Re: [time-nuts] suggestions for free samples from AD
On 06/01/2013 01:51, bownes wrote: Mini-circuits and Hittite are the notable exceptions. .. but Microcircuits do great giveaways (donation to charity) at the Dayton Hamvention. Mostly this is past date code product, but fine for homebrew. Stewart ___ 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] Allan Deviation question
... and running it to a sound card (oscillator gps disciplined) How did you achieve this? Thanks Stewart ___ 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] Racal-Dana tactile switches
I know its a hack but I used a small pcb switch and use a sawn off knitting needle when I wish to press one of those buttons. It's a design fault and eventually all of them will fail. Stewart On 21/04/2012 11:58, Chris Stake wrote: Just a thought: On some equipment, the push-buttons are formed by a rubber mat which is shaped into domes with or without plastic buttons above. If you sacrificed an old calculator it might be possible to cut the rubber mat into individual buttons of a size suitable for refurbishing the Tokos Chris Stake -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Ulrich Bangert Sent: 21 April 2012 11:18 To: Time nuts Subject: [time-nuts] Racal-Dana tactile switches Gentlemen, I know I am not the only one in this group to have difficulties with weak tactile switches on Racal-Dana's 1991/2/6 range of counters. The other day I talked to the chief technician at Rosenkranz-Elektronik which is one of the biggest surplus suppliers in Germany. He knew the problem very well and his claim was that an exact replacement for the original Toko switches is no more produced anywhere in the world. Which may be an explanation why none of us managed to find an exact repelacement. His second claim was that the switches can be repared: After removing the cap gently grip the moving part with a pair of pliers and twist it a little bit while pulling it out a bit at the same time. In this way the moving part can be removed without destruction of the switch. Then you find the source of the problem inside: The weak and mostly destroyed rubber part inside. Replace it with the rubber part of a switch which has NEARLY the same dimensions. He told me that he had done such a repair for a number of times. Unfortunately he had no reference for the switches that he had used as the source for the replacement rubber. I am aware that this is only half of the solution of the problem but I checked his suggestion with a original switch that I had laying around as a replacement and found that his description worked for me. I made a photgraph of the switch to be found here: http://www.ulrich-bangert.de/Racal.JPG and perhaps anyone of you has an idea where to get a similar one from. The problem to find a similar switch is perhaps easier to solve than to locate a direct replacement. Note that the scale in the photo is in cm with subdivisions in mm. Best regards Ulrich Bangert www.ulrich-bangert.de Ortholzer Weg 1 27243 Gross Ippener ___ 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. ___ 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. ___ 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] Any spare switches for Racal-Dana 1992?
On 20/02/2012 13:09, Charles P. Steinmetz wrote: James wrote: I need two of these black rubber pills Speaking from extensive experience, if you need 2 now, plan on needing somewhere between 5 and 31 more over the next year or two. Best regards, Charles That is my experience. I never managed to find any exact replacements here in England so I ended up replacing the mechanism with some SMT switches and using a probe to press them.. Stewart ___ 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] Subject: Listening to the List Owner
On 21/09/2011 13:12, Mike S wrote: At 07:43 AM 9/21/2011, Rob Kimberley wrote... I appreciate the subtle humour here, but virtually all people I communicate with top post, and I've been using email since the early 90s. It is only groups like this where it seems to be a problem. Maybe it is a function of the mail reader that is being used, (not sure on that one), but I think you will find that you are in the minority. Microsoft (Exchange), RIM (Blackberry), and Google (Android), all make it difficult-to-impossible to _not_ top post. But they're all clueless net newbies, too. If you look at the IETF lists (where you will find a high proportion of clueful net oldies) you will see that top posting is at least as common, if not more common, than bottom posting. Stewart ___ 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.
