Re: [time-nuts] Can anyone spare an LPRO lamp?

2009-09-29 Thread Bob Camp
, September 29, 2009 12:19 AM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Can anyone spare an LPRO lamp? The lamp in the LPRO may have a significant difference from the other lamps. The pictures of lamps on Tom's ? page show that each of them has a side arm

Re: [time-nuts] Can anyone spare an LPRO lamp?

2009-09-29 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message 602be75e324d4d31b5a2d7ab3ec79...@vectron.com, Bob Camp writes: Hi The exact fill in the lamp is one of those things the Efratom does not like to talk about. Best guess is that there is more than just Rb in there. It is no secret that buffer-gasses are used, but which they are is not

Re: [time-nuts] Can anyone spare an LPRO lamp?

2009-09-29 Thread J. Forster
You can find out pretty easily with an optical spectrometer if you can get a view of an operating lamp, either directly or via an optical fiber. There are only about 5 possible fill gases and even a crude spectrometer will identify which ones are there. Something capable of resolving lines spaced

Re: [time-nuts] Can anyone spare an LPRO lamp?

2009-09-29 Thread Neville Michie
Hi, back in the 80s I used a few different brands of HeNe laser. Some had their windows cemented to the tube and the He could leak out. The cure was to put the tube in a paper bag, point it at a power meter, and release the contents of a He party balloon into the bag. After 5 or 10 minutes

Re: [time-nuts] Can anyone spare an LPRO lamp?

2009-09-29 Thread Brian Kirby
] On Behalf Of Neville Michie Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 12:19 AM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Can anyone spare an LPRO lamp? The lamp in the LPRO may have a significant difference from the other lamps. The pictures of lamps on Tom's

Re: [time-nuts] Can anyone spare an LPRO lamp?

2009-09-29 Thread J. Forster
-Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Neville Michie Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 12:19 AM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Can anyone spare an LPRO lamp? The lamp

Re: [time-nuts] Can anyone spare an LPRO lamp?

2009-09-29 Thread Brian Kirby
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Can anyone spare an LPRO lamp? The lamp in the LPRO may have a significant difference from the other lamps. The pictures of lamps on Tom's ? page show that each of them has a side arm which is most helpful for filling

Re: [time-nuts] Can anyone spare an LPRO lamp?

2009-09-28 Thread Magnus Danielson
Stanley Reynolds wrote: hope my email client will not mess up the link: www.n4iqt.com/efratom8084008/eeratom_model_frs_lamp_assembly_repair.pdf I think the last paragraph is most interesting as it relates to the lamp itself. Cheers, Magnus ___

Re: [time-nuts] Can anyone spare an LPRO lamp?

2009-09-28 Thread Robert Atkinson
Danielson mag...@rubidium.dyndns.org wrote: From: Magnus Danielson mag...@rubidium.dyndns.org Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Can anyone spare an LPRO lamp? To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement time-nuts@febo.com Date: Monday, 28 September, 2009, 11:48 AM Stanley Reynolds wrote

Re: [time-nuts] Can anyone spare an LPRO lamp?

2009-09-28 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message 731009.13735...@web27105.mail.ukl.yahoo.com, Robert Atkinson write s: I'd say the most interesting quote is: [...]that causes failure to more then 99% of the 20 units[...] I think my kinds math teacher would flunk that... -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20

Re: [time-nuts] Can anyone spare an LPRO lamp?

2009-09-28 Thread David C. Partridge
] Can anyone spare an LPRO lamp? I think my kinds math teacher would flunk that... -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 p...@freebsd.org | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained

Re: [time-nuts] Can anyone spare an LPRO lamp?

2009-09-28 Thread Javier Herrero
of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Can anyone spare an LPRO lamp? I think my kinds math teacher would flunk that... -- Javier HerreroEMAIL: jherr...@hvsistemas.com HV

Re: [time-nuts] Can anyone spare an LPRO lamp?

2009-09-28 Thread Neville Michie
The lamp in the LPRO may have a significant difference from the other lamps. The pictures of lamps on Tom's ? page show that each of them has a side arm which is most helpful for filling. The side arm is left out in the cold so any excess rubidium condenses there as a reserve supply. The

Re: [time-nuts] Can anyone spare an LPRO lamp?

2009-09-28 Thread Javier Herrero
? :-) Dave -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Poul-Henning Kamp Sent: 28 September 2009 21:09 To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Can anyone spare an LPRO lamp? I think my kinds math

Re: [time-nuts] Can anyone spare an LPRO lamp?

2009-09-26 Thread Stanley Reynolds
hope my email client will not mess up the link: www.n4iqt.com/efratom8084008/eeratom_model_frs_lamp_assembly_repair.pdf Stanley ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to

[time-nuts] Can anyone spare an LPRO lamp?

2009-09-25 Thread Skip Withrow
Hello time-nuts, I have an LPRO-101 that won't lock, so popped the cover and started poking around. The lamp was not lit, both physics packages were hot, and there was RF going to the exciter coil. So, I pulled the lamp and swapped it with another unit. The lamp from the good unit lit