Re: [time-nuts] BTTF : Austron 1210-C Crystal Clock

Thanks for the references, Tom. The clock portion must have been a 113. Operation at 1 kHz would certainly explain the whine. I also remember taking a peek inside the oven and seeing an impressively large chunk of quartz. On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 12:45 AM, Tom Van Baak

Re: [time-nuts] BTTF : Austron 1210-C Crystal Clock

Fs/1959-11.pdf >> http://hpmemoryproject.org/wb_pages/wall_b_page_01.htm >> http://hpmemoryproject.org/news/2012/vintage_01.htm >> >> /tvb >> >> - Original Message - >> From: "Jim Harman" <j99har...@gmail.com> >> To: "Disc

Re: [time-nuts] BTTF : Austron 1210-C Crystal Clock

roject.org/wb_pages/wall_b_page_01.htm > http://hpmemoryproject.org/news/2012/vintage_01.htm > > /tvb > > - Original Message - > From: "Jim Harman" <j99har...@gmail.com> > To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" < > time-nuts@febo.c

Re: [time-nuts] BTTF : Austron 1210-C Crystal Clock

frequency measurement" <time-nuts@febo.com> Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2017 7:43 PM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] BTTF : Austron 1210-C Crystal Clock > On Sun, Jun 11, 2017 at 9:01 PM, paul swed <paulsw...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> But perhaps whats magical gold is the Pat

Re: [time-nuts] BTTF : Austron 1210-C Crystal Clock

On Sun, Jun 11, 2017 at 9:01 PM, paul swed wrote: > But perhaps whats magical gold is the Patek Phillipe clock movement. Just a > guess.I hear they are quite annoying clunkers actually. I have never owned > one but a fellow in Europe was telling me you can really here them

Re: [time-nuts] BTTF : Austron 1210-C Crystal Clock

g from heat exhaustion. If nothing else, his item is cheaper (and far less shipping costs) than this one: http://www.ebay.com/itm/282495468972 /tvb - Original Message - From: "Gregory Beat" <w...@icloud.com> To: <time-nuts@febo.com> Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2017 5:24 P

Re: [time-nuts] BTTF : Austron 1210-C Crystal Clock

On 6/11/17 6:37 PM, Bob kb8tq wrote: Hi The new age drill on anything unusual on eBay seems to be to start it out at $10,000 and lower it 5% every six months. Eventually you will hit the “right” price. Apparently it is much easier to do this than to actually research the item you have. I’ve

Re: [time-nuts] BTTF : Austron 1210-C Crystal Clock

Hi The new age drill on anything unusual on eBay seems to be to start it out at $10,000 and lower it 5% every six months. Eventually you will hit the “right” price. Apparently it is much easier to do this than to actually research the item you have. I’ve always wondered how these guys deal

Re: [time-nuts] BTTF : Austron 1210-C Crystal Clock

Greg Ebay can always be sort of silly. ah for the old days when a rusty piece of stuff might go for a reasonable $. But perhaps whats magical gold is the Patek Phillipe clock movement. Just a guess.I hear they are quite annoying clunkers actually. I have never owned one but a fellow in Europe was

[time-nuts] BTTF : Austron 1210-C Crystal Clock

BTTF : Back to the Future "moment" Austron was a company based in Austin, TX that manufactured crystal clocks for military and industry in late 1970s. Leap Second has a series of photos. http://www.leapsecond.com/museum/au1210/ Austron 1210-D Manual (digital model) Product produces 1 MHz and 5