Re: [time-nuts] Rubidium Oscillators and Racal 1992

2008-03-12 Thread Ulrich Bangert
von [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Dienstag, 11. Marz 2008 15:31 An: time-nuts Betreff: Re: [time-nuts] Rubidium Oscillators and Racal 1992 I purchased on ebay four rubidium LPRO and I'm quite satisfied with them. The lamp-Volt parameter (which is an indication of the lamp's health

Re: [time-nuts] Rubidium Oscillators and Racal 1992

2008-03-12 Thread Ulrich Bangert
Bangert, DF6JB -Ursprungliche Nachricht- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Dienstag, 11. Marz 2008 15:31 An: time-nuts Betreff: Re: [time-nuts] Rubidium Oscillators and Racal 1992 I purchased on ebay four rubidium

Re: [time-nuts] Rubidium Oscillators and Racal 1992

2008-03-12 Thread Max Skop
- Original Message - From: Ulrich Bangert [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement' time-nuts@febo.com Sent: Wednesday, 12 March, 2008 5:20 PM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Rubidium Oscillators and Racal 1992 Gentlemen, I would like to place emphasis

Re: [time-nuts] Rubidium Oscillators and Racal 1992

2008-03-12 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ulrich Bangert, DF6JB wrote: So a better phrase would be that the lamps voltage is an indicator of the lamp's health IF and ONLY IF everything else is sane. Don't blame the lamp before you have checked the temperature and the exciting field's frequency. Agreed completely. I'm not yet

Re: [time-nuts] Rubidium Oscillators and Racal 1992

2008-03-12 Thread Ulrich Bangert
regards Ulrich Bangert, DF6JB -Ursprungliche Nachricht- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Dienstag, 11. Marz 2008 15:31 An: time-nuts Betreff: Re: [time-nuts] Rubidium Oscillators and Racal 1992

Re: [time-nuts] Rubidium Oscillators and Racal 1992

2008-03-12 Thread Bruce Griffiths
Ulrich Bangert wrote: Max, most interesting comment! So far you are the first person from which I hear that he has exchanged the lamp. If I am wrong concerning the difficulties of lamp exchange: Even better so! I just checked the Dow Corning web pages to find 373 different products that

Re: [time-nuts] Rubidium Oscillators and Racal 1992

2008-03-11 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I purchased on ebay four rubidium LPRO and I'm quite satisfied with them. The lamp-Volt parameter (which is an indication of the lamp's health) was respectively 8.4, 7.95, 6.8 and 5.1 Volt. When an LPRO leaves the factory its lamp-V is around 12V. A drop of up to 3 V would be expected in the

Re: [time-nuts] Rubidium Oscillators and Racal 1992

2008-03-11 Thread Bill Hawkins
Antonio I8IOV ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: The unconvenience with the 02M version is that it uses a military GPIB language (MATE/CIIL), and I had to get familiar with it. The Racal units that I have (with no button problems) have a jumper for military or standard GPIB. They do have military

Re: [time-nuts] Rubidium Oscillators and Racal 1992

2008-03-11 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Antonio I8IOV ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: The unconvenience with the 02M version is that it uses a military GPIB language (MATE/CIIL), and I had to get familiar with it. The Racal units that I have (with no button problems) have a jumper for military or standard GPIB. They do have

Re: [time-nuts] Rubidium Oscillators and Racal 1992 (gpib jumper)

2008-03-11 Thread Dan Rae
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Antonio I8IOV ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: The unconvenience with the 02M version is that it uses a military GPIB language (MATE/CIIL), and I had to get familiar with it. The Racal units that I have (with no button problems) have a jumper for military or standard GPIB.

Re: [time-nuts] Rubidium Oscillators and Racal 1992 (gpib jumper)

2008-03-11 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dan Rae wrote: In my original copy of the 1992 manual, there is only one jumper indicated on the GPIB board. It is at the front of the board. Pages 7-34 and 7-35 show it. On the first page it says : Make certain the jumper plug is installed in the upper two pins of SK4 as shown. On