[time-nuts] Shameless plug...

2010-05-06 Thread Tom Holmes, N8ZM
For those of you who are going to be in Dayton, Ohio, next weekend for Hamvention, please read this. Thanks for allowing me to post this. Regards, Tom Holmes, N8ZM Tipp City, OH EM79xx A new feature at Hamvention this year will be the Discover Homebrew demo area, in the North Hall

Re: [time-nuts] And you thought you were old

2010-04-20 Thread Tom Holmes, N8ZM
Yep...built my first radio with one of those. $7.50 then is what, about $150 today? Regards, Tom Holmes, N8ZM Tipp City, OH EM79xx -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of John Green Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 9:30 AM

Re: [time-nuts] And you thought you were old

2010-04-20 Thread Tom Holmes, N8ZM
Now you have me trying to remember who made them...Raytheon? Regards, Tom Holmes, N8ZM Tipp City, OH EM79xx -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of jmfranke Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 9:43 AM To: time-nuts@febo.com Subject

Re: [time-nuts] Yukon Energy causes time sync problems

2010-04-10 Thread Tom Holmes, N8ZM
company higher ups to cut down on fuel expenses, cheat on the environmental rules, and inflate usage to bilk consumers, not to mention the government's lax oversight and slow response to the 'crisis'. OK, sorry for that last cynical rant...well, a little sorry anyway. Regards, Tom Holmes, N8ZM

Re: [time-nuts] Symmetricom 5115A Phase Noise Allen Deviation TestSet on ePay

2010-04-07 Thread Tom Holmes, N8ZM
to anything else I say. I need help! I can't deal with these quantities in non-dB terms! :-). Regards, Tom Holmes, N8ZM Tipp City, OH EM79xx -Original Message- From: Luis Cupido [mailto:cup...@mail.ua.pt] Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 10:32 AM To: thol...@woh.rr.com; Discussion

Re: [time-nuts] FS Symmetricom timing system

2010-04-07 Thread Tom Holmes, N8ZM
The definition of diminishing return? Regards, Tom Holmes, N8ZM Tipp City, OH EM79xx -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Dent Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 1:17 PM To: time-nuts@febo.com Subject: [time-nuts] FS

Re: [time-nuts] New Most Accurate Clock

2010-04-01 Thread Tom Holmes, N8ZM
Brilliant! If we found a warehouse full of Unobtainium, would we have to change its name to Readiliobtainium? Or Notsorarium? Regards, Tom Holmes, N8ZM Tipp City, OH EM79xx -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Tom Van Baak

Re: [time-nuts] New Most Accurate Clock

2010-04-01 Thread Tom Holmes, N8ZM
I believe the fundamental particle of Aprilfoolarium is the phoolton. Regards, Tom Holmes, N8ZM Tipp City, OH EM79xx -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Brooke Clarke Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 4:35 PM To: Discussion

Re: [time-nuts] Surplus Places...

2010-03-31 Thread Tom Holmes, N8ZM
Dayton Hamvention, May 14-16. Always lots of surplus equipment dealers in flea market. Good opportunity to haggle over price, see what you are buying in person, and see a lot of other junque as well. www.hamvention.org Regards, Tom Holmes, N8ZM Tipp City, OH EM79xx -Original Message

Re: [time-nuts] GPS antenna splitters

2010-03-26 Thread Tom Holmes, N8ZM
Ashley... Regardless of how you ask your questions here, you can count on a complicated answer :-). Sorry guys, I couldn't resist. Regards, Tom Holmes, N8ZM Tipp City, OH EM79xx -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf

Re: [time-nuts] GPS antenna splitters

2010-03-26 Thread Tom Holmes, N8ZM
Dave, that's like my wife asking if her dress makes her butt look bigger...there is no answer that won't put me in the doghouse. Regards, Tom Holmes, N8ZM Tipp City, OH EM79xx -Original Message- From: David C. Partridge [mailto:david.partri...@dsl.pipex.com] Sent: Friday, March 26

Re: [time-nuts] nubie querie

2010-03-05 Thread Tom Holmes, N8ZM
of being able to hear the close-in phase noise. I admire your dedication to monitoring the hour long periods of the sand timer so diligently. Truly a time-nut! Regards, Tom Holmes, N8ZM Tipp City, OH EM79xx -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com

Re: [time-nuts] Primary Standards...

2010-02-24 Thread Tom Holmes, N8ZM
to determine a 'standard' value for the Ampere might not be possible using such a strict dependency on direct ties to primary units. OK, I think I have meandered far enough OT once again as to put this to rest for now. Regards, Tom Holmes, N8ZM Tipp City, OH EM79xx -Original Message- From: time

Re: [time-nuts] Primary Standards...

2010-02-23 Thread Tom Holmes, N8ZM
for the enlightening discussion; you've really encouraged me to think about this a bit. Regards, Tom Holmes, N8ZM Tipp City, OH EM79xx -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Don Latham Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 7:33 PM To: Discussion

Re: [time-nuts] TimeKeeper?

2010-02-22 Thread Tom Holmes, N8ZM
Just to add a little fuel...Did I count the leading zeros incorrectly? He often stated Timekeeper was better than 1 uSec, yet many of his graphs were 10 uSec per division, and he barely made that. Regards, Tom Holmes, N8ZM Tipp City, OH EM79xx -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun

Re: [time-nuts] OT: HP 8590A

2010-02-21 Thread Tom Holmes, N8ZM
for it. Any way to look at the spectrum content is better than nothing. Regards, Tom Holmes, N8ZM Tipp City, OH EM79xx -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Joseph Gray Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2010 9:35 PM To: Discussion

Re: [time-nuts] More IKEA hardware...

2010-02-01 Thread Tom Holmes, N8ZM
While we are briefly back on the subject of IKEA, I recall someone commenting that IKEA does not do web sales. According to the catalog my better half received a couple of weeks ago, in the States it is www.ikea-usa.com for web sales. But I admit I haven't tried it out, yet. Regards, Tom Holmes

Re: [time-nuts] More IKEA hardware...

2010-02-01 Thread Tom Holmes, N8ZM
Hi Brooke... Ah, so I see. Curious that they have 200+ in stock at the store 40 minutes away from me. Maybe they don't ship cheaply or without high risk of breakage. But enough conjecture for this reflector; on to the fun stuff! Thanks! Regards, Tom Holmes, N8ZM Tipp City, OH EM79xx

Re: [time-nuts] Low temperature coefficient capacitors for DMTD

2010-01-25 Thread Tom Holmes, N8ZM
And if my recollection from my days running a product validation lab many years ago is correct, the failure mode of most polycarbonate caps was shorted and flaming. Regards, Tom Holmes, N8ZM Tipp City, OH EM79xx -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun

Re: [time-nuts] HP10811 losing EFC

2010-01-15 Thread Tom Holmes, N8ZM
learn more in a day here than anything else I've ever done. Regards, Tom Holmes, N8ZM Tipp City, OH EM79xx -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Rick Karlquist Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 7:54 PM To: Discussion of precise

Re: [time-nuts] HP10811 losing EFC

2010-01-15 Thread Tom Holmes, N8ZM
HI Rick... That helps a lot. It also tells me the real reason why the fuse is open ;-(. Thanks! Regards, Tom Holmes, N8ZM Tipp City, OH EM79xx -Original Message- From: Rick Karlquist [mailto:rich...@karlquist.com] Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 8:48 PM To: thol...@woh.rr.com

[time-nuts] Trimble GPS RX info needed

2009-11-28 Thread Tom Holmes, N8ZM
on a plastic (for the purists, polymer) snap together case, which I have so far been unable to open, as it appears that all 8 tabs must be released simultaneously to accomplish that feat. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. Regards, Tom Holmes, N8ZM Tipp City, OH EM79xx

[time-nuts] Trimble info needed...

2009-11-28 Thread Tom Holmes, N8ZM
Thanks guys! That was very useful! Regards, Tom Holmes, N8ZM Tipp City, OH EM79xx ___ 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] Rubidium standard

2009-11-18 Thread Tom Holmes, N8ZM
confidence. Otherwise, it is just a SWAG. But it can be a useful SWAG for comparison purposes. Frankly, I would distrust any outfit that puts it into their advertising without some sort of disclaimer regarding how it was determined, and the ubiquitous YMMV. Regards, Tom Holmes, N8ZM Tipp City, OH

Re: [time-nuts] Getting GPIB to work on HP5382B Universal counter

2009-10-14 Thread Tom Holmes, N8ZM
trouble, ping the list again. Regards, Tom Holmes, N8ZM Tipp City, OH EM79xx -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Jerome Peters Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 6:16 AM To: 'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement