Re: [time-nuts] Using cheap sound cards for measurements

2009-08-23 Thread Don Latham
Thanks, Demian. At least one of the SD radio programs uses an ASIO driver. I do not know about the rest, or about the "leading" spectrum analysis freebies that are out there. Don Demian Martin > Be careful of the Emu/Creative stuff. They have always has resampling in > their products in the past.

Re: [time-nuts] Using cheap sound cards for measurements

2009-08-23 Thread Demian Martin
Be careful of the Emu/Creative stuff. They have always has resampling in their products in the past. This new generation doesn't but it still has an inline DSP to muck around with the bits. Also the Windows (and MAC) sound systems are notorious for resampling internally. This can be very hard to ge

Re: [time-nuts] HP catalogs and HP 5065A

2009-08-23 Thread Stan, W1LE
for the HP-5065A, no options: 1982, page 312, 16.9K$ 1988, page 465, 25.8K$ 1991, page 507, 36.2K$ 1992, page 555, 42.0K$ not in: 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 Stan, W1LECape Cod Dan Rae wrote: Corby Dawson wrote: Hi, I'm curious what year was the last year that HP offered the 5065A for sal

Re: [time-nuts] HP catalogs and HP 5065A

2009-08-23 Thread Brian Kirby
I do not show it in the 1995 or the 1998 catalog. It is in the 1970 ($7500), 1972 ($7500), 1977 ($8950), 1980 (no prices in this catalog), 1985 ($19500), 1988 ($25800) and 1992 ($42000). Brian Kirby - KD4FM Corby Dawson wrote: Hi, I'm curious what year was the last year that HP offered the

Re: [time-nuts] HP catalogs and HP 5065A

2009-08-23 Thread Dan Rae
Corby Dawson wrote: Hi, I'm curious what year was the last year that HP offered the 5065A for sale and what the list price was for that year. It is in the 1993,94,95, or 96 catalog. Can any one who has one of these years catalogs check and see? OK Corby, it is NOT in the 1993 or later catal

Re: [time-nuts] Using cheap sound cards for measurements

2009-08-23 Thread Stan, W1LE
My limited experience with this USB soundcard was the ease of getting it working with Windows Vista home premium. Another PCI sound card, the Delta 44, was a big problem, at least for me. Stan, W1LE Don Latham wrote: Ok, I have looked at a few USB cards and reviews. For SD radios, and as fa

Re: [time-nuts] gnat sizing

2009-08-23 Thread Steve Rooke
I also remember small distances being referred to by a 'fag paper'. Meaning the thickness of a roll your own cigarette paper. 73 Steve 2009/8/23 Steve Rooke : > I'm from the SE of England, Brighton and Ipswich, and this is the > measurement as I remember it from a very long time ago too Peter. >

Re: [time-nuts] gnat sizing

2009-08-23 Thread Steve Rooke
I'm from the SE of England, Brighton and Ipswich, and this is the measurement as I remember it from a very long time ago too Peter. Steve - G8KVD <- that dates me just a bit & ZL3TUV 2009/8/23 Peter Vince : > Maybe I was brought up in a more genteel part of West London, but the unit of > measure

Re: [time-nuts] Measurements

2009-08-23 Thread Ulrich Bangert
Sanjeev, > That sounds like the Repeating Theodolite, used for the > survey from Dunkirk <-> Paris <-> Barcelona Exactly! Thanks for your help Ulrich > -Ursprungliche Nachricht- > Von: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com > [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] Im Auftrag von Sanjeev Gupta > Gese