Re: [time-nuts] DJVU and PDF

2010-12-12 Thread Larry Snyder
This is not the place for this. -ls- mi...@flatsurface.com (Mike S) wrote: At 05:48 PM 12/12/2010, Chuck Harris wrote... Postscript is the standard internal language. It is also the internal language of Windows, and Linux. At 07:11 PM 12/12/2010, Chuck Harris wrote... My reference was to

Re: [time-nuts] I have a new toy

2010-10-26 Thread Larry Snyder
Magnus Danielson mag...@rubidium.dyndns.org wrote: On 10/25/2010 05:08 AM, paul swed wrote: Never heard of one before indeed interesting More or less exactly what I was thinking myself. Would guess it uses the mix and divide strategy used in many of the decade synthesizers of it's time.

Re: [time-nuts] Info on General Radio 275, 276, 375, 376

2010-07-03 Thread Larry Snyder
Have you touched base with Henry Hall? -ls- jmfranke jmfra...@cox.net wrote: I am in the early stage of writing a history of the General Radio model 275 crystal (piezoelectric) oscillator. I have one complete 275, and parts to a second. The 275 was the first commercially available crystal

Re: [time-nuts] On the E - A Spectracom 8164

2010-06-02 Thread Larry Snyder
Hi Pete -- ISTR we had one of those (or a close relative) in the Tek Dayton Svc Ctr back in the late 70s-early 80s. It always scares me a bit when a cal lab sells off stuff as parts/repair rather than just fixing it. Gotta wonder what parts are unobtanium. -ls- Pete Lancashire

Re: [time-nuts] oscillator choice question (ND100M)

2010-05-03 Thread Larry Snyder
ch...@yipyap.com ch...@yipyap.com wrote: just for show-and-tell: 404 :-( -ls- ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.

Re: [time-nuts] And you thought you were old

2010-04-20 Thread Larry Snyder
Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner! -ls- Tom Holmes, N8ZM thol...@woh.rr.com wrote: Now you have me trying to remember who made them...Raytheon? Regards, Tom Holmes, N8ZM Tipp City, OH EM79xx -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com

Re: [time-nuts] lunatic fringe time standards

2010-04-19 Thread Larry Snyder
Chuck Harris cfhar...@erols.com wrote: Ah the old days! Why is it old semiconductor devices seem much more ancient than old vacuum tube devices? What generation of semiconductor devices are we currently on? What generation of tube devices? :-) -ls-

Re: [time-nuts] Naval Jelly at home depot 25-35% Phosphoric acid

2010-04-13 Thread Larry Snyder
J. Forster j...@quik.com wrote: In the name of drug enforcement, Texas is completely stopping anyone interested in science. I guess I was wrong in thinking Texas was different from the nanny states on the coasts. The US is molding its kids into good football fans and Walmart clerks. No

Re: [time-nuts] repairing Maser threads

2010-04-13 Thread Larry Snyder
Without having had the benefit of seeing what you're working with, this would be the way I'd lean as well. -ls- Dave Powers dave.pow...@att.net wrote: Howdy Corby - just a couple of thoughts. I grew up in a machine shop and am an aircraft mechanic. If you haven't used them before,

Re: [time-nuts] What time is it anyway?

2010-03-26 Thread Larry Snyder
I expect that responses will confirm N8ZM's comment in spades. :-) -ls- Eric Fort eric.f...@gmail.com wrote: Hopefully the following questions will begin some discussion leading to a better understanding of What time is and where it comes from in a civil, legal, and everyday living

Re: [time-nuts] OT - New Mexico travel and the VLA

2010-03-23 Thread Larry Snyder
Bill Hawkins b...@iaxs.net wrote: Group, Any clues about how to survive when chile peppers kill the sense of taste? There are some Italian restaurants around in the cities. Sopapillas don't make much of a dinner. New Mexico green chiles are food of the gods, and not all are that hot. Sugar

[time-nuts] FE-5680A

2010-03-10 Thread Larry Snyder
Hi all -- I have the info for setting up the output freq. Has anyone managed to snag the info for the test points and adjustments in this beast? thanx! -ls- ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to

Re: [time-nuts] Achieving maximum performance when driving 5370A/Binputs

2010-02-27 Thread Larry Snyder
Bob Camp li...@rtty.us wrote: Hi MIght have to move a few things in the shed to fin in an F16. If they were used in quantity there aught to be cable and connectors out there. The only reason I have the stuff I do is good old IBM and their approach to networking back in the old days. It

Re: [time-nuts] Achieving maximum performance when driving 5370A/Binputs

2010-02-27 Thread Larry Snyder
Arthur Dent golgarfrinc...@yahoo.com wrote: R-390 or S/390? The R-390 receiver (designed by Collins) is probably worth more today than an S390. ;-) Good point, and I apologize for the smart remark. I've worked with both (and a Z900 Cu box is pretty quick :-) -ls-

Re: [time-nuts] OCXO info?

2010-02-22 Thread Larry Snyder
Bob Camp li...@cq.nu wrote: Hi Assuming it's an R1051 standard you then have to know who made it. Some of the later parts made by the replacement parts empire were of questionable performance / reliability. The side with the markings likely would tell us a lot. That was the side with the

[time-nuts] OCXO info?

2010-02-21 Thread Larry Snyder
Hi all -- Looking for any docs on a military (US) OCXO that I believe was an option in a transceiver. It's about 2X3X4.5 inches and if I remember correctly, supplied 5 MHz to the box it was installed in. Here's a photo with the identifying marks: http://teamlarry.com/ocxo.jpg I'd like to see