Re: [time-nuts] Why are 1PPS signals so skinny?

2012-05-15 Thread Bill Hawkins
Jenny Craig? ___ 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] Faster than light of a different type

2012-05-08 Thread Bill Hawkins
and skim it to find the interesting bits, then read them and let the rest go to an Outlook archive. I have trouble throwing away things that might be useful some day. Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: Hal Murray Sent: Monday, May 07, 2012 10:45 PM To: Discussion of precise time

Re: [time-nuts] Interesting paper: Don't GPSD' your Rb...

2012-05-06 Thread Bill Hawkins
, but that is not the case here. Still, I think there is value in using a long sampling time for the control action. Comments accepted with enthusiasm. Bill Hawkins ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi

Re: [time-nuts] Interesting paper: Don't GPSD' your Rb...

2012-05-06 Thread Bill Hawkins
oscillators affect the settling time? It is not useful to make the next change before the last one is complete, at least for sampled systems. Using counters filters the change rather than taking a sample. Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: Magnus Danielson Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2012

Re: [time-nuts] Oh dear

2012-05-06 Thread Bill Hawkins
Swiss-made? FEI 5660? PRS10? US $5,995? Oh, dear indeed. Nice to know the fiscal predators have predators to bite 'em. Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: Jim Palfreyman Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2012 9:40 PM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: [time-nuts] Oh

Re: [time-nuts] parking lot location (was2 (Spoofing))

2012-04-20 Thread Bill Hawkins
heavy on my hands. 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.

Re: [time-nuts] To remove membership

2012-04-18 Thread Bill Hawkins
, that, amidst the noise about Chinese scopes. Might want to fix the certificate so unsubscribers can do so. OB timenuts: Time marches on. Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: Roy Phillips Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 12:39 PM To: time-nuts@febo.com Subject: [time-nuts] To remove membership

Re: [time-nuts] Antenna Restrictions...

2012-04-15 Thread Bill Hawkins
the wind dies down. Yes, the sewer gases can be sucked out of the sewer, and sniffed in the breeze on the ground or deck below and downwind of the vent. Burt is right. Time marches on. Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: Burt I. Weiner Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2012 8:45 PM To: time-nuts

Re: [time-nuts] Improving performance of a GPS antenna...?

2012-04-04 Thread Bill Hawkins
for lead-ins are still a very good investment. Bill Hawkins PS- The worst explosion I remember there was the day a new technician took a few pounds of scrap powder to the burning grounds. It was supposed to be mixed with ten times as much sawdust to make it burn instead of detonate. He got

Re: [time-nuts] 60Hz More or Less

2012-04-01 Thread Bill Hawkins
, but I don't have time to play with operating systems that are constantly being improved. I tried Ubuntu and went back to Microsoft. Then again, I'm leery of things that show up on April First. Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: Ed Mersich Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2012 5:18 PM

Re: [time-nuts] New to the list

2012-03-13 Thread Bill Hawkins
and collected stuff that might be interesting, what have you collected? Who will throw it in the dumpster when you die? If you are completely new to this, where would you like to start? Something cheap from an auction site or a new hydrogen maser? Don't mind me, I've been around too long. Bill Hawkins

Re: [time-nuts] Questions about Austron 5000 Loran C receiver

2012-03-03 Thread Bill Hawkins
, an antenna connection, and several 50 pin connectors. A creative bit banger could make a marvelous display from this unit. Truly creative bit bangers are hard to find these days. Have I challenged anybody here? Andy is one of the good guys. Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: time-nuts

Re: [time-nuts] MINOS Status on Measuring Neutrino Velocity

2012-02-22 Thread Bill Hawkins
Hi, Marvin Congratulations on receiving the funding to keep the experiment alive and to get the right equipment. I've thought of our conversation in early November many times. Is it coincidence that your posting arrives on the same day that a 60 nS error was found in the OPERA experiment? Bill

Re: [time-nuts] Neutrinos faster than light update

2012-02-22 Thread Bill Hawkins
Ah, Didier, that link is to a thread started in September, 2011. Do I have to sort through the 1000+ comments to find something recent? Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: Didier Juges Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 5:20 PM http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/09/22/1841217

Re: [time-nuts] Low-long-term-drift clock for board level integration?

2012-02-19 Thread Bill Hawkins
? Bill Hawkins, who has ideas but is not a professional -Original Message- From: Bill Woodcock Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2012 5:57 PM Hi. This is my first posting to this list, and I'm not a timekeeping engineer, so my apologies in advance for my ignorance in this area. I'm building

Re: [time-nuts] GPS fade out, Sat/Sun

2012-02-13 Thread Bill Hawkins
Nothing in Minnesota. Probably just the local terrorist cell tuning up the jammers for the big event on Valentine's day. Or a Light Squared test . . . Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: paul swed Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 7:52 AM None on the east coast Said Jackson saidj

Re: [time-nuts] science projects

2012-02-09 Thread Bill Hawkins
processing, as hearing or speech. Why? What else does that? There are many oscillators in the brain. At least one of them is good enough that I can sometimes cancel my alarm just before it goes off. Bill Hawkins ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts

Re: [time-nuts] ANFSCD - Synchronizing time in home video recorders

2012-02-05 Thread Bill Hawkins
.) This would have the added benefit of fixing the scheduling bugs and make finalizing automatic for a full disk, rather than the five clicks it takes now. One day, the lack of sync every week will get to me, and I'll start this project, but I don't think I'll live to finish it. Bill Hawkins

Re: [time-nuts] New Rubidium Frequency Standard Group

2012-02-02 Thread Bill Hawkins
, starting with Feb 2011 warnings about their frequency errors. Then I used Select All and Delete to remove 9% of the folder. How about a new list for eBay finds that are a waste of money, like the Lucent XO and Rb 15 MHz boxes? Maybe time-rats or time-junk Bill Hawkins Tobacco, coffee, alcohol

[time-nuts] ANFSCD - Synchronizing time in home video recorders

2012-02-01 Thread Bill Hawkins
digital broadcasting replaced analog. Does anyone know how to make the DVR act as if it is seeing a code with the correct time of day? Failing that, can the crystal that determines time for the DVR be adjusted? Surely, some time-nut has solved this problem . . . Bill Hawkins Time is a great teacher

[time-nuts] FTL neutrinos or timing error - where did the energy come from

2012-01-28 Thread Bill Hawkins
there were no new physics to be discovered, time appears to be out of joint. Bill Hawkins As Yogi Berra once said, It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future. ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https

Re: [time-nuts] US Army Frequency Standard

2012-01-24 Thread Bill Hawkins
. 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.

Re: [time-nuts] hijacking threads

2012-01-23 Thread Bill Hawkins
Well, I just got out of the shower and had this thought: There are people who hijack a thread *without* changing the Subject. Tension is caused by noble goals meeting human imperfection. So it goes. Oh, look at the time! Gotta run . . . Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: Attila

Re: [time-nuts] finding time astronomically.

2012-01-23 Thread Bill Hawkins
, a passage grave is not the same as a shadow cast by a fine wire on a microscope. It might take a few years to locate it properly. Are there any timenuts that want to be buried in a passage grave? Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: Chris Albertson Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 8:40 PM

Re: [time-nuts] HP 3575A Gain-Phase meter

2012-01-20 Thread Bill Hawkins
Mark, Google gives this link as top of the list, and it does explain it. http://www.amplifier.cd/Test_Equipment/Hewlett_Packard/HP_meter/HP3575A.htm Very useful for Bode plots, but it doesn't do frequency stability. Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: Mark C. Stephens Sent: Friday

[time-nuts] ISA bus computers for auction GPIB hackers

2012-01-19 Thread Bill Hawkins
are available for pickup at 55438 near Minneapolis, Minnesota. For shipping I will use a service to pack and ship, which will be reasonable but not cheap. I need to know by Jan 24, before they join the rest of the stuff in a storage locker on a junk truck. Bill Hawkins

Re: [time-nuts] Intro Q: Racal-Dana 1991 or 1992 Counter ?

2012-01-19 Thread Bill Hawkins
to move to assisted living. Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: cfo Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 2:58 PM Hello Nuts I'm a Danish radio ham , and have recently picked up electronics again. I'm programming AVR ARM controllers , and doing some basic electronics stuff. I am rusty

Re: [time-nuts] Toys for time-nuts in old-folks home

2012-01-19 Thread Bill Hawkins
Just so, Chris. Another possibility is loss of interest in time, which has become the enemy. I've become fascinated with the workings of the brain, and how that has affected aspects of civilization. Maybe I can write a book, before I can't. Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: Chris

[time-nuts] Storage locker cleanout

2012-01-13 Thread Bill Hawkins
...@iaxs.net, or call 952 835-6840. 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.

Re: [time-nuts] Spoofing..

2012-01-11 Thread Bill Hawkins
If you follow the link to get an offline PDF, you get the whole magazine in 32 MB. The result is interesting, but some of us would be better off downloading at night. This is the wrong list to start a discussion of your blinding Internet connection speed. Bill Hawkins -Original Message

Re: [time-nuts] Spoofing..

2012-01-11 Thread Bill Hawkins
Hello, WHAT??? Rob, that was a simple warning to people who might not be expecting to tie up their machine while 32 megabytes downloaded. The magazine was very interesting. Thanks for posting the link. Bill Hawkins P.S. I did not mean you, Rob, when I said your speed. I was trying to head off

Re: [time-nuts] Question re neutrinos and GPS

2012-01-08 Thread Bill Hawkins
beyond the capability of quartz at the required error of one microsecond during the many hours that it will take to transport Q between CERN and LNGS. Plenty of time for cracks to propagate or chips fall off. Why do you say we can ignore such effects? Thanks for any enlightenment. Bill Hawkins

Re: [time-nuts] Solstice Puzzle

2011-12-17 Thread Bill Hawkins
with 1 PPS and you can clock the simultaneous change of the digits. Although, there is a certain charm to watching the change propagate at some low serial message baud rate. Head or tail deletion is a pretty good idea, too. Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: Jim Lux Sent: Saturday

Re: [time-nuts] The GPS navigation is the weakest point,

2011-12-15 Thread Bill Hawkins
crave conflict. Best wishes to all as the solemnity of the solstice approaches. The solstice, at least, is about real planetary time. Have at it, while you can. Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: J. Forster Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2011 3:10 PM To: time-nuts@febo.com; vintage

Re: [time-nuts] gravity controlled pendulumn clock?

2011-12-12 Thread Bill Hawkins
? Sliding the one ton mass is left as an exercise for the reader, as is installing it in the basement. Yours in search of more perfect knowledge outside my field, Bill Hawkins ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https

Re: [time-nuts] looking for data on time code display

2011-12-11 Thread Bill Hawkins
didn't find them intimidating at all. The gift shop would sell me a jacket with NSA logos, but I didn't know where I would wear it. There is a certain cachet to having a box that was used by top secret agents to decode radio intercepts. Bill Hawkins P.S. I'd recommend doing some signal tracing from

Re: [time-nuts] Line Voltage frequency Interface morphed to batteries

2011-11-29 Thread Bill Hawkins
I should have been more direct. What does a charged flash capacitor have to do with safety concerns for low voltage batteries touching the tongue? You can have the last word. It's time I moved on. Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: J. Forster Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 10:28

Re: [time-nuts] Line Voltage frequency Interface morphed to batteries

2011-11-28 Thread Bill Hawkins
use of the word time in the above paragraph. In the words of another organization for another reason, Move on. Bill Hawkins OTOH, I remember being very afraid, at 6 years old, when my father told me it was OK to touch the terminals of a car battery. I'd heard that electricity killed, but I had

Re: [time-nuts] Line Voltage frequency Interface morphed to batteries

2011-11-28 Thread Bill Hawkins
Hey, John, got any idea of the DC to DC converter that charged that capacitor? What voltage did it put out? Or the time it took to charge it? Guarantee that you won't light a flash tube with 1.5 VDC. Move on. Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: J. Forster Sent: Monday, November 28

[time-nuts] Using Thyme for Stuffed Mushrooms

2011-11-24 Thread Bill Hawkins
the product with a suitable wine. This is really a great use of your thyme. Oh, wait - this isn't the thyme-nuts list. Never mind. Bill Hawkins The above was intended to entertain. Please don't be offended. ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts

[time-nuts] The GPS velocity of light versus neutrinos

2011-11-21 Thread Bill Hawkins
for the answer. Bill Hawkins b...@iaxs.net (already on all the spam lists) ___ 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] Power grid experiment may drive Americas clocks cuckoo ?

2011-11-16 Thread Bill Hawkins
, and they are designed to fail to protect themselves. Last I knew, the test had been cancelled. Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: Craig S McCartney Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 8:49 PM Yet another challenge to proper time-keeping. I think that I will re-calibrate the sundial in my yard

Re: [time-nuts] HP5370B - Err 02, but way off topic

2011-10-26 Thread Bill Hawkins
human empathy. Those who have it can deal with the fact that no two people are alike. Those who don't would rule the rest of us without understanding the differences. That's evolution in action. Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: Bob Smither Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 11:32 PM Bob

Re: [time-nuts] SLIP vs Ethernet for NTP

2011-10-23 Thread Bill Hawkins
Fascinating thread. Poul-Henning Kamp mentions contact prell. Google can't find it. Even quoted, I get shampoo and people with that name. I understand well contact bounce and contact dwell, but what is the meaning of prell? Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sent

Re: [time-nuts] Sneaky Errors

2011-10-19 Thread Bill Hawkins
set up a time interval counter to show the phase between the two outputs. The Racal-Dana 1992 does that at 10 MHz. Out of curiosity, what would be the consequences of a steadily increasing phase error? Would it offend your sense of perfection or would it have real consequences? Bill Hawkins

Re: [time-nuts] Sneaky Errors

2011-10-19 Thread Bill Hawkins
problem. Perfection demands many oscillators with a voting system. Long winter nights could be spent solving these problems. I'm too old for that stuff. (I also post the most recent ideas first, so as not to reread old ideas.) Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: David VanHorn Sent

Re: [time-nuts] Lucent RFTG-m-XO GPSDO

2011-10-09 Thread Bill Hawkins
to have 24 volt receivers with software like GPSCon that can do SNTP. RS422 is no problem. Please let me know if you find drawings and software. Copies are worth more than postage to me. Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: k4...@aol.com Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2011 1:41 PM I will look

Re: [time-nuts] AF General says White House pressured him tochangeLightSquared testimony

2011-09-15 Thread Bill Hawkins
What is a story about a pot calling a kettle black doing on this list? ___ 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] Buzzing 5061B

2011-09-03 Thread Bill Hawkins
and see if the buzzing stops. This is what I'd do, and I've never lost a 5061B yet - but then, I've never owned one. Did have a 5065 and some other Caesium standard, both with high initial heater currents. Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: Erno Peres Sent: Saturday, September 03

Re: [time-nuts] UTC and the speed of light?

2011-08-30 Thread Bill Hawkins
periodically meet under the clock tower to set their watches, and reckon the distances to their homes by the time offset. Bill Hawkins, who recently read Neal Stephenson's Quicksilver. ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go

Re: [time-nuts] LightSquared squabble raises questions about political games

2011-08-16 Thread Bill Hawkins
Guys, Yes, the games are political. No, politics is not the subject of this list. I've stopped being curious about things I can't fix. Bill Hawkins ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi

Re: [time-nuts] Weird TEC data

2011-08-04 Thread Bill Hawkins
when the steep drops in difference occur? Is anyone else running a similar experiment? Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 1:13 AM The jumps in the difference looks a lot like transformer phase-lag in the grid, but the real test

Re: [time-nuts] MIT RADIATION LABORATORY SERIES 1940-1945 (28 VOLS) on eBay

2011-07-12 Thread Bill Hawkins
, only that the passage of time alters men's passions. Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: Mike Feher Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 9:21 PM A guy is offering a complete set item # 320727122967 on eBay. I already have one complete set and lots of duplicates, otherwise I would jump

Re: [time-nuts] More 60 Hz data/graphs

2011-07-03 Thread Bill Hawkins
change today) to increase power on demand - in fuel and stress on the equipment. With any luck, my next message will be about the frequency control problem. Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: Hal Murray Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2011 11:15 PM I've moved the 60 Hz stuff from http

Re: [time-nuts] No more 60Hz! TEC Elimination - control

2011-07-03 Thread Bill Hawkins
of change limit (can't be, 3000 people would have thought of that.) We welcome your comments with Enthusiasm. The references below are important. Bill Hawkins -Original Message- On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 7:02 PM, Bob Kupiec bobkup...@comcast.net wrote: AP: Power grid change may disrupt clocks

Re: [time-nuts] No more 60Hz, How do I discipline 120VAC 60Hz from a UPS

2011-06-26 Thread Bill Hawkins
the Liebert is available. 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.

Re: [time-nuts] 60 Hz measurement party- big sync motors

2011-06-26 Thread Bill Hawkins
the rotating field and the speed of the rotor. Synchronous motors don't have slip, just phase angle. Zero angle looks like a resistive load, yes? The compressors don't have to run in sync. Best, Bill Hawkins (who heaves a nostalgic sigh just thinking about those fine old engines of progress) -Original

Re: [time-nuts] Replacing electrolytics - any disadvantages of high temp ones?

2011-06-21 Thread Bill Hawkins
to be a way to work precision time into this thread, but I can't think of one. Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 2:40 PM In message 4e008a73.50...@erols.com, Chuck Harris writes: and yet, I find that some electrolytic capacitors

Re: [time-nuts] please un subscribe Pete to Time Nuts

2011-06-02 Thread Bill Hawkins
Which Pete? If it's you, use the link that follows To unsubscribe, go to at the bottom of this page. Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Pete Rawson Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2011 1:11 PM To: time-nuts

Re: [time-nuts] What are these towers?

2011-05-21 Thread Bill Hawkins
to share, but I'm considering moving on to a new hobby. Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: Robert Darlington Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2011 1:31 AM Guys, I gotta ask, what does this have to do with time keeping? Am I missing something? -Bob

Re: [time-nuts] Results parts selection + commercial assembly poll?

2011-05-16 Thread Bill Hawkins
the sender's address and made it clear that their mailer's Reply key was the wrong thing to use, we might not be having this discussion. You can reply to me at b...@iaxs.net. I'm already on all of the spam lists, and Red Condor filters all of the spam. Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: Bob

Re: [time-nuts] Atomic clock on a chip

2011-05-12 Thread Bill Hawkins
That's a good link. Here's another, to a video presentation that gets into the details of the Symmetricom CSAC. http://www.brainshark.com/Steve_FatSymmetricom/vu?pi=691826191dm=5pause=1; appKey=77 Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: James Fournier Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 9:25

Re: [time-nuts] 60hz disciplined watch (really?)

2011-04-20 Thread Bill Hawkins
processor. 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.

Re: [time-nuts] T.I. experimenting - newbie question

2011-04-03 Thread Bill Hawkins
For extra points, test with the same long cable at different temperatures. Say from soaking in a 150 deg F oven and a zero degree freezer. Bill Hawkins ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin

Re: [time-nuts] T.I. experimenting - newbie question

2011-04-02 Thread Bill Hawkins
. Try it with several different lengths of cable. If the unit length delay changes, something else is going on. Bill Hawkins ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts

Re: [time-nuts] Parts Selection

2011-03-25 Thread Bill Hawkins
solution to the 50/60 cycle line problem is a Z3801, a frequency synthesizer, and a 70 watt audio PA amplifier with 70 volt line output. Notice the clever way I've eliminated the bytes from previous messages . . . Bill Hawkins ___ time-nuts mailing

Re: [time-nuts] Datum Handbook of Time Code Formats

2011-03-11 Thread Bill Hawkins
Well, Wizard, I'd love to read it, but I don't hand out personal details to unknown web sites. Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: gandal...@aol.com Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 8:38 PM I guess the title might just about say it all:-) This is another generous donation from Rob

Re: [time-nuts] Datum Handbook of Time Code Formats

2011-03-11 Thread Bill Hawkins
habits would do them any good, as I run away from ads with dancing baloney (blinking, repeating, or adverdramas). I'd like to hear from anyone who has made it available as a plain old document for download. Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: James Fournier Sent: Friday, March 11

[time-nuts] Smithsonian Museum web page on time

2011-03-06 Thread Bill Hawkins
was being removed from the magazine and the museum. The site credits the book On Time: How America Has Learned to Live by the Clock by Carlene E. Stephens and The Smithsonian Institution for it's information. And now back to the regularly scheduled hardware and software discussions. Bill Hawkins

Re: [time-nuts] Tool Needed to Access my Timer Battery

2011-02-16 Thread Bill Hawkins
of the lines mark the hours. It has a second hand. There are no marks at 6 and 12. Sadly, the dial crystal is acrylic, and badly scratched. But maybe that would work for you to make things even fuzzier - if, that is, the watch was for sale. Bill Hawkins (who would not like to show up for a train

[time-nuts] Why do crystals go bad?

2011-02-13 Thread Bill Hawkins
has killed a lot of them in my R-390A and Drake R-4A. Curiously yours, Scott And Roy Morgan asked: I have a 1960's frequency standard from a Nike site: the Sulzer Oscillator and would like to find tech into on it. Any help appreciated. Bill Hawkins

Re: [time-nuts] GC-1000 Clock Cap Choice?

2011-01-16 Thread Bill Hawkins
in an R-390 class receiver. Brooke's tables of marked versus measured capacities sure do indicate the need for replacement, but not with anything exotic. Bill Hawkins P.S. You don't know that he'll be dead in 20 years, but there is a high probability that he'll be beyond caring. I mean

Re: [time-nuts] Archiving Data

2011-01-07 Thread Bill Hawkins
it. Last panel, That's real maturity. Not saying any one is immature, just that feelings pass as life goes on. Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: Perry Sandeen Sent: Friday, January 07, 2011 2:59 PM I apologize in advance for my long posting apology accepted - So where am

Re: [time-nuts] Archiving Data

2011-01-07 Thread Bill Hawkins
an archive, although the subjects do mutate from the subject lines. Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: Perry Sandeen Sent: Friday, January 07, 2011 2:59 PM --- big Snip % --- So where am I going with all this? Glad you asked. No one knows if their or others data

Re: [time-nuts] Problems with Garmin - maybe we should cut them a little slack

2011-01-03 Thread Bill Hawkins
than trusting your route decisions to a device that was designed to look good in ads. There has to be an accuracy disclaimer somewhere. Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: J. Forster Sent: Friday, December 31, 2010 11:00 AM My concern is a major industrial building complex and all

Re: [time-nuts] GPS Antenna -Receiver Mutual Interference...

2011-01-03 Thread Bill Hawkins
' away. He has had no trouble with navigation. What would be the symptoms of interference? A disturbance in PPS signals at the 10E-12 level? Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: shali...@gmail.com Sent: Monday, January 03, 2011 1:50 PM The additional advantage is to give you diversity

Re: [time-nuts] Us Time Nuts and... Wrist Watches.

2010-12-24 Thread Bill Hawkins
My favorite watch is to stand outside on a quiet night and watch the snow fall silently. It is a rare time-less moment. Best wishes for the solstice celebration of your choice, or as we used to say 60 years ago, Merry Christmas. Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: Michael Poulos Sent

Re: [time-nuts] What is the best way to multiply a 10 Mhz

2010-12-21 Thread Bill Hawkins
, no? Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: Burt I. Weiner Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 1:39 PM It would seem the most jitter free way to do it would be to simply multiply it up like we used to do. Some reasonably Hi-Q LC circuits could make a nice flywheel and filter out other signals

Re: [time-nuts] TAC/TDC

2010-12-15 Thread Bill Hawkins
. All IMHO, of course. Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: Magnus Danielson Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2010 3:50 PM %-- You mix requirements and sketch of design-idea. Keep requirements and proposed design properties separate. Cheers, Magnus

Re: [time-nuts] Adjusting accuracy of a Casio G-Shock watch

2010-12-14 Thread Bill Hawkins
by two hours and 91 seconds, over a year. It's possible that I didn't make the final time zone adjustment when I got back to Minnesota. What was the problem with getting the back off? Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: Jim Palfreyman Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 10:17 PM

Re: [time-nuts] Adjusting accuracy of a Casio G-Shock watch

2010-12-14 Thread Bill Hawkins
to be corrected. Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: Don Latham Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2010 12:49 AM Might want to have the watch near body temp when you adjust? Don ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go

Re: [time-nuts] Got 60HZ?

2010-12-11 Thread Bill Hawkins
generated in the copper disk. See if the copper disk can be made thin enough to also have the circles of holes. In return for some mechanical skills, you can avoid strange chips and arduous programming. Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: Michael Poulos Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 10

Re: [time-nuts] Got 60HZ?

2010-12-11 Thread Bill Hawkins
. Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Robert Atkinson Sent: Saturday, December 11, 2010 12:57 PM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Got 60HZ? Ahh, the tone wheel. make

Re: [time-nuts] MBD /B

2010-12-08 Thread Bill Hawkins
Darn, I was sure that was a coded message to space saying it was safe to bring the Mother Ship in because we were all distracted by tax cuts for the rich. Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: Stan, W1LE Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 7:32 PM To: Discussion of precise time

Re: [time-nuts] Truetime dc 468 goes sat rcvr simulator basics working

2010-12-06 Thread Bill Hawkins
There are also a lot of GPS hockey pucks that send the NMEA codes to map software in a laptop that are rapidly becoming obsolete. NMEA is adequate for the 468 display. Have three of them, to go with three NIB (except for the manual) DC 468 receivers. Don't need any of them. Bill Hawkins

Re: [time-nuts] OT [GPS Survey grade RX]

2010-12-04 Thread Bill Hawkins
How accurate do you want the survey to be? What's your budget? A handheld GPS can give you 3 meters for 200-300 bucks. Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: wa1...@att.net Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2010 6:57 PM I wish to survey some of my land here in the US. What used GPS

Re: [time-nuts] Time Code generator

2010-12-03 Thread Bill Hawkins
. Bill Hawkins b...@iaxs.net -Original Message- From: Collins, Graham Sent: Friday, December 03, 2010 6:28 AM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: [time-nuts] Time Code generator On another list to which I subscribe, the question was asked about the suitability

Re: [time-nuts] Another GPS .. this is a true boatanchor

2010-12-03 Thread Bill Hawkins
Looks like an early marine GPS navigation device, probably before WAAS. May have an NMEA output for other devices, like fish finders. Amazon has a VHS video of the operator's manual for $30 but only two left. Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: Pete Lancashire Sent: Friday, December

Re: [time-nuts] If there a FAQ

2010-11-28 Thread Bill Hawkins
maybe 1E-7, which is normal for WWV over the Rockies (sky- wave). Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Chris Albertson Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2010 11:42 PM To: j...@quik.com; Discussion of precise time

Re: [time-nuts] USB Low Cost GPS Timing Receiver

2010-11-26 Thread Bill Hawkins
Brooke, Google says the SD-200 speaks 4800 baud NMEA at 1 second intervals. It is not clear whether the message is fixed of if it will reply to queries. Your question only concerned cost. Is one second accuracy adequate? Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: bro...@pacific.net Sent

Re: [time-nuts] OT: 5372A

2010-11-21 Thread Bill Hawkins
What's this?? Has gold been discovered on the west coast again? Shall I cash in all my timenuts acquisitions for a pan and a donkey? :-) for the sarcasm impaired . . . Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf

Re: [time-nuts] Do I have a defective thunderbolt?

2010-11-18 Thread Bill Hawkins
It's normal. You have a defective unit. Have 8781 messages in timenuts here. Will start thinning it out by deleting threads for Thunderbolt and Lady heather. Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Bruce

Re: [time-nuts] Temperature sensors and bridge amps

2010-11-13 Thread Bill Hawkins
error amplifier. We are going for stability, not accuracy, right? Bill Hawkins P.S. Really good story to wind up the loosing things thread. -Original Message- From: Richard Karlquist Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2010 3:24 PM Yes, E1938A.  I was operating on limited sleep when I posted

Re: [time-nuts] Temperature sensors and bridge amps

2010-11-12 Thread Bill Hawkins
long runs of cable. This connection puts a lead wire in both legs of the bridge. Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: Bob Camp Sent: Friday, November 12, 2010 6:28 AM The 100 ohm standard for RTD's dates way back. The assumption was that you had it on a *long* run of cable (2 pair / sense

Re: [time-nuts] Frequency referenced temperature regulator

2010-11-10 Thread Bill Hawkins
be to find an antique precision resistance bridge. It will have many such resistors in it, and you might be able to avoid winding altogether. Please write for details. Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: Perry Sandeen Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 11:03 PM List, Looking

Re: [time-nuts] Greenwich time ball

2010-11-07 Thread Bill Hawkins
Antonio, American English is my mother tongue. Sometimes I use it to say silly things, but I beg no one's indulgence. I haven't heard anything silly from you yet. Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: asma...@fc.up.pt Sent: Sunday, November 07, 2010 5:02 PM (English is not my mother

Re: [time-nuts] Setting clocks 100 years ago

2010-11-05 Thread Bill Hawkins
the fuse on the cannon. If you Google noon gun you will be flooded with information about the cannon on Signal Hill in Cape Town, SA. Use the advanced search to reject Cape Town and many other locations will appear. Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: Rob Kimberley Sent: Friday, November

Re: [time-nuts] Why .30 cal holes can't be seen at 800 yds...

2010-11-04 Thread Bill Hawkins
And that is why lawyers have taken over the world - fear of the unknown. Bill Hawkins -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Heathkid Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 8:46 PM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency

Re: [time-nuts] Setting clocks 100 years ago

2010-11-04 Thread Bill Hawkins
was born. I used to think my grandfather, born in 1880, had seen a lot of change. Now I've seen a lot of change, and lately none of it seems to be for the better. Bill Hawkins I hope someone appreciates the last two hour's work . . . -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com

Re: [time-nuts] Why .30 cal holes can't be seen at 800 yds...

2010-11-03 Thread Bill Hawkins
for more creative solutions, 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.

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