Hello there,
In Spain the Leap second event has been widely covered by national and local
media. I have been interviewed by TV, radio and newspares to explain people
the reasons for the 'Leap second'. The main interest is centered in Canary
Islands; the difrence between Canary's time and UTC is z
Hi Johan,
I bought the Jupiter essentially to phase lock a 10 MHz reference, to be
used to phase lock my test equipment (generators and counters). It has a
10 kHz output that is much more convenient than the 1 pps of most other
receivers.
But, since I have the thing working and hooked up, I wa
Mike,
Visual Basic is the normal evolution for old Basic programs like yours.
You can directly reuse the source code for most of your algorithms, but
you will have to rewrite the user interface. VB makes it really easy to
generate a good looking visual interface that will make your program
loo
Hello,
>>Hello Didier,
>>
>>The Jupiter GPS receiver (if used in NMEA and not binary mode) has a known
>>fault, that it can be 1 or 2 seconds delta to UTC, this is independent of
>>the "leap-second" situation.
>
I use my Jupiter GPS to synchronize my ntp-server. When I ran it in
NMEA-mode, I ha
"Bill Hawkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The thing is, we have lost the 7-12 group, the Boy Electricians, the
> Gilbert chemistry sets and the magic of radio. TV promised to be an
> exceptional teaching tool, but selfish people with an unending greed
> turned it into a behavioral modification to
On Jan 3, 2006, at 3:32 PM, Dennis O'Keefe wrote:
> The Accutron was advertised to be accurate to a minute a month.
> Mine was +47
> 1/2 seconds at the end of the month. I no longer have that watch.
My father used to work at a small (200 MW) municipal power plant and
when I was young (1970s)
For those of you with young children...
I got my 7-year-old son an introductory kit of "Snap Circuits." If you haven't
seen them, try googling it. We got ours from Edmund Scientific.
They're great. My 7-year-old has gotten excited about basic circuits and has a
better understanding of basi
I know there are some specialists servicing them, but I don't know the names.
There is a new Accutron forum on www.watchuseek.com, you might ask there.
Speaking of Accutrons, I still have the one I got for Christmas, 1967 (first
Christmas present after getting married a couple of months before
Speaking of Accutrons, I still have the one I got for Christmas, 1967 (first
Christmas present after getting married a couple of months before). I still
have mine, but it needs at least a good cleaning and perhaps repair. I'm
wondering if anybody knows a decent place to have one of these worked
A leap second project that I was working on ended this morning, too early to
be useful. A while back there were comments regarding the handling of leap
seconds by the electric power frequency and if electric clocks would take the
change into effect.
On December 1, I started making a daily recor
> In my opinion, the only obstacle to becoming an
> electronics hobbyist is the same one that has always
> been there, and that is interest. If you are interested,
> you will find a way to play.
Just look at what people have done with the ZipIt. They have wired
serial ports into it (by soldering
Hi Poul,
In my opinion, the only obstacle to becoming an
electronics hobbyist is the same one that has always
been there, and that is interest. If you are interested,
you will find a way to play.
-Chuck
Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Chuck Harris writes:
>
>> From m
Rob Seaman wrote:
> "A Thread Across the Ocean" by John Steele Gordon. You might also
> take a look at Neal Stephenson's excellent article in the December
> 1996 Wired (http://wired-vig.wired.com/wired/archive/4.12/
> ffglass_pr.html). Wired did have a few - very few - good stories
> over
I was all set up to spend Saturday setting up the routines to get the
data from my 4 receivers, 2X Z3801A and 2X Z3816 to a log in order to
add to the common knowledge of this event.
However, Murphy struck in spades. Saturday at ~4:30am (Pacific time) we
lost power - restoration happened after
Well, do not feel bad if you do not have a ready answer to my
question/dilemma. I have been on the phone to some of the top people in this
field at MIT LL for the past 3 hours. While they all appreciate my concern
none had an answer. But, I feel like I am converging on an answer, even if
it is of m
I remember as a teenager in the early '60s getting DEC catalogs. They were
really comprehensive. Regardless, I was never able to build a computer from
their literature. I think the basic concept for the computer I described
previously was inspired by an article in Popular Electronics. - Mike
Mik
Hi Dan,
Thought others might be interested, too.
>> I'm reading the history of the first Atlantic telegraph cable.
>> Great story full of details like Kelvin's invention of the
>> precision galvanometer
>
> Which book is this? Sounds quite interesting.
"A Thread Across the Ocean" by John S
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John Ackermann N8UR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
: Priceless.
:
: John
:
:
: John Miles wrote:
: > Cool! Now I can put it [old WWVB] on my iPod next time I go running.
Clearly this is a boon to people that want to be stuck in the past :-)
Warner
From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Help - Hope?
Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2006 17:22:32 +0100
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Chuck Harris writes:
>
> > From my perspective, things are much easier for the electronics hobbyist
> >today
On Tue, 2006-01-03 at 17:22 +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> But the question was if it has become (too much) harder to become
> an electronics hobbyist in the first place.
I don't think it has become harder. It may well have become less
attractive in comparison to other things one can do as a
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Chuck Harris writes:
> From my perspective, things are much easier for the electronics hobbyist
>today than they have ever been before.
No doubt about that.
But the question was if it has become (too much) harder to become
an electronics hobbyist in the first plac
Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Chuck Harris writes:
>
>> If a kid wants to work in this arena, he will. You ought to see the mass of
>> equipment my son access to (that he ignores completely).
>
> I don't think the question if there is a barrier as much as to what
> t
Even though it is much less well known than the venerable GW basic, interpreted
BASIC survives even in modern machines as VBScript. Line numbers are gone, but
it is much more function oriented, and even has some object capabilities
(including elaborate objects that let you interact with windows
From: "Mike Feher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: [time-nuts] Help w/integration problem
Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 09:41:08 -0500
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Magnus -
Mike,
> Evidently not enough. OK, now I know what VB is, but what is a script? -
Script is a program in some interprented la
Magnus -
Evidently not enough. OK, now I know what VB is, but what is a script? -
Mike
Mike B. Feher
89 Arnold Blvd.
Howell, NJ, 07731
732-886-5960
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From: Magnus Danielson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 9:35 AM
To: time-nuts@febo.com; [
From: "Mike Feher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Help w/integration problem
Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 09:26:12 -0500
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> The problem is I do not even know what you mean by VBS scripts. -
Visual BASIC Script. But I am not sure you want to go that route. ;O
The problem is I do not even know what you mean by VBS scripts. -
Mike B. Feher
89 Arnold Blvd.
Howell, NJ, 07731
732-886-5960
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BASIC translates really easily into vbs script for Win boxes.
>> The URL below is the source code in Basic for the program that I wrote over
>> 20 years ago. Since I think you both intend to change it to another language
>> the listing should suffice. I have so many great programs in Basic, some
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Chuck Harris writes:
>If a kid wants to work in this arena, he will. You ought to see the mass of
>equipment my son access to (that he ignores completely).
I don't think the question if there is a barrier as much as to what
the height of it is.
It used to be that
It's interesting that this is the same discussion the ham radio
community has been having for years now, as we've seen the kids that
used to become hams diverted to computer-based activities.
While I don't personally have a great talent for bringing youngsters in,
I'm happy that organizations l
Priceless.
John
John Miles wrote:
> Cool! Now I can put it on my iPod next time I go running.
>
> -- john, KE5FX
>
>
>>-Original Message-
>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Behalf Of John Ackermann N8UR
>>Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 6:45 PM
>>To: Discussion
Dr. David Kirkby wrote:
> Mike Feher wrote:
>> I just bought myself a couple of Hakko model 850 hot air surface mount
>> soldering stations and various nozzles.
>
> But that is at quite a considerable cost. Fine if you are a professional
> or dedicated hobbiest, but not if you are a child.
Popp
Mike Feher wrote:
> I just bought myself a couple of Hakko model 850 hot air surface mount
> soldering stations and various nozzles.
But that is at quite a considerable cost. Fine if you are a professional
or dedicated hobbiest, but not if you are a child.
It's hard to see how a significant num
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