ask and ye shall receive! I want to thank all who have contributed answers on and off line. It appears at this time that in the case of a low end CS for me, that the remuneration is not worth the aggravation. I have far many too many projects to complete to be a nanny to what will probably be a quality time black hole. Perhaps after I get more projects finished and have a few more shekels saved up a CS will become feasible. Regards, Perrier ___ 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] Capacitor failures
Gents, Over the years I’ve purchased 15 or so pieces of HP 3XXX and HP 5XXX series of test equipment. All has worked well until a week ago my HP 3568B which had worked for years smoked when I turned it on. I had moved and had not powered it for a couple of years. Looking at the PS board I had failed to remove the long-dead NiCad memory battery for some inexplicable reason since I had removed them on the other six I have. Several burned 1/10 tiny resistors and board lands. This will not be a fun fix. I then stared to look at the various electrolytics in it and then in a few other HP pieces. Most seem to use computer grade screw terminal caps as the initial PS filter. But I noticed that on many of the daughter boards HP used the familiar axial lead type of caps. All seemed original. Most of my HP stuff is between 25 to 40 years old. These original electrolytics are on borrowed time. That it works so well is a shining tribute to the quality of the HP organization. However I plan on replacing all the axial types in all of my HP equipment, except for the tantalums, with new 105C, low ripple, high reliability types. Fixing some HP boards is a PITA. My logic is this. The large amount of reasonably priced HP equipment that is for sale is the result of the American electronic industry becoming almost non-existent. After WWII (the big one), sorry I couldn’t resist that, all major American cities had Surplus Row’s and there was a booming mail order business also. We had seven major makers of Ham radio equipment. It’s all gone. So now on epay the low priced older HP equipment are the final remnants. In a few years they will be gone. None of us can afford the new stuff. To invest between $25 to $50 in new caps plus perhaps more or better cooling fans to extend the equipments operation for another 20 or 30 years is fine by me even though I probably won’t be around or care by then. Regards, Perrier ___ 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] SWAP RFTG-II-XO for Trimble T-Bolt
Gents, Wrote I have a working Lucent RFTG-II-XO that I don't need. Does anyone have an extra Trimble Thunderbolt they would swap for it? I would consider other GPSDO's. Now Dick we know are a fine and honorable fellow BUT there is about a $40 spread in your favor for what you want to swap for. If you want a GPSDO you can buy the Rockwell GPS from Wierdstuff in CA for $12, then tie in either a Talbot or Miller phase detector ski from the net, add a amplified hockey puck antenna and behold. Up jumps the ditty wump. You have a GPSDO. All the voltages you need can be taken off of the Lucent assy. All the new stuff will fit easily inside your Lucent case. Regards, Perrier ___ 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] SWAP RFTG-II-XO for Trimble T-Bolt
Can I assume then you are not interested ?? 73, Dick, W1KSZ -Original Message- From: Perry Sandeen sandee...@yahoo.com Sent: Oct 21, 2010 9:44 PM To: time-nuts-requ...@febo.com time-nuts@febo.com Subject: [time-nuts] SWAP RFTG-II-XO for Trimble T-Bolt Gents, Wrote I have a working Lucent RFTG-II-XO that I don't need. Does anyone have an extra Trimble Thunderbolt they would swap for it? I would consider other GPSDO's. Now Dick we know are a fine and honorable fellow BUT there is about a $40 spread in your favor for what you want to swap for. If you want a GPSDO you can buy the Rockwell GPS from Wierdstuff in CA for $12, then tie in either a Talbot or Miller phase detector ski from the net, add a amplified hockey puck antenna and behold. Up jumps the ditty wump. You have a GPSDO. All the voltages you need can be taken off of the Lucent assy. All the new stuff will fit easily inside your Lucent case. Regards, Perrier ___ 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.
