Re: [time-nuts] pi Day

2009-03-04 Thread Steve Rooke
honoring the series are valid but I think we should require beginning from the beginning to make the options somewhat finite. And someone else already decided 3/14 was pi day. Changing it now would be like redefining talk like a pirate day (http://www.talklikeapirate.com/). Steve Rooke wrote

Re: [time-nuts] pi Day

2009-03-04 Thread Steve Rooke
2009/3/4 Magnus Danielson mag...@rubidium.dyndns.org: Dave Ackrill skrev: Steve Rooke wrote: Don't forget that some countries put the day in front of the month, IE. it's 4th March here right now. This would mean that these days would have to celebrated at different times in different

Re: [time-nuts] Big bang theory

2009-03-04 Thread Steve Rooke
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Re: [time-nuts] pi Day

2009-03-04 Thread Steve Rooke
, you really don't want to taste it. Rule #1, don't drink warm NZ beer :) 73, Steve -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV G8KVD JAKDTTNW Omnium finis imminet ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman

[time-nuts] GPS disciplined mechanical clocks

2009-03-04 Thread Steve Rooke
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Re: [time-nuts] GPS disciplined mechanical clocks

2009-03-04 Thread Steve Rooke
. to an accuracy of 8 seconds variation per week Ah, they don't make them like this any more. It's the wood, you know, you can't get the wood. H.Crun. And the brass, you can't get brass like that anymore :) 73 Martin G8BHC 2009/3/4 Steve Rooke sar10...@gmail.com Has anyone looked at locking

Re: [time-nuts] GPS disciplined mechanical clocks

2009-03-04 Thread Steve Rooke
:-) I read that wrong the fist time and could not for the life of me see how this related to a naked ancient barrister :) 73, Steve -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV G8KVD JAKDTTNW Omnium finis imminet ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com

Re: [time-nuts] GPS disciplined mechanical clocks

2009-03-04 Thread Steve Rooke
2009/3/5 John Ackermann N8UR j...@febo.com: Steve Rooke wrote: Ah, they don't make them like this any more. It's the wood, you know, you can't get the wood. H.Crun. And the brass, you can't get brass like that anymore :) And whatever happened to that good bacon we used to get before

Re: [time-nuts] GPS disciplined mechanical clocks

2009-03-04 Thread Steve Rooke
unlicensed means it seems. All the stuff over here is saturated in water and really doesn't taste like the bacon over there. What with the beer and the bacon, I wonder why I came here sometimes :) My apologies to all for this thread going completely off-topic. 73, Steve -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV

Re: [time-nuts] pi Day

2009-03-04 Thread Steve Rooke
on this side of the pond. Doesn't sound like you'll be celebrating it anytime soon then but who knows! 73, Steve -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV G8KVD JAKDTTNW Omnium finis imminet ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https

Re: [time-nuts] GPS disciplined mechanical clocks

2009-03-04 Thread Steve Rooke
viticulture, sanitation, etc.) That was to keep the Scots out. Even the Romans drew the line at trying to conquer them. -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV G8KVD JAKDTTNW Omnium finis imminet ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https

Re: [time-nuts] GPS antenna installation problem

2009-03-04 Thread Steve Rooke
for thought, thanks. 73, Steve -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV G8KVD JAKDTTNW Omnium finis imminet ___ 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] GPS disciplined mechanical clocks

2009-03-04 Thread Steve Rooke
clock: http://www.leapsecond.com/museum/shortt/ For more details on Shortt and ADEV see: http://www.leapsecond.com/hsn2006/ch2.pdf This is great stuff. Thanks Tom. 73, Steve -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV G8KVD JAKDTTNW Omnium finis imminet ___ time-nuts

Re: [time-nuts] Vectron Labs OCXOs Pin-out

2009-03-03 Thread Steve Rooke
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Re: [time-nuts] pi Day

2009-03-03 Thread Steve Rooke
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Re: [time-nuts] pi Day

2009-03-03 Thread Steve Rooke
ns. Well, even for me it would be hard downing a pint during that nanosecond... 73, Steve -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV G8KVD JAKDTTNW Omnium finis imminet ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin

Re: [time-nuts] pi Day

2009-03-03 Thread Steve Rooke
, no? According to my calendar 31/4 doesn't exist. Steve Rooke wrote: Don't forget that some countries put the day in front of the month, IE. it's 4th March here right now. This would mean that these days would have to celebrated at different times in different countries. 2009/3/4 Rex r

Re: [time-nuts] pi Day

2009-03-03 Thread Steve Rooke
2009/3/4 Dave Ackrill dave.g0...@tiscali.co.uk: Steve Rooke wrote: Don't forget that some countries put the day in front of the month, IE. it's 4th March here right now. This would mean that these days would have to celebrated at different times in different countries. When do we get

Re: [time-nuts] GPS antenna installation problem

2009-03-02 Thread Steve Rooke
2009/3/2 Magnus Danielson mag...@rubidium.dyndns.org: Steve Rooke skrev: Gaffa tape the cable to the supporting pipe with a small drip loop into the connector. No. The glue of Gaffa tape ages. Also, it is not very nice to the cable. Buy decent gaffa tape, not the duct tape variant :) Sorry

Re: [time-nuts] GPS antenna installation problem

2009-03-02 Thread Steve Rooke
the instructions there. -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV G8KVD JAKDTTNW Omnium finis imminet ___ 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] Looking for pinouts and specs for Vectron Labs ocxos

2009-03-02 Thread Steve Rooke
I'm trying to find the connection details and specs for a couple of Vectron Labs ocxo models 225-7639 and 217-8364. They look similar to the CO-705/6/7S series oscillators but are obviously a discontinued series.. Thanks and 73, Steve -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV G8KVD JAKDTTNW Omnium finis imminet

Re: [time-nuts] GPS antenna installation problem

2009-03-02 Thread Steve Rooke
with a short wood screw. Just need to use the same old cable tie strain relief again. Just some random ideas, sorry for taking you time on an off topic subject. 73, Steve. 2009/3/3 Steve Rooke sar10...@gmail.com: 2009/3/2 Hal Murray hmur...@megapathdsl.net: Gaffa tape the cable to the supporting pipe

Re: [time-nuts] GPS antenna installation problem

2009-03-01 Thread Steve Rooke
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Re: [time-nuts] Tbolt temperature sensor

2009-02-04 Thread Steve Rooke
then doesn't that represent quite a bit of hysteresis in the system, and is liable to cause overshoot, or am I missing something here. 73, Steve -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV G8KVD JAKDTTNW Omnium finis imminet ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com

[time-nuts] Racal-Dana 1992 Opt 4B or 4E, what's best?

2009-02-02 Thread Steve Rooke
Has anyone experience with these two options as the specifications I have seem to slightly favour the Opt 4B (9423) over 4E (404386) high stability ocxos? 73, Steve -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV G8KVD JAKDTTNW Omnium finis imminet ___ time-nuts mailing

Re: [time-nuts] Racal-Dana 1992 Opt 4B or 4E, what's best?

2009-02-02 Thread Steve Rooke
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[time-nuts] Info needed for Toyocom ocxo

2009-01-27 Thread Steve Rooke
Does anyone have a datasheet for a: Toyocom Crystal Osc. TCO-600 Spec. No. MPS-Q-202B Serial No. K 2390 Date June/82 Freq. 29.052000MHz please? 73, Steve -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV G8KVD JAKDTTNW Omnium finis imminet ___ time-nuts mailing list

Re: [time-nuts] Off Topic question... Apology

2009-01-20 Thread Steve Rooke
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Re: [time-nuts] Off Topic question...

2009-01-19 Thread Steve Rooke
if they have had recently? Thanks - Dave ___ 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. -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV G8KVD JAKDTTNW Omnium

Re: [time-nuts] Off Topic question...

2009-01-19 Thread Steve Rooke
lane traffic, and get hit from the left. -Chuck Harris Steve Rooke wrote: How about: Rabies shots. Body armor. Loads and loads of dosh. Websters dictionary. US to UK translator (those chappies have some strange banter, you know). Phone numbers of top quality lawyers (better put them

Re: [time-nuts] Off Topic question...

2009-01-19 Thread Steve Rooke
that it really isn't funny anymore. -Chuck Harris Steve Rooke wrote: Wow! Just because I forgot the :-) Maybe I should have added, leave you sense of humor at home! 2009/1/20 Chuck Harris cfhar...@erols.com: That is so ignorant I hardly know what to say! Why don't you just admit that you hate

Re: [time-nuts] beryllium oxide

2009-01-16 Thread Steve Rooke
the instructions there. -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV G8KVD JAKDTTNW Omnium finis imminet ___ 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] FTS Datum 1000A-100

2009-01-15 Thread Steve Rooke
the instructions there. -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV G8KVD JAKDTTNW Omnium finis imminet ___ 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] FTS Datum 1000A-100

2009-01-15 Thread Steve Rooke
2009/1/16 Bruce Griffiths bruce.griffi...@xtra.co.nz: Steve Rooke wrote: 2009/1/16 Bruce Griffiths bruce.griffi...@xtra.co.nz: Corby Dawson wrote: Thanks Bruce. Actually the +15VDC is the oven supply and the +24VDC is the electronics supply, kindof surprised me! Corby Dawson Corby

Re: [time-nuts] LPRO-101

2009-01-11 Thread Steve Rooke
vertically over them, IE. put it on it's side with the fins running vertically. 73, Steve -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV G8KVD JAKDTTNW Omnium finis imminet ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman

Re: [time-nuts] LPRO-101

2009-01-11 Thread Steve Rooke
2009/1/12 WB6BNQ wb6...@cox.net: Steve, I am pretty sure he meant lifting off of the surface that the unit would be sitting on; i.e., the bench. Sorry, my bad. Steve Rooke wrote: 2009/1/12 Hal Murray hmur...@megapathdsl.net: You can get slightly better cooling if you turn it on its

Re: [time-nuts] ADEV test setup [was GPSDO TC Damping]

2009-01-10 Thread Steve Rooke
Bruce, thanks, I'm soaking it all up. 73, Steve 2009/1/10 Bruce Griffiths bruce.griffi...@xtra.co.nz: Steve Steve Rooke wrote: Bruce, Thanks for the detailed rundown. Looking at the picket-fence method, this looks possible for me but I will have to get hold of the reference standard. I

Re: [time-nuts] GPSDO TC Damping

2009-01-09 Thread Steve Rooke
/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV G8KVD JAKDTTNW Omnium finis imminet ___ 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] GPSDO TC

2009-01-09 Thread Steve Rooke
2009/1/9 David C. Partridge david.partri...@dsl.pipex.com: But you might show up early or late for dinner, which could have dire consequences. I don't think my wife would notice if I arrived a few hundred pico-seconds earlier or later!!! Wow! Your a lucky one! -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV

Re: [time-nuts] ADEV test setup [was GPSDO TC Damping]

2009-01-09 Thread Steve Rooke
) for these purposes. 6) A relatively low noise offset source can be assembled from a DDS based system provided that a truncation spur free output frequency is chosen. Bruce Steve Rooke wrote: Maybe this should be the subject of a separate thread but to enable ordinary time-nuts to be able to test

Re: [time-nuts] 10 MHz Band-Pass Filter Needed (Roberto Barrios)

2009-01-08 Thread Steve Rooke
there. -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV G8KVD JAKDTTNW Omnium finis imminet ___ 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] 10 MHz Band-Pass Filter Needed

2009-01-08 Thread Steve Rooke
-nuts and follow the instructions there. -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV G8KVD JAKDTTNW Omnium finis imminet ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow

Re: [time-nuts] Leap Quirks

2009-01-02 Thread Steve Rooke
kernel: Clock: inserting leap second 23:59:60 UTC 73, Steve --- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV G8KVD JAKDTTNW Omnium finis imminet ___ 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] Leap seconds and POSIX

2009-01-01 Thread Steve Rooke
to compute and use the correct time. Examples please. 73, Steve -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV G8KVD JAKDTTNW Omnium finis imminet ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time

Re: [time-nuts] Need schoolin PPM vs E to the umth?

2008-12-31 Thread Steve Rooke
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Re: [time-nuts] Radio clock fails to leap

2008-12-31 Thread Steve Rooke
hands). But even the digital ones that could, don't. Surely you mean the 60th second as the convention is to start counting seconds from 0 :-) 73, Steve (been reading too many of Bruce's postings) Rooke -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV G8KVD JAKDTTNW Omnium finis imminet

Re: [time-nuts] Lady Heather's Leap Log

2008-12-31 Thread Steve Rooke
to hedge his bets with both LF and CR. It's little wonder I always get a lot of double spacing here then :-) 73, Steve -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV G8KVD JAKDTTNW Omnium finis imminet ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go

Re: [time-nuts] Trimble fails to leap

2008-12-31 Thread Steve Rooke
it showed no trace of the leap second - just went from 23:59:59 to 00:00:00. I had a camera set up and everything :-( When's the next one? Well, according to http://www.leapsecond.com/java/nixie.htm is seems to be happening right now :-) 73, Steve -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV G8KVD JAKDTTNW Omnium

Re: [time-nuts] Lady Heather's Leap Log

2008-12-31 Thread Steve Rooke
2009/1/1 Neon John j...@johngsbbq.com: On Thu, 1 Jan 2009 15:06:02 +1300, Steve Rooke sar10...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/1/1 Mark Sims hol...@hotmail.com: Note that there is an error in the first column heading in Lady Heather's Leap Log. It says UTC... should be GPS. The three line hour

Re: [time-nuts] FreeBSD 7 ntp server

2008-12-31 Thread Steve Rooke
incompatible with POSIX. : I wonder if this was a mini-Y2K and folks haven't realized it yet? Seems to have worked perfectly under OpenSUSE 11.1, kernel 2.6.27, with NTP here. It's just the poor Windblows systems that I worry about. 73, Steve -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV G8KVD JAKDTTNW Omnium finis

Re: [time-nuts] Count up/down DAC circuit

2008-12-30 Thread Steve Rooke
is advanced and visa versa for the U1 pin. Anyone seen a circuit like that please? Thanks 73, Steve -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV G8KVD JAKDTTNW Omnium finis imminet ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https

Re: [time-nuts] How are you going to spend your extra second?

2008-12-29 Thread Steve Rooke
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[time-nuts] Deriving PPS from hockey-puck G-Mouse GPS receiver to lock an oscillator

2008-12-29 Thread Steve Rooke
it is no substitute for a Thunderbolt but I don't have one of those yet and this may be a cheap and cheerful way to sync to GPS. Be gentle Bruce :-) 73, Steve -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV G8KVD JAKDTTNW Omnium finis imminet ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts

Re: [time-nuts] Deriving PPS from hockey-puck G-Mouse GPS receiver to lock an oscillator

2008-12-29 Thread Steve Rooke
Björn, Thanks for your response. 2008/12/30 Björn Gabrielsson b...@lysator.liu.se: On Tue, 2008-12-30 at 02:46 +1300, Steve Rooke wrote: Measuring is more fun than theoretical pondering... so start there. ;-) Indeed, although in this case I am not measuring absolute time, I'm just trying

Re: [time-nuts] Deriving PPS from hockey-puck G-Mouse GPS receiver to lock an oscillator

2008-12-29 Thread Steve Rooke
be poor but would it not improve significantly in the longer term (ADEV for large tao?)? As for offset against an absolute PPS synced to GPS time, well this is not important to me. 73, Steve -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV G8KVD JAKDTTNW Omnium finis imminet

[time-nuts] Count up/down DAC circuit

2008-12-29 Thread Steve Rooke
signal is advanced and visa versa for the U1 pin. Anyone seen a circuit like that please? Thanks 73, Steve -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV G8KVD JAKDTTNW Omnium finis imminet ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https

Re: [time-nuts] Count up/down DAC circuit

2008-12-29 Thread Steve Rooke
2008/12/30 Bruce Griffiths bruce.griffi...@xtra.co.nz: Steve Rooke wrote: As part of the current idea I have with the hockey-pucks, I'm thinking about feeding the D1 and U1 phase difference pulses out of an MC4044 out to some circuit that could clock up and down an analog output which would

Re: [time-nuts] He is a Time-Nut Troublemaker....

2008-12-23 Thread Steve Rooke
always found that NTC resistors, or electrolytics, go really well across 240Vac and make a decent enough sound of a shotgun when let off indoors. I wonder if I should measure just how fast people can be made to move when encouraged by one of these going off. Bah Humbug, Steve -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV

Re: [time-nuts] How good is my T-bolt...??

2008-12-21 Thread Steve Rooke
2008/12/22 Mike Monett xde-l...@myamail.com: Right now, you don't have enough clocks. The only real solution to your problem, is to get another TBolt:) But which one of them is going to be right... 73, Steve - JAKDTNW (just another knuckle dragging troglodyte time-nut wannabe) -- Steve

Re: [time-nuts] Solstice question, about 5000 years ago

2008-12-21 Thread Steve Rooke
was a troglodyte :-) -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV G8KVD Omnium finis imminet ___ 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] Speedometers -- bah, humbug

2008-12-21 Thread Steve Rooke
this by making a law that basically said that the units don't need to be checked for accuracy and that tickets given out by them cannot be challenged on this issue. 73, Steve - JAKDTTNW -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV G8KVD Omnium finis imminet ___ time-nuts mailing

Re: [time-nuts] How good is my T-bolt...??

2008-12-21 Thread Steve Rooke
2008/12/22 Lux, James P james.p@jpl.nasa.gov: On 12/21/08 6:27 PM, Steve Rooke sar10...@gmail.com wrote: 2008/12/22 Mike Monett xde-l...@myamail.com: Right now, you don't have enough clocks. The only real solution to your problem, is to get another TBolt:) But which one of them

Re: [time-nuts] Build my own dist. amp ??

2008-12-17 Thread Steve Rooke
to get into this field. Thank you, Steve -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV G8KVD Omnium finis imminet ___ 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] Sub Pico Second Phase logger (Posting Style)

2008-12-10 Thread Steve Rooke
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Re: [time-nuts] position determination over short distance

2008-12-06 Thread Steve Rooke
-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV G8KVD Omnium finis imminet ___ 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] What are the important features to look for in antime sync piece of hardware?

2008-12-01 Thread Steve Rooke
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Re: [time-nuts] App Notes Voltage References

2008-11-29 Thread Steve Rooke
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Re: [time-nuts] App Notes Voltage References

2008-11-29 Thread Steve Rooke
for checking lower resolution devices such as a handheld DMM. Thanks, that's exactly the use I had intended one for. 73, Steve -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV G8KVD Omnium finis imminet ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go

Re: [time-nuts] V standards

2008-11-29 Thread Steve Rooke
results with my AVO 8 :) -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV G8KVD Omnium finis imminet ___ 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] App Notes Voltage References

2008-11-29 Thread Steve Rooke
place. 73, Steve -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV G8KVD Omnium finis imminet ___ 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] huntron tracker advice troubleshooting withoutschematic advise

2008-11-27 Thread Steve Rooke
and follow the instructions there. -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV G8KVD Omnium finis imminet ___ 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] US Shipping Was huntron tracker advice

2008-11-27 Thread Steve Rooke
to follow and the penalties are heavy. I know a couple of dealers have been warned and have just decided not to export anything rather than take the risk. Robert G8RPI. --- On Thu, 27/11/08, Steve Rooke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Steve Rooke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [time-nuts

[time-nuts] Off-Topic: On Wavetek 3010 lever thumbwheel switches and manual

2008-11-21 Thread Steve Rooke
point me in the right direction, I would be most grateful. 73, Steve -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV G8KVD Omnium finis imminet ___ 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] Oh the horror

2008-11-16 Thread Steve Rooke
2008/11/17 Mark Sims [EMAIL PROTECTED]: A little duct tape and a dash of superglue and she'll be humming along just fine... Kia Ora! Don't forget some number 8 wire to hold it all together mate. 73 for ZL land, Steve -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV G8KVD Omnium finis imminet

Re: [time-nuts] Checking accuracy of Rubidium standards

2008-11-09 Thread Steve Rooke
offset 10MHz signals, most of the error contributions from the offset source and ADC sampling clock are common to both channels and tend to cancel on subtraction. I can see that, assuming both channels are sampled at the same time. Thanks Bruce. 73, Steve -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV G8KVD Omnium

Re: [time-nuts] Checking accuracy of Rubidium standards

2008-11-08 Thread Steve Rooke
the accuracy of the DUT? 73, Steve -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV G8KVD Omnium finis imminet ___ 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] Tek 602, no trace

2008-11-07 Thread Steve Rooke
replacement tube has a similar spec you would be OK to substitute but really need to check computability. Hope any of this helps, I don't know too much about the Teks but have some experience with old HP and Gould scopes. If you want to discuss more feel free to PM me. 73, Steve -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV

Re: [time-nuts] Time-zones and World time..

2008-11-01 Thread Steve Rooke
stay in sync with their comings and goings. Interesting book, by the way. My point exactly. 73, Steve -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV G8KVD Omnium finis imminet ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com

[time-nuts] Time-zones and World time..

2008-10-30 Thread Steve Rooke
guess the question is, what's the likely-hood of a world standard time being adopted (sort of like Star Trek)? 73 Steve - ZL3TUV -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV G8KVD Omnium finis imminet ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go

[time-nuts] What's the time Mr Wolf...

2008-10-30 Thread Steve Rooke
glad I'm back :) BTW, where is /tvb these days, I haven't seen any postings by him while I have catching up? 73 Steve - ZL3TUV -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV G8KVD Omnium finis imminet ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go

Re: [time-nuts] What's the time Mr Wolf...

2008-10-30 Thread Steve Rooke
to the contributors of this list. 73 Steve - ZL3TUV 2008/10/31 J.D. Bakker [EMAIL PROTECTED]: At 01:46 +1300 31-10-2008, Steve Rooke wrote: I could Google for this but I'll get a quicker answer here To me that reads as My time is more valuable than yours. Not to pick on you

Re: [time-nuts] What's the time Mr Wolf...

2008-10-30 Thread Steve Rooke
Tom, Have you received any of my recent PMs? 2008/10/31 Tom Van Baak [EMAIL PROTECTED]: ... /tvb 73 Steve -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV G8KVD Omnium finis imminet ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https

Re: [time-nuts] What's the time Mr Wolf...

2008-10-30 Thread Steve Rooke
: 978-0750306409. Highly recommended, and I think it covers nearly all of your questions. Thanks for the pointers Michael, I'll see if I can get hold of a copy of the book via an inter-library loan. 73, Steve -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV G8KVD Omnium finis imminet

Re: [time-nuts] What's the time Mr Wolf...

2008-10-30 Thread Steve Rooke
time? All this must make the measuring of absolute frequency to the high orders of accuracy quite complex. 73, Steve -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV G8KVD Omnium finis imminet ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https

Re: [time-nuts] What's the time Mr Wolf...

2008-10-30 Thread Steve Rooke
2008/10/31 J.D. Bakker [EMAIL PROTECTED]: At 02:09 +1300 31-10-2008, Steve Rooke wrote: it's not always easy to formulate a phrase to trigger the answer required out of Google and which sources should I go to or believe. Fair enough. For your first six questions

Re: [time-nuts] Time-zones and World time..

2008-10-30 Thread Steve Rooke
with a decrease in heart attacks. Yet another reason to ditch Daylight Savings Time. Hmmm... death by DST, how would that go down in an inquest. So is the Government responsible for these deaths or the population for voting for it... 73, Steve -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV G8KVD Omnium finis imminet

Re: [time-nuts] What's the time Mr Wolf...

2008-10-30 Thread Steve Rooke
interesting than I ever thought before. Many thanks to all of you who have enlightened me so much. 73, Steve -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV G8KVD Omnium finis imminet ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com

Re: [time-nuts] What's the time Mr Wolf...

2008-10-30 Thread Steve Rooke
://link.aip.org/link/PHTOAD/v60/i3/p16/s1/pdf Beautiful, just beautiful! 73, Steve -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV G8KVD Omnium finis imminet ___ 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] Time-zones and World time..

2008-10-30 Thread Steve Rooke
Greenwich. Sorry, if it was a clumsy piece of writing. I guess the question is, what's the likely-hood of a world standard time being adopted (sort of like Star Trek)? About zilch. In the foreseeable future. 73, Steve -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV G8KVD Omnium finis imminet

Re: [time-nuts] Z3805 and Fluke.I

2008-10-29 Thread Steve Rooke
2008/10/30 Rich and Marcia Putz [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Since Fluke.I is now advertising on our forum, perhaps he should make special deal for all us for real time-nuts, like a Z3805 for $35 or so! What do the rest of you think? Does that include shipping? 73, Steve -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV

Re: [time-nuts] Question on crystal jumps

2008-10-23 Thread Steve Rooke
- Steve -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV G8KVD Omnium finis imminet ___ 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] Question on crystal jumps

2008-10-23 Thread Steve Rooke
directly through a multi-stage xtal lattice filter to clean it up and use that directly and that may circumvent the xtal jumps people are seeing. 73 - steve -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV G8KVD Omnium finis imminet ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts

Re: [time-nuts] Question on crystal jumps

2008-10-23 Thread Steve Rooke
. 73 - Steve -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV G8KVD Omnium finis imminet ___ 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] Question on crystal jumps

2008-10-23 Thread Steve Rooke
to have some math done to investigate the implications of this. Also a series parallel design would probably circumvent this. Sorry, just thinking out loud. 73 - Steve -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV G8KVD Omnium finis imminet ___ time-nuts mailing list

Re: [time-nuts] Question on crystal jumps

2008-10-23 Thread Steve Rooke
of noise from the cpu hunting for the photo detector peak. After all, in the ocxo design, this is also being varied by the cpu and can be kept stable so why not the rb exciter oscillator as well. 73 - Steve -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV G8KVD Omnium finis imminet

Re: [time-nuts] Oncore, Trimble Antennae

2008-10-22 Thread Steve Rooke
an accountant talk to me about design decisions. I tell them what it will cost, and they say ok. So you never worked for Microsoft on the Xbox then :) 73 Steve -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV G8KVD Omnium finis imminet ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts

Re: [time-nuts] OT- Tbolt eBay -- where in the world...

2008-10-20 Thread Steve Rooke
to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV G8KVD Omnium finis imminet My home guangzhou city the southern China.kmz Description: application/vnd.google-earth.kmz ___ time

Re: [time-nuts] [Fwd: Re: What is the best counter for a Time Nuts?]

2008-10-17 Thread Steve Rooke
are usually at odds with each other in simple designs. 73 Steve -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV G8KVD Omnium finis imminet ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow

Re: [time-nuts] What is the best counter for a Time Nuts?

2008-10-12 Thread Steve Rooke
2008/10/12 Bruce Griffiths [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Steve Rooke wrote: 2008/10/12 Myers, Charlie [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hello to the Time Nuts, I have been reading the mail on this topic for the last week or so with great interest. Lots of interesting ideas have been put forth for measuring

Re: [time-nuts] Sulzer Labs D-5 oscillator

2008-10-11 Thread Steve Rooke
reply as a friendly jibe to my previous light-hearted comment on this. 73 Steve -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV G8KVD Omnium finis imminet ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo

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