[time-nuts] Ronald Held's main question (Max Robinson)

2007-12-25 Thread Ronald Held
: Max Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Ronald Held's main question To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement time-nuts@febo.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1; reply-type=original Here's wishing

Re: [time-nuts] Ronald Held's main question

2007-12-24 Thread Max Robinson
with tubes group send an email to, [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: time-nuts@febo.com Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 3:40 AM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Ronald Held's main question In a message dated 18/12/2007 07:59:49 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [time-nuts] Ronald Held's main question

2007-12-24 Thread Magnus Danielson
From: Max Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Ronald Held's main question Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 15:03:43 -0600 Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Max, Here's wishing you a marry time this Christmas and a happy leap second. Um, no leap second is scheduled for this new years eve

Re: [time-nuts] Ronald Held's main question

2007-12-18 Thread Magnus Danielson
From: WB6BNQ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [time-nuts] Ronald Held's main question Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:07:16 -0800 Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bill, Note sure if I am in group 2 or 3. # 3. This is the - - - BIBLE - - - Strongly recommended This is a very large manual at more than

Re: [time-nuts] Ronald Held's main question

2007-12-18 Thread Hal Murray
Here are 3 Hewlett Packard appnotes that are in the same vain as the NBS 140 booklet. In many ways these HP items are better written. The first one was written in 1961. The second one is an update (1974), as is the third (1976). Each are different and equally worth having on the shelf.

Re: [time-nuts] Ronald Held's main question

2007-12-18 Thread WB6BNQ
Hi Hal, Yes I remember them. Two versions existed, one used for common view with line 10 and the other one used the color burst frequency which was lock to a Rb source at the network. It was only good when a networked program was being aired. Both are referred to in the links I provided. I

Re: [time-nuts] Ronald Held's main question

2007-12-18 Thread Rob Kimberley
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Ronald Held's main question Hi Ronald, Here are 3 Hewlett Packard appnotes that are in the same vain as the NBS 140 booklet. In many ways these HP items are better written. The first one was written in 1961. The second one

Re: [time-nuts] Ronald Held's main question

2007-12-18 Thread GandalfG8
In a message dated 18/12/2007 07:59:49 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The link you get from their page http://tf.nist.gov/timefreq/general/generalpubs.htm is however wrong, as it only gives the front document. Maybe one needs to indicate to them that they should make a

[time-nuts] Ronald Held's main question (WB6BNQ)

2007-12-18 Thread Ronald Held
-- Message: 4 Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 23:39:05 -0800 From: WB6BNQ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Ronald Held's main question To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement time-nuts@febo.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text

Re: [time-nuts] Ronald Held's main question (WB6BNQ)

2007-12-18 Thread Hal Murray
I am looking for an source of more accurate time not to drive my computer but just for its own sake, starting out as a high accuracy Quartz WIS. There was an interesting discussion recently on how to calibrate watches. It also included a lot of historical info about the early Accutrons.

[time-nuts] Ronald Held's main question (WB6BNQ) (Hal Murray)

2007-12-18 Thread Ronald Held
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Re: [time-nuts] Ronald Held's main question

2007-12-18 Thread Neon John
On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:05:29 -0800, Hal Murray [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It was probably in the late 70s that a friend showed me a small booklet from NBS. It was describing how to use TV signals to calibrate your local clock. I think NBC and HP cooperated. I think the story was that NBC had

[time-nuts] Ronald Held's main question

2007-12-17 Thread WB6BNQ
Hi Ronald, This list server is composed of three general classes of people. Those who 1) have just a passing interest in the subject, 2) those who delve into it on a professional or amateur working level and 3) Some seriously warped individuals who far exceed the distribution of what is

Re: [time-nuts] Ronald Held's main question

2007-12-17 Thread WB6BNQ
Hi Ronald, Here are 3 Hewlett Packard appnotes that are in the same vain as the NBS 140 booklet. In many ways these HP items are better written. The first one was written in 1961. The second one is an update (1974), as is the third (1976). Each are different and equally worth having on the