[time-nuts] combining same frequency for redundancy

2014-06-03 Thread Tony Greene
About 50 years ago I ran into a Frequency Division Multiplexer that used a redundant master frequency system. I beleive they combined the same frequency for the master oscillator, but it was something like a special hybrid combiner. I remember that they used a phase angle of 135 degrees -

[time-nuts] HP53131A Fan/Blower

2014-02-27 Thread Tony Greene
Has anyone found a suitable replacement or a source for the fan/blower in the HP53131A ? I have talked to Agilent and the fan/blower is not a seperate item, its part of the power supply board. TRY FREE IM TOOLPACK at

Re: [time-nuts] A small piece on HP's hydrogen maser in 1968

2014-02-24 Thread Tony Greene
In the back of my head, I beleive that project red shift did fly, but they dumped the hydrogen masers to use brand new lighter weight and much smaller rubidiums. GET FREE SMILEYS FOR YOUR IM EMAIL - Learn more at

[time-nuts] HP5370B Dead Time in TI Mode

2014-02-23 Thread Tony Greene
Greetings, I have run some time interval test and it did not quite calculate correctly. I used a TADD2 that is configured for 2 outputs at 100 Hz, 2 outputs at 10 Hz, and two outputs at 1 PPS. The HP5370B clock output was used as the input for the TADD2. The output of the TADD2 was feed to