[time-nuts] Early 5065A

2017-03-12 Thread Pete Lancashire
https://goo.gl/photos/TMKiXxSnQUcsRrRE8 Blown fuse so will wait till have recapped before turning on. Later this summer will turn into a "Super 5065A" ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/ma

Re: [time-nuts] Bye-Bye Crystals

2017-03-12 Thread Richard (Rick) Karlquist
I got a job in 1975 to design Konel's first synthesized radio, which was to obsolete their crystal controlled radios. That's over 40 years ago. The other trend (not mentioned) is that since 20 years ago or so, complete oscillator sales have vastly outnumbered sales of loose crystals. Rick N6RK

Re: [time-nuts] Bye-Bye Crystals

2017-03-12 Thread Magnus Danielson
Hi Jim, On 03/12/2017 10:39 PM, jimlux wrote: On 3/12/17 5:53 AM, Magnus Danielson wrote: I don't like how higher Q is confused with higher frequency stability. As most here should know, it is a bit of a mix-up of two different stability aspects. That is indeed a "time-nuts" vs "frequency-n

Re: [time-nuts] Bye-Bye Crystals

2017-03-12 Thread jimlux
On 3/12/17 5:53 AM, Magnus Danielson wrote: I don't like how higher Q is confused with higher frequency stability. As most here should know, it is a bit of a mix-up of two different stability aspects. That is indeed a "time-nuts" vs "frequency-nuts" level distinction. __

[time-nuts] Strange problem with LH 5.0

2017-03-12 Thread Mark Sims
If you can build the code (probably just Linux users), I can send you the latest source code to try. Probably a couple of months before the public release. I am currently adding support for the TAPR TICC (or other time interval counters) and also the HP5071A cesium beam oscillator. The TICC/

Re: [time-nuts] Bye-Bye Crystals

2017-03-12 Thread Magnus Danielson
Hi, On 03/11/2017 10:56 PM, Bryan _ wrote: Disappearing or manufacturing just moving overseas?. Video at the bottom is interesting, classic. http://hackaday.com/2017/03/11/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-crystals/ At the bottom is a 1964 U.S. Air Force training film: https://www.youtube.com

Re: [time-nuts] Strange problem with LH 5.0

2017-03-12 Thread Stan
Thanks for that info--I feel better now about my setup! Any idea when the next release will be out? Regards, Stan -Original Message- At 33 seconds past the minute Heather requests the SYST:STATUS? info from SCPI receivers which takes 3 seconds for the device to send. The clock does n