Re: [time-nuts] hp5061a/b no I beam current

2009-10-20 Thread John Miles
-Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com]on Behalf Of paul swed Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 6:32 PM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] hp5061a/b no I beam current I think I am on the

[time-nuts] Lady Heather and gpsd

2009-10-20 Thread Mark Sims
Heather will happily process any TSIP message that comes in over the serial port (whether she requested them or not). If they contain any info that can be displayed, then that info will go to the screen. No assumptions are made about packet timing, etc. Data gets processed and displayed

[time-nuts] Is there anyone can send me a Thunderbolt's firmware?

2009-10-20 Thread LI WEI
Any versions is OK,thanks. fg...@live.com _ Windows Live: Friends get your Flickr, Yelp, and Digg updates when they e-mail you.

Re: [time-nuts] Lady Heather and gpsd

2009-10-20 Thread Magnus Danielson
Mark Sims wrote: I haven't done any real Linux programming so I don't know what it would take to do a port. The program only has a few operating system dependent routines. They all deal with keyboard/screen/mouse/sound/ serial port I/O. I would welcome a Linux port. For serial

[time-nuts] Milliren oscillator on eBay

2009-10-20 Thread Corby Dawson
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[time-nuts] Gold plating on aluminum

2009-10-20 Thread Corby Dawson
Hi, I am working on a project to plate the lamp reflector in an HP 5065A with gold. The existing reflector is aluminum. What little I can find suggests that in addition to some preliminary plating the layer just below the gold should be nickel as the mirror operates at a high temperature (100 deg

Re: [time-nuts] Gold plating on aluminum

2009-10-20 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message 20091020.120107.944.6.cdel...@juno.com, Corby Dawson writes: Hi, I am working on a project to plate the lamp reflector in an HP 5065A with gold. The existing reflector is aluminum. What little I can find suggests that in addition to some preliminary plating the layer just below the

Re: [time-nuts] Gold plating on aluminum

2009-10-20 Thread Robert Darlington
I can sputter coat it with gold. Contact me off list if you're serious about it and we can come up with a game plan. -Bob On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 1:01 PM, Corby Dawson cdel...@juno.com wrote: Hi, I am working on a project to plate the lamp reflector in an HP 5065A with gold. The existing

Re: [time-nuts] Gold plating on aluminum

2009-10-20 Thread Nic McLean
Corby, If you wish to do it yourself have a look at the products from Spa Plating at http://www.goldn.co.uk/. I use their products they are really cool. I have no other interest in this company or their Australian subsidury other than being a satisfied customer. Best 73's Nic VK2KXN / VK5ZAT Hi,

Re: [time-nuts] Gold plating on aluminum

2009-10-20 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message 80f9fcf76d3642698820a10169603...@pc755913417801, Nic McLean writ es: If you wish to do it yourself have a look at the products from Spa Plating at http://www.goldn.co.uk/. I use their products they are really cool. Hmm, do you know if that is any good for goldplating homemade PCB's ?

Re: [time-nuts] Gold plating on aluminum

2009-10-20 Thread Florian Teply
Am Tuesday 20 October 2009 21:01:06 schrieb Corby Dawson: Hi, I am working on a project to plate the lamp reflector in an HP 5065A with gold. The existing reflector is aluminum. What little I can find suggests that in addition to some preliminary plating the layer just below the gold should

Re: [time-nuts] Gold plating on aluminum

2009-10-20 Thread Had
Corby, You might check with a commercial PC board house. Back in the day we demanded heavy Nickle plate under the Gold edge connector fingers on the Telco product we manufactured. Had K7MLR At 12:01 PM 10/20/2009, you wrote: Hi, I am working on a project to plate the lamp reflector in

Re: [time-nuts] Gold plating on aluminum

2009-10-20 Thread Nic McLean
Yes Poul it works a treat! Nic Hmm, do you know if that is any good for goldplating homemade PCB's ? ___ 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

[time-nuts] Adret 4101A, the DCF77 and a good antenna

2009-10-20 Thread Marco A. Ferra
Hey time-nuts people, First of all, let me start by saying that I follow the time-nuts mailing list for some time and it's a great source for trading experiences. Perhaps you can help me on this one. We have in our laboratory, in Portugal (near Lisbon), an Adret 4101A Frequency Receiver

Re: [time-nuts] Adret 4101A, the DCF77 and a good antenna

2009-10-20 Thread Alberto di Bene
Marco A. Ferra wrote: Do you have any experience on this equipment (we don't have the manual, just a brochure with a few pages [1]), the DCF77 signal itself or an ideia for a antenna that could be very sensitive to this signal? If you want to buy it ready made :

Re: [time-nuts] Adret 4101A, the DCF77 and a good antenna

2009-10-20 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message a8e32c24b29949d7a964468af3722...@escaleno, Marco A. Ferra writes : Do you have any experience on this equipment (we don't have the manual, just a brochure with a few pages [1]), the DCF77 signal itself or an ideia for a antenna that could be very sensitive to this signal? Check the

Re: [time-nuts] Adret 4101A, the DCF77 and a good antenna

2009-10-20 Thread Alan Melia
Marco, have you considered that HBG on 75.0kHz might be stronger with you from Switzerland??. In a lab or other complex quite often with off-air standards the problem is local noise. I have a friend in Porto who used to be able to lock to MSF when it was at Rugby a few years ago...I havent

Re: [time-nuts] Adret 4101A, the DCF77 and a good antenna

2009-10-20 Thread Magnus Danielson
Alan Melia wrote: Marco, have you considered that HBG on 75.0kHz might be stronger with you from Switzerland??. In a lab or other complex quite often with off-air standards the problem is local noise. I have a friend in Porto who used to be able to lock to MSF when it was at Rugby a few years

[time-nuts] fast freq. synthesis schemes

2009-10-20 Thread BriMDavis
Luis wrote: I'm looking for the schemes used on the frequency synthesizers that change frequency in few microseconds time (or less) snip Does anyone know of some paper or tech notes from some instrument or modules that show block diagrams of such? I've never done much with fast PLL's,

[time-nuts] fast freq. synthesis schemes

2009-10-20 Thread BriMDavis
Jim Lux wrote: Look at how the PTS synthesizers work.. A series of decade modules, lots of adding, mixing, filtering. Off the shelf they do sub microseconds. Following a DDS with mix divide stages works great, but can be very hardware-intensive. As an example, the Wavetek 5130A is

Re: [time-nuts] fast freq. synthesis schemes

2009-10-20 Thread Brooke Clarke
Hi: The HP 5100 provides extremely fast frequency transitions. It was used to generate a 2 to 30 MHz sweep that was close to phase coherent. See: http://www.prc68.com/I/HP5100.shtml No PLLs used, just arithmetic. Have Fun, Brooke Clarke http://www.prc68.com brimda...@aol.com wrote: Luis

Re: [time-nuts] Adret 4101A, the DCF77 and a good antenna

2009-10-20 Thread WB6BNQ
Hi Marco, That looks like a really nice receiver. It is a little numb as far as sensitivity goes, but there are reasons for such. At those low frequencies atmospheric noise will certainly be quite high. So, one way to to handle it is to put the signal preamp out at the antenna, usually a

Re: [time-nuts] Adret 4101A, the DCF77 and a good antenna

2009-10-20 Thread EWKehren
Good morning Marco In the past I had best luck with a loop antenna using a copper tube (one end insulated) using as many turns as I was able to run through it and tuning it to frequency. One can also use a multi conductor cable and spice the ends in such a way that it becomes a multi turn

Re: [time-nuts] Gold plating on aluminum

2009-10-20 Thread Glenn Little WB4UIV
To plate gold on copper requires the copper be first nickle plated. Then the gold is plated onto the nickle. Gold will not directly plate on copper. 73 Glenn WB4UIV At 03:36 PM 10/20/2009, you wrote: In message 80f9fcf76d3642698820a10169603...@pc755913417801, Nic McLean writ es: If you wish