Re: [time-nuts] Win XP and NIST time

2013-03-24 Thread David J Taylor
From: Anthony G. Atkielski [] I've been running XP for years using its built-in simple NTP client to query the NTP server on my server, which in turn synchronizes with a variety of NTP sources on the Net. [] Anthony == Folks, I'm surprised by how many

Re: [time-nuts] Win XP and NIST time

2013-03-24 Thread Bill Hawkins
Being an old-timer, I've been running Jag-Air's Nixie Clock on Windows machines. See: http://www.clockvault.com/clocks%5Cnixiehowto.htm I've also used GPSCon with an HP Z3801 receiver as a source for SNTP. The Jag-Air solution is much simpler. Of course, NTP is more challenging, if that's what

Re: [time-nuts] Win XP and NIST time

2013-03-24 Thread James Harrison
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 24/03/2013 06:27, David J Taylor wrote: I'm surprised by how many time-nuts are not using the reference NTP port for Windows, considering the many advantages it has over the simple (non conformant and non-manageable) client built into

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2013-03-24 Thread Louis Williams
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[time-nuts] LH web traffic

2013-03-24 Thread Louis Williams
Using LH to monitor a TBolt and notice a continuous flow of traffic between that computer and the internet. The Trimble software does not do this. Would someone educate me on why LH needs to talk to the web? Thanks. Lou Williams ___ time-nuts mailing

Re: [time-nuts] LH web traffic

2013-03-24 Thread Bob Camp
Hi Are you monitoring your own local TBolt, or the default internet hosted TBolt? Bob On Mar 24, 2013, at 11:30 AM, Louis Williams lawilli...@alum.mit.edu wrote: Using LH to monitor a TBolt and notice a continuous flow of traffic between that computer and the internet. The Trimble

Re: [time-nuts] Win XP and NIST time

2013-03-24 Thread lists
MS has/had a program to verify if your hardware would run win7. It has been too many years for me to recall the name. But if you are running really old hardware, it makes sense at some point just to dump it if you run it 24 and 7, if only for the cost of electricity (well depending where you

Re: [time-nuts] LH web traffic

2013-03-24 Thread Chuck Harris
The first time I fired up LH, I was very surprised to see that it thought I was in a location very far from here. I was also quite surprised to see that the temperature it was measuring was quite different from mine, and that it didn't seem to care if my TB was turned on, or off. Then I

Re: [time-nuts] Win XP and NIST time

2013-03-24 Thread David J Taylor
From: li...@lazygranch.com [] Win7 is missing a few features of older MS operation systems. The search feature is gone, but you can run a free program called everything. It is so fast, you can turn off indexing. Also gone is hyperterminal, but you can run terraterm, also free. []

Re: [time-nuts] Win XP and NIST time

2013-03-24 Thread Chris Albertson
On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 11:27 PM, David J Taylor david-tay...@blueyonder.co.uk wrote: I'm surprised by how many time-nuts are not using the reference NTP port for Windows, considering the many advantages it has over the simple (non conformant and non-manageable) client built into Windows). I

[time-nuts] Brooks Shera Obituary

2013-03-24 Thread EWKehren
I encourage every time nut to read Brooks attached obituary. Very impressive For those that want to send a note, again Karen Stoll 46 Crazy Rabbit Rd. Santa Fe, NM 87508 Bert Kehren _http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/lamonitor/obituary.aspx?n=e-brooks-sherap id=163780430#fbLoggedOut_

Re: [time-nuts] LH web traffic

2013-03-24 Thread John Miles
It has caused a lot of confusion, admittedly. That's why, in the more recent releases, I changed the label on the icon to KE5FX TBolt (Seattle, USA). But it seems that's still not enough of a hint, because people still write me from various countries asking why their Thunderbolt's location is

Re: [time-nuts] Brooks Shera

2013-03-24 Thread Chris Albertson
On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 4:12 AM, Stephen Tompsett (G8LYB) step...@tompsett.net wrote: Here's a copy of the source package (that claims to be for version 1.28) that he sent me when I enquired about it many years ago. That's great. It needs to be some how linked to an archive of his article. No

Re: [time-nuts] Brooks Shera

2013-03-24 Thread lists
Just send me the link relative to archive.org of where the code should be found. -Original Message- From: Chris Albertson albertson.ch...@gmail.com Sender: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2013 11:31:50 To: step...@tompsett.net; Discussion of precise time and frequency

Re: [time-nuts] LH web traffic

2013-03-24 Thread Louis Williams
Thanks to all who responded to my lack of knowledge. When in doubt, read the directions. The screen even says what the source is if you look in the right place. Thanks again. Lou Williams, W8INL -Original Message- From: John Miles [mailto:jmi...@pop.net] Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2013

Re: [time-nuts] Brooks Shera

2013-03-24 Thread WB6BNQ
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Re: [time-nuts] Brooks Shera

2013-03-24 Thread lists
Uh WTF. I am preserving his legacy. -Original Message- From: WB6BNQ wb6...@cox.net Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2013 16:38:06 To: li...@lazygranch.com; Discussion of precise time and frequency measurementtime-nuts@febo.com Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Brooks Shera Really ? Well  

[time-nuts] HP 3586 Problem

2013-03-24 Thread Perry Sandeen
Esteemed Gurus, I was checking out two operational HP 3586B’s which I normally use for RF work on the lower frequencies and found out one would not sync below 300 KHz or so and the other below 200 KHz on the Fo rear output connector. So I contacted my friend Mike Fisch and asked him to do

Re: [time-nuts] Brooks Shera

2013-03-24 Thread WB6BNQ
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Re: [time-nuts] HP 3586 Problem

2013-03-24 Thread paul swed
If I understand correctly yours isn't working below the frequencies you mention. I have numbers of them and the are all working just fine. Regularly use them to check on wwvb at 60 Khz and LORAN C at 100 Khz. Also for working on the wwvb d-psk-r development. Regards Paul WB8TSL On Sun, Mar 24,

Re: [time-nuts] Brooks Shera

2013-03-24 Thread EB4APL
I wanted to build a GPSDO using the Brooks Shera design since I read the QST article. I asked him in Jan 2009 about his source code, because I wanted to change the PIC to a more modern one and add some functionality, and his response was that he already had changed it to a 16F876A and added a

Re: [time-nuts] Brooks Shera

2013-03-24 Thread Chris Albertson
On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 7:34 PM, EB4APL eb4...@cembreros.jazztel.es wrote: I wanted to build a GPSDO using the Brooks Shera design since I read the QST article. I asked him in Jan 2009 about his source code, because I wanted to change the PIC to a more modern one and add some functionality

Re: [time-nuts] HP 3586 Problem

2013-03-24 Thread Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R
On 03/24/2013 06:24 PM, Perry Sandeen wrote: Esteemed Gurus, I was checking out two operational HP 3586B’s which I normally use for RF work on the lower frequencies and found out one would not sync below 300 KHz or so and the other below 200 KHz on the Fo rear output connector. So I

Re: [time-nuts] HP 3586 Problem

2013-03-24 Thread Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R
On 03/24/2013 09:12 PM, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R wrote: On 03/24/2013 06:24 PM, Perry Sandeen wrote: Esteemed Gurus, I was checking out two operational HP 3586B’s which I normally use for RF work on the lower frequencies and found out one would not sync below 300 KHz or so and the other

Re: [time-nuts] Brooks Shera

2013-03-24 Thread Daniel Schultz
Another great ham passes on, I'm sorry I never had a chance to meet him. Is the GPS controller that Brooks published still useful today, or has it been superseded by something newer? I have a Motorola GPS receiver (PVT-6) with 1 pps output, and an HP oscillator (model number escapes me at the