Re: [time-nuts] Lucent OMA and FE-405 DOCXO

2011-05-09 Thread lists
Sadly the MetroPCS guy was a vendor at a now defunct ham swap meet. I've bought gear from the guy in the past, but don't know his name. -Original Message- From: Stanley timen...@n4iqt.com Sender: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com Date: Sun, 8 May 2011 22:25:52 To: Discussion of precise time

[time-nuts] Another incermental improvement in atomic clocks

2011-05-09 Thread Francis Grosz
Timekeeping errors will be further reduced by better accounting for the effect of blackbody radiation on atomic clocks. See

[time-nuts] Distribution amp

2011-05-09 Thread Bob Bownes
I know it has come up in the past so I thought I would check here before hunting one down in the outside world. Anyone have a suitable distribution amplifier that they are looking to part with? My consumer device count has exceeded my source capability. :) Please respond offline, save a few

[time-nuts] Overheard from NASA

2011-05-09 Thread William H. Fite
Overheard from a senior NASA research metrologist: The only reason we're doing it is because we *can* (improving clock accuracy, said in the context of the aluminum clock). We can already time so accurately, just as an example, that if we launched a spacecraft today toward Sirius we could

Re: [time-nuts] Tbolt Temp Sensor

2011-05-09 Thread Peter Loron
On 05/08/2011 02:29 PM, James Hall wrote: Peter, I have a Thunderbolt with the DS1620E temperature sensor that I would like to upgrade to to a C version. I think you said on Time-Nuts that you might have some of the C version chips. If so, how can I go about getting one or two from you? I’ll

Re: [time-nuts] Tbolt Temp Sensor

2011-05-09 Thread Peter Loron
On 05/09/2011 09:24 AM, Peter Loron wrote: On 05/08/2011 02:29 PM, James Hall wrote: Peter, I have a Thunderbolt with the DS1620E temperature sensor that I would like to upgrade to to a C version. I think you said on Time-Nuts that you might have some of the C version chips. If so, how can I

Re: [time-nuts] Overheard from NASA

2011-05-09 Thread Jim Lux
On 5/9/11 8:25 AM, William H. Fite wrote: Overheard from a senior NASA research metrologist: The only reason we're doing it is because we *can* (improving clock accuracy, said in the context of the aluminum clock). We can already time so accurately, just as an example, that if we launched a

Re: [time-nuts] JJY40

2011-05-09 Thread Kiwi Geoff
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 Murray Greenman wrote: I've also observed that JJY40 is now off the air. It has been excellent reception down here in New Zealand for many years, generally better than the JJY signal on 60kHz, where of course it competes with other signals. JJY40 was typically strong

Re: [time-nuts] Overheard from NASA

2011-05-09 Thread William H. Fite
Jim, keep in mind that that was not my statement but one made to a small group of people, including me, over at the Cape. The guy is a PhD (I know, I know, I am too, and what does it get me?) senior research scientist at NASA whose specialty is metrology. Now, you may be convinced that he is a

Re: [time-nuts] Overheard from NASA

2011-05-09 Thread Jim Lux
I wasn't intending to cast aspersions... I was more giving an example of somewhere that atomic clocks need more work. And, I'm pleased that this group/list exists.. It's pointed me towards some useful stuff to solve some problems with the KaTS, and, as well, the archives are a great

[time-nuts] Lady Heather, VNWA, VE2ZAZ GPS Monitor on OS X

2011-05-09 Thread Bob Bownes
Finally got around to doing a bunch of work tonight. Got my lab Parallels machine all set up. Now have Lady Heather, DG8SAQ VNWA code, and the VE2ZAZ MoniTrol all running effectively in OS X. http://www.lensgarage.com/gallery3/index.php/Electronics-and-Ham-Radio/coolstuff Finally...Next comes