Re: [time-nuts] HP E1938
Hi Tom: I have some info on this at: http://www.prc68.com/I/HPE1938.shtml -- Have Fun, Brooke Clarke http://www.PRC68.com http://www.end2partygovernment.com/2012Issues.html Original Message I purchased one of these HP E1938 OCXO recently on eBay but have not yet received it. Is that special D-Submin connector a receptacle-shell, pin contact version? Will a standard plug-shell, socket contact 25-pin D-Submin fit it? Hi, I'll cc the group here since we may get some useful comments. I'm not exactly sure what you mean. The E1938A oscillators that I've seen and tested look like this: http://www.leapsecond.com/museum/e1938a/ And those can be interfaced with a simple D-sub DB25 connector on the PCB. For connections, see that page, or any number of postings about the E1938 in the time-nuts archives. Note that on eBay there are at least three variations of E1938A oscillator. The item#'s below are just random search picks (I have no affiliation with any buyers or sellers) and I also know not all surplus refurbished surplus recycled surplus stuff works. But we do this because when they did work, they are sometimes totally amazing. 1) There's the bare "puck" alone, as in http://www.ebay.com/itm/290829077542 -- and I have no idea where one would start with that item since all the support circuitry on the PCB would have to be re-created by hand. 2) There's the integrated PCB assembly, as in http://www.ebay.com/itm/181043193416 -- which is more like what I tested. 3) There's the full instrument version, as in http://www.ebay.com/itm/171293069062 -- which is most likely to work, or be less hacked up, or dented, or salvaged, or rusted. It even has all the connectors and power supplies, and GPS, etc. If any other time nuts have experience with each of these methods to obtain a E1938 oscillator, please let us know. Thanks, /tvb ___ 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] HP E1938
I just heated up with a soldering iron and pulled out the pins of a standard DB25 connector that would get in the way. No problem, lovely budgie. David N1HAC From: time-nuts <time-nuts-boun...@febo.com> on behalf of Bruce Griffiths <bruce.griffi...@xtra.co.nz> Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2017 11:11 PM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement; Larry McDavid Subject: Re: [time-nuts] HP E1938 More precisely the active EFC range is +1.25 to +3.75V with an absolute minimum of 0V and an absolute max of +5V. At least this is the range that the pseudo differential AD7714 ADC inputs monitoring the EFC are configured for. Bruce > On 16 April 2017 at 14:57 Bruce Griffiths <bruce.griffi...@xtra.co.nz> wrote: > > > 0 to +5V dc max, however only the 0 to 2.5V range appears measurable by > the AD7714 ADC on the PCB. > > Increasing the EFC voltage decreases the capacitance in series with the > crystal requiring an increase in the inductance exhibited by the crystal > hence requiring a lower oscillator frequency. > > Bruce > > > > > > On 16 April 2017 at 13:01 Larry McDavid <lmcda...@lmceng.com> wrote: > > > > The units now available on eBay have various types of D-Subminiature > > connectors and can be on either side of the board. I will have to > > wait > > until my unit arrives to see what I get. It should be possible, if > > necessary, to remove the connector and replace it with a more > > convenient > > D-Submin connector on the desired side of the board. > > > > I did not originally note the additional zip'd info available from > > that > > eBay website but now have those files. Thanks for that link. > > > > So far, I have not seen any spec for the EFC voltage and polarities > > used > > in the "Integrated PWB." Anyone know that? > > > > The "full instrument" version also available now on eBay is a > > complete > > GPSDO but at $130 plus $80 shipping. I really don't need yet another > > GPSDO but would use the integrated PWB assembly for a low ADEV > > free-running 10 MHz source. I have a HP 10811D for that now but will > > evaluate this new unit for performance. > > > > Anyone have experience doing this and know the EFC requirements? > > > > Larry > > > > On 4/15/2017 4:01 PM, Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote: > > > > > > > > > > It's been 20 years, but I will try to recap what I remember > > > about this connector. I believe there were 3 customers, > > > and one of them required the DB connector with coax inserts > > > for reasons of backward compatibility. I think this > > > vendor was Motorola. We did not actually use the coax > > > inserts, but left them blank and ran the RF, etc on > > > ordinary pins. I believe you can make an ordinary male > > > DB-25 mate with these insert versions by clipping off some > > > of the pins that would be blocked by the female insert > > > version. I vaguely remember that the other 2 vendors > > > used gender changers or something. There might have > > > an issue with the mating plane location being different > > > for different customers. > > > > > > I am sure that time-nuts, being talented at repurposing, > > > will be able to think about this problem and come up with > > > a simple solution to interfacing with these boards. > > > No need to buy insert type connectors. I never had > > > any trouble making cables that connected to these units > > > using plain vanilla DB25's. > > > > > > Rick N6RK > > > > > > On 4/15/2017 10:42 AM, Larry McDavid wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ok, so a standard DB 25-pin socket-contact connector > > > > will mate with the > > > > on-board connector with the center hole and missing > > > > pins. That's good! > > > > > > > > I now notice a comment on your webpages about this > > >
Re: [time-nuts] HP E1938
Mention of the E1938 reminded me that I have a schematic that measures 36" X 72" (yes, 3 feet by 6 feet) !! Talk about readability. Also, somewhere, I still have one of them. I'll need to go find it and try firing it up. Now you got me going again ... 73, Dick, W1KSZ Sent from Outlook<http://aka.ms/weboutlook> From: time-nuts <time-nuts-boun...@febo.com> on behalf of Larry McDavid <lmcda...@lmceng.com> Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2017 10:42:40 AM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] HP E1938 Ok, so a standard DB 25-pin socket-contact connector will mate with the on-board connector with the center hole and missing pins. That's good! I now notice a comment on your webpages about this device in which you mention a schematic. Do you have a schematic of this board? If so, can you point to it or send me a copy. I was unaware of the complete packaged unit on eBay; thanks for that. Another poster mentioned the wiring of the connector on the full instrument version power connector; is that pin-out and spec available? Larry On 4/15/2017 5:05 AM, Tom Van Baak wrote: >> I purchased one of these HP E1938 OCXO recently on eBay but have not yet >> received it. >> >> Is that special D-Submin connector a receptacle-shell, pin contact >> version? Will a standard plug-shell, socket contact 25-pin D-Submin fit it? > > Hi, > > I'll cc the group here since we may get some useful comments. > > I'm not exactly sure what you mean. The E1938A oscillators that I've seen and > tested look like this: > > http://www.leapsecond.com/museum/e1938a/ > > And those can be interfaced with a simple D-sub DB25 connector on the PCB. > For connections, see that page, or any number of postings about the E1938 in > the time-nuts archives. > > Note that on eBay there are at least three variations of E1938A oscillator. > The item#'s below are just random search picks (I have no affiliation with > any buyers or sellers) and I also know not all surplus refurbished surplus > recycled surplus stuff works. But we do this because when they did work, they > are sometimes totally amazing. > > 1) There's the bare "puck" alone, as in http://www.ebay.com/itm/290829077542 > -- and I have no idea where one would start with that item since all the > support circuitry on the PCB would have to be re-created by hand. > > 2) There's the integrated PCB assembly, as in > http://www.ebay.com/itm/181043193416 -- which is more like what I tested. > > 3) There's the full instrument version, as in > http://www.ebay.com/itm/171293069062 -- which is most likely to work, or be > less hacked up, or dented, or salvaged, or rusted. It even has all the > connectors and power supplies, and GPS, etc. > > If any other time nuts have experience with each of these methods to obtain a > E1938 oscillator, please let us know. -- Best wishes, Larry McDavid W6FUB Anaheim, California (SE of Los Angeles, near Disneyland) ___ 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] HP E1938
More precisely the active EFC range is +1.25 to +3.75V with an absolute minimum of 0V and an absolute max of +5V. At least this is the range that the pseudo differential AD7714 ADC inputs monitoring the EFC are configured for. Bruce > On 16 April 2017 at 14:57 Bruce Griffithswrote: > > > 0 to +5V dc max, however only the 0 to 2.5V range appears measurable by > the AD7714 ADC on the PCB. > > Increasing the EFC voltage decreases the capacitance in series with the > crystal requiring an increase in the inductance exhibited by the crystal > hence requiring a lower oscillator frequency. > > Bruce > > > > > > On 16 April 2017 at 13:01 Larry McDavid wrote: > > > > The units now available on eBay have various types of D-Subminiature > > connectors and can be on either side of the board. I will have to > > wait > > until my unit arrives to see what I get. It should be possible, if > > necessary, to remove the connector and replace it with a more > > convenient > > D-Submin connector on the desired side of the board. > > > > I did not originally note the additional zip'd info available from > > that > > eBay website but now have those files. Thanks for that link. > > > > So far, I have not seen any spec for the EFC voltage and polarities > > used > > in the "Integrated PWB." Anyone know that? > > > > The "full instrument" version also available now on eBay is a > > complete > > GPSDO but at $130 plus $80 shipping. I really don't need yet another > > GPSDO but would use the integrated PWB assembly for a low ADEV > > free-running 10 MHz source. I have a HP 10811D for that now but will > > evaluate this new unit for performance. > > > > Anyone have experience doing this and know the EFC requirements? > > > > Larry > > > > On 4/15/2017 4:01 PM, Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote: > > > > > > > > > > It's been 20 years, but I will try to recap what I remember > > > about this connector. I believe there were 3 customers, > > > and one of them required the DB connector with coax inserts > > > for reasons of backward compatibility. I think this > > > vendor was Motorola. We did not actually use the coax > > > inserts, but left them blank and ran the RF, etc on > > > ordinary pins. I believe you can make an ordinary male > > > DB-25 mate with these insert versions by clipping off some > > > of the pins that would be blocked by the female insert > > > version. I vaguely remember that the other 2 vendors > > > used gender changers or something. There might have > > > an issue with the mating plane location being different > > > for different customers. > > > > > > I am sure that time-nuts, being talented at repurposing, > > > will be able to think about this problem and come up with > > > a simple solution to interfacing with these boards. > > > No need to buy insert type connectors. I never had > > > any trouble making cables that connected to these units > > > using plain vanilla DB25's. > > > > > > Rick N6RK > > > > > > On 4/15/2017 10:42 AM, Larry McDavid wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ok, so a standard DB 25-pin socket-contact connector > > > > will mate with the > > > > on-board connector with the center hole and missing > > > > pins. That's good! > > > > > > > > I now notice a comment on your webpages about this > > > > device in which you > > > > mention a schematic. Do you have a schematic of this > > > > board? If so, can > > > > you point to it or send me a copy. > > > > > > > > I was unaware of the complete packaged unit on eBay; > > > > thanks for that. > > > > > > > > Another poster mentioned the wiring of the connector on > > > > the full > > > > instrument version power connector; is that pin-out and > > > > spec available? > > > > > > > > Larry > > > > > > > > On 4/15/2017 5:05 AM, Tom Van Baak wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I purchased one of these HP E1938 OCXO > > > > > > recently on eBay but have not > > > > > > yet > > > > > > received it. > > > > > > > > > > > > Is that special D-Submin connector a > > > > > > receptacle-shell, pin contact > > > > > > version? Will a standard plug-shell, socket > > > > > >
Re: [time-nuts] HP E1938
0 to +5V dc max, however only the 0 to 2.5V range appears measurable by the AD7714 ADC on the PCB. Increasing the EFC voltage decreases the capacitance in series with the crystal requiring an increase in the inductance exhibited by the crystal hence requiring a lower oscillator frequency. Bruce > > On 16 April 2017 at 13:01 Larry McDavidwrote: > > The units now available on eBay have various types of D-Subminiature > connectors and can be on either side of the board. I will have to wait > until my unit arrives to see what I get. It should be possible, if > necessary, to remove the connector and replace it with a more convenient > D-Submin connector on the desired side of the board. > > I did not originally note the additional zip'd info available from that > eBay website but now have those files. Thanks for that link. > > So far, I have not seen any spec for the EFC voltage and polarities used > in the "Integrated PWB." Anyone know that? > > The "full instrument" version also available now on eBay is a complete > GPSDO but at $130 plus $80 shipping. I really don't need yet another > GPSDO but would use the integrated PWB assembly for a low ADEV > free-running 10 MHz source. I have a HP 10811D for that now but will > evaluate this new unit for performance. > > Anyone have experience doing this and know the EFC requirements? > > Larry > > On 4/15/2017 4:01 PM, Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote: > > > > > > It's been 20 years, but I will try to recap what I remember > > about this connector. I believe there were 3 customers, > > and one of them required the DB connector with coax inserts > > for reasons of backward compatibility. I think this > > vendor was Motorola. We did not actually use the coax > > inserts, but left them blank and ran the RF, etc on > > ordinary pins. I believe you can make an ordinary male > > DB-25 mate with these insert versions by clipping off some > > of the pins that would be blocked by the female insert > > version. I vaguely remember that the other 2 vendors > > used gender changers or something. There might have > > an issue with the mating plane location being different > > for different customers. > > > > I am sure that time-nuts, being talented at repurposing, > > will be able to think about this problem and come up with > > a simple solution to interfacing with these boards. > > No need to buy insert type connectors. I never had > > any trouble making cables that connected to these units > > using plain vanilla DB25's. > > > > Rick N6RK > > > > On 4/15/2017 10:42 AM, Larry McDavid wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Ok, so a standard DB 25-pin socket-contact connector will > > > mate with the > > > on-board connector with the center hole and missing pins. > > > That's good! > > > > > > I now notice a comment on your webpages about this device in > > > which you > > > mention a schematic. Do you have a schematic of this board? > > > If so, can > > > you point to it or send me a copy. > > > > > > I was unaware of the complete packaged unit on eBay; thanks > > > for that. > > > > > > Another poster mentioned the wiring of the connector on the > > > full > > > instrument version power connector; is that pin-out and spec > > > available? > > > > > > Larry > > > > > > On 4/15/2017 5:05 AM, Tom Van Baak wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I purchased one of these HP E1938 OCXO recently > > > > > on eBay but have not > > > > > yet > > > > > received it. > > > > > > > > > > Is that special D-Submin connector a > > > > > receptacle-shell, pin contact > > > > > version? Will a standard plug-shell, socket > > > > > contact 25-pin D-Submin > > > > > fit it? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I'll cc the group here since we may get some useful > > > > comments. > > > > > > > > I'm not exactly sure what you mean. The E1938A > > > > oscillators that I've > > > > seen and tested look like this: > > > > > > > > http://www.leapsecond.com/museum/e1938a/ > > > > > > > > And those can be interfaced with a simple D-sub DB25 > > > > connector on the > > > > PCB. For connections, see that page, or any number of > > > > postings about > > > > the E1938 in the time-nuts archives. > > > > > > > > Note that on eBay
Re: [time-nuts] HP E1938
The units now available on eBay have various types of D-Subminiature connectors and can be on either side of the board. I will have to wait until my unit arrives to see what I get. It should be possible, if necessary, to remove the connector and replace it with a more convenient D-Submin connector on the desired side of the board. I did not originally note the additional zip'd info available from that eBay website but now have those files. Thanks for that link. So far, I have not seen any spec for the EFC voltage and polarities used in the "Integrated PWB." Anyone know that? The "full instrument" version also available now on eBay is a complete GPSDO but at $130 plus $80 shipping. I really don't need yet another GPSDO but would use the integrated PWB assembly for a low ADEV free-running 10 MHz source. I have a HP 10811D for that now but will evaluate this new unit for performance. Anyone have experience doing this and know the EFC requirements? Larry On 4/15/2017 4:01 PM, Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote: It's been 20 years, but I will try to recap what I remember about this connector. I believe there were 3 customers, and one of them required the DB connector with coax inserts for reasons of backward compatibility. I think this vendor was Motorola. We did not actually use the coax inserts, but left them blank and ran the RF, etc on ordinary pins. I believe you can make an ordinary male DB-25 mate with these insert versions by clipping off some of the pins that would be blocked by the female insert version. I vaguely remember that the other 2 vendors used gender changers or something. There might have an issue with the mating plane location being different for different customers. I am sure that time-nuts, being talented at repurposing, will be able to think about this problem and come up with a simple solution to interfacing with these boards. No need to buy insert type connectors. I never had any trouble making cables that connected to these units using plain vanilla DB25's. Rick N6RK On 4/15/2017 10:42 AM, Larry McDavid wrote: Ok, so a standard DB 25-pin socket-contact connector will mate with the on-board connector with the center hole and missing pins. That's good! I now notice a comment on your webpages about this device in which you mention a schematic. Do you have a schematic of this board? If so, can you point to it or send me a copy. I was unaware of the complete packaged unit on eBay; thanks for that. Another poster mentioned the wiring of the connector on the full instrument version power connector; is that pin-out and spec available? Larry On 4/15/2017 5:05 AM, Tom Van Baak wrote: I purchased one of these HP E1938 OCXO recently on eBay but have not yet received it. Is that special D-Submin connector a receptacle-shell, pin contact version? Will a standard plug-shell, socket contact 25-pin D-Submin fit it? Hi, I'll cc the group here since we may get some useful comments. I'm not exactly sure what you mean. The E1938A oscillators that I've seen and tested look like this: http://www.leapsecond.com/museum/e1938a/ And those can be interfaced with a simple D-sub DB25 connector on the PCB. For connections, see that page, or any number of postings about the E1938 in the time-nuts archives. Note that on eBay there are at least three variations of E1938A oscillator. The item#'s below are just random search picks (I have no affiliation with any buyers or sellers) and I also know not all surplus refurbished surplus recycled surplus stuff works. But we do this because when they did work, they are sometimes totally amazing. 1) There's the bare "puck" alone, as in http://www.ebay.com/itm/290829077542 -- and I have no idea where one would start with that item since all the support circuitry on the PCB would have to be re-created by hand. 2) There's the integrated PCB assembly, as in http://www.ebay.com/itm/181043193416 -- which is more like what I tested. 3) There's the full instrument version, as in http://www.ebay.com/itm/171293069062 -- which is most likely to work, or be less hacked up, or dented, or salvaged, or rusted. It even has all the connectors and power supplies, and GPS, etc. If any other time nuts have experience with each of these methods to obtain a E1938 oscillator, please let us know. ___ 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. -- Best wishes, Larry McDavid W6FUB Anaheim, California (SE of Los Angeles, near Disneyland) ___ 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] HP E1938
It's been 20 years, but I will try to recap what I remember about this connector. I believe there were 3 customers, and one of them required the DB connector with coax inserts for reasons of backward compatibility. I think this vendor was Motorola. We did not actually use the coax inserts, but left them blank and ran the RF, etc on ordinary pins. I believe you can make an ordinary male DB-25 mate with these insert versions by clipping off some of the pins that would be blocked by the female insert version. I vaguely remember that the other 2 vendors used gender changers or something. There might have an issue with the mating plane location being different for different customers. I am sure that time-nuts, being talented at repurposing, will be able to think about this problem and come up with a simple solution to interfacing with these boards. No need to buy insert type connectors. I never had any trouble making cables that connected to these units using plain vanilla DB25's. Rick N6RK On 4/15/2017 10:42 AM, Larry McDavid wrote: Ok, so a standard DB 25-pin socket-contact connector will mate with the on-board connector with the center hole and missing pins. That's good! I now notice a comment on your webpages about this device in which you mention a schematic. Do you have a schematic of this board? If so, can you point to it or send me a copy. I was unaware of the complete packaged unit on eBay; thanks for that. Another poster mentioned the wiring of the connector on the full instrument version power connector; is that pin-out and spec available? Larry On 4/15/2017 5:05 AM, Tom Van Baak wrote: I purchased one of these HP E1938 OCXO recently on eBay but have not yet received it. Is that special D-Submin connector a receptacle-shell, pin contact version? Will a standard plug-shell, socket contact 25-pin D-Submin fit it? Hi, I'll cc the group here since we may get some useful comments. I'm not exactly sure what you mean. The E1938A oscillators that I've seen and tested look like this: http://www.leapsecond.com/museum/e1938a/ And those can be interfaced with a simple D-sub DB25 connector on the PCB. For connections, see that page, or any number of postings about the E1938 in the time-nuts archives. Note that on eBay there are at least three variations of E1938A oscillator. The item#'s below are just random search picks (I have no affiliation with any buyers or sellers) and I also know not all surplus refurbished surplus recycled surplus stuff works. But we do this because when they did work, they are sometimes totally amazing. 1) There's the bare "puck" alone, as in http://www.ebay.com/itm/290829077542 -- and I have no idea where one would start with that item since all the support circuitry on the PCB would have to be re-created by hand. 2) There's the integrated PCB assembly, as in http://www.ebay.com/itm/181043193416 -- which is more like what I tested. 3) There's the full instrument version, as in http://www.ebay.com/itm/171293069062 -- which is most likely to work, or be less hacked up, or dented, or salvaged, or rusted. It even has all the connectors and power supplies, and GPS, etc. If any other time nuts have experience with each of these methods to obtain a E1938 oscillator, please let us know. ___ 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] HP E1938
Re: schematic. There's a link on the second ebay auction page: http://www.prc68.com/I/pdf/E1938pdfdocs.zip On Sat, Apr 15, 2017 at 10:42 AM, Larry McDavidwrote: > Ok, so a standard DB 25-pin socket-contact connector will mate with the > on-board connector with the center hole and missing pins. That's good! > > I now notice a comment on your webpages about this device in which you > mention a schematic. Do you have a schematic of this board? If so, can you > point to it or send me a copy. > > I was unaware of the complete packaged unit on eBay; thanks for that. > > Another poster mentioned the wiring of the connector on the full > instrument version power connector; is that pin-out and spec available? > > Larry > > > On 4/15/2017 5:05 AM, Tom Van Baak wrote: > >> I purchased one of these HP E1938 OCXO recently on eBay but have not yet >>> received it. >>> >>> Is that special D-Submin connector a receptacle-shell, pin contact >>> version? Will a standard plug-shell, socket contact 25-pin D-Submin fit >>> it? >>> >> >> Hi, >> >> I'll cc the group here since we may get some useful comments. >> >> I'm not exactly sure what you mean. The E1938A oscillators that I've seen >> and tested look like this: >> >> http://www.leapsecond.com/museum/e1938a/ >> >> And those can be interfaced with a simple D-sub DB25 connector on the >> PCB. For connections, see that page, or any number of postings about the >> E1938 in the time-nuts archives. >> >> Note that on eBay there are at least three variations of E1938A >> oscillator. The item#'s below are just random search picks (I have no >> affiliation with any buyers or sellers) and I also know not all surplus >> refurbished surplus recycled surplus stuff works. But we do this because >> when they did work, they are sometimes totally amazing. >> >> 1) There's the bare "puck" alone, as in http://www.ebay.com/itm/290829 >> 077542 -- and I have no idea where one would start with that item since >> all the support circuitry on the PCB would have to be re-created by hand. >> >> 2) There's the integrated PCB assembly, as in >> http://www.ebay.com/itm/181043193416 -- which is more like what I tested. >> >> 3) There's the full instrument version, as in >> http://www.ebay.com/itm/171293069062 -- which is most likely to work, or >> be less hacked up, or dented, or salvaged, or rusted. It even has all the >> connectors and power supplies, and GPS, etc. >> >> If any other time nuts have experience with each of these methods to >> obtain a E1938 oscillator, please let us know. >> > > > -- > Best wishes, > > Larry McDavid W6FUB > Anaheim, California (SE of Los Angeles, near Disneyland) > > ___ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/m > ailman/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] HP E1938
Ok, so a standard DB 25-pin socket-contact connector will mate with the on-board connector with the center hole and missing pins. That's good! I now notice a comment on your webpages about this device in which you mention a schematic. Do you have a schematic of this board? If so, can you point to it or send me a copy. I was unaware of the complete packaged unit on eBay; thanks for that. Another poster mentioned the wiring of the connector on the full instrument version power connector; is that pin-out and spec available? Larry On 4/15/2017 5:05 AM, Tom Van Baak wrote: I purchased one of these HP E1938 OCXO recently on eBay but have not yet received it. Is that special D-Submin connector a receptacle-shell, pin contact version? Will a standard plug-shell, socket contact 25-pin D-Submin fit it? Hi, I'll cc the group here since we may get some useful comments. I'm not exactly sure what you mean. The E1938A oscillators that I've seen and tested look like this: http://www.leapsecond.com/museum/e1938a/ And those can be interfaced with a simple D-sub DB25 connector on the PCB. For connections, see that page, or any number of postings about the E1938 in the time-nuts archives. Note that on eBay there are at least three variations of E1938A oscillator. The item#'s below are just random search picks (I have no affiliation with any buyers or sellers) and I also know not all surplus refurbished surplus recycled surplus stuff works. But we do this because when they did work, they are sometimes totally amazing. 1) There's the bare "puck" alone, as in http://www.ebay.com/itm/290829077542 -- and I have no idea where one would start with that item since all the support circuitry on the PCB would have to be re-created by hand. 2) There's the integrated PCB assembly, as in http://www.ebay.com/itm/181043193416 -- which is more like what I tested. 3) There's the full instrument version, as in http://www.ebay.com/itm/171293069062 -- which is most likely to work, or be less hacked up, or dented, or salvaged, or rusted. It even has all the connectors and power supplies, and GPS, etc. If any other time nuts have experience with each of these methods to obtain a E1938 oscillator, please let us know. -- Best wishes, Larry McDavid W6FUB Anaheim, California (SE of Los Angeles, near Disneyland) ___ 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] HP E1938
Tom #1 proved useful when this sub assembly failed (no 10MHz output) in my E1938A. Someday I'll disassemble it to see what exactly failed. Also have #3 which works well when one figures out the connections on the PCB and the unusual backplane connector. Bruce > > On 16 April 2017 at 00:05 Tom Van Baakwrote: > > > > > > I purchased one of these HP E1938 OCXO recently on eBay but have > > not yet > > received it. > > > > Is that special D-Submin connector a receptacle-shell, pin contact > > version? Will a standard plug-shell, socket contact 25-pin D-Submin > > fit it? > > > > > > Hi, > > I'll cc the group here since we may get some useful comments. > > I'm not exactly sure what you mean. The E1938A oscillators that I've seen > and tested look like this: > > http://www.leapsecond.com/museum/e1938a/ > > And those can be interfaced with a simple D-sub DB25 connector on the > PCB. For connections, see that page, or any number of postings about the > E1938 in the time-nuts archives. > > Note that on eBay there are at least three variations of E1938A > oscillator. The item#'s below are just random search picks (I have no > affiliation with any buyers or sellers) and I also know not all surplus > refurbished surplus recycled surplus stuff works. But we do this because when > they did work, they are sometimes totally amazing. > > 1) There's the bare "puck" alone, as in > http://www.ebay.com/itm/290829077542 -- and I have no idea where one would > start with that item since all the support circuitry on the PCB would have to > be re-created by hand. > > 2) There's the integrated PCB assembly, as in > http://www.ebay.com/itm/181043193416 -- which is more like what I tested. > > 3) There's the full instrument version, as in > http://www.ebay.com/itm/171293069062 -- which is most likely to work, or be > less hacked up, or dented, or salvaged, or rusted. It even has all the > connectors and power supplies, and GPS, etc. > > If any other time nuts have experience with each of these methods to > obtain a E1938 oscillator, please let us know. > > Thanks, > /tvb > > ___ > 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] HP E1938
> I purchased one of these HP E1938 OCXO recently on eBay but have not yet > received it. > > Is that special D-Submin connector a receptacle-shell, pin contact > version? Will a standard plug-shell, socket contact 25-pin D-Submin fit it? Hi, I'll cc the group here since we may get some useful comments. I'm not exactly sure what you mean. The E1938A oscillators that I've seen and tested look like this: http://www.leapsecond.com/museum/e1938a/ And those can be interfaced with a simple D-sub DB25 connector on the PCB. For connections, see that page, or any number of postings about the E1938 in the time-nuts archives. Note that on eBay there are at least three variations of E1938A oscillator. The item#'s below are just random search picks (I have no affiliation with any buyers or sellers) and I also know not all surplus refurbished surplus recycled surplus stuff works. But we do this because when they did work, they are sometimes totally amazing. 1) There's the bare "puck" alone, as in http://www.ebay.com/itm/290829077542 -- and I have no idea where one would start with that item since all the support circuitry on the PCB would have to be re-created by hand. 2) There's the integrated PCB assembly, as in http://www.ebay.com/itm/181043193416 -- which is more like what I tested. 3) There's the full instrument version, as in http://www.ebay.com/itm/171293069062 -- which is most likely to work, or be less hacked up, or dented, or salvaged, or rusted. It even has all the connectors and power supplies, and GPS, etc. If any other time nuts have experience with each of these methods to obtain a E1938 oscillator, please let us know. Thanks, /tvb ___ 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] HP E1938 Web Page
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Thanks for the plug. :) I should point out that 7470.EXE was never meant to draw diagrams like this, so the colors and overall line quality are not all they could be. Jeffrey Pawlan, WA6KBL emailed me with a nice grayscale rendering of one of the diagrams, although I never did catch what program he used to generate it. It looked quite a bit better than the 7470.EXE output, at any rate. If we can get a set of better renderings, I'll make sure they find their way to Brooke. -- john, KE5FX Hi: Thanks to John Miles and his HP 7470 plotter program I have .gif versions of the five E1938 drawings that were in .hpg vector format that can be viewed. These are packed into a single file E1938gifs.zip downloadable from: http://www.prc68.com/I/HPE1938.shtml The schematics for both the board and oscillator are there along with a block diagram of the oscillator. John has a number of freeware programs in his HP-IB Tool kit including Automated phase-noise measurement utility for the Tektronix and HP spectrum analyzers along with links to related app notes, etc. http://www.thegleam.com/ke5fx/gpib/readme.htm - tool kit http://www.thegleam.com/ke5fx/gpib/pn.htm - Phase Noise Overview Have Fun, Brooke Clarke http://www.PRC68.com http://www.precisionclock.com ___ 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] HP E1938 documents
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY When Brooke put up the very first single page of the E1938 hpgl file I converted this to a BW 2400dpi PDF and sent that to Brooke. He did not send me any of the other pages nor did he make them available. So I waited until John received them and converted them to GIF graphics. They were nearly unreadable here so I asked John for all of the HPGL files. I converted all of them using an older program that I use for my CAD/CAM work. It is CAM350 version 7. Its main function is to check and edit Gerber plots in great detail. I remember paying around $1K extra for the optional HPGL and DXF conversion capabilities. I have sent a zip archive containing all of the high resolution PDF files to John who will then put it up on his website. I am not including the PDFs that Rick very kindly provided as these are already on Brooke's website. Regards, Jeffrey Pawlan WA6KBL Pawlan Communications ___ 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.
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); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Hi Jeffrey: I've posted the jpg versions and taken down the gifs. http://www.prc68.com/I/HPE1938.shtml You may need to CTRLRefresh to see E1938pdfdocs.zip Have Fun, Brooke Clarke http://www.PRC68.com http://www.precisionclock.com Jeffrey Pawlan wrote: When Brooke put up the very first single page of the E1938 hpgl file I converted this to a BW 2400dpi PDF and sent that to Brooke. He did not send me any of the other pages nor did he make them available. So I waited until John received them and converted them to GIF graphics. They were nearly unreadable here so I asked John for all of the HPGL files. I converted all of them using an older program that I use for my CAD/CAM work. It is CAM350 version 7. Its main function is to check and edit Gerber plots in great detail. I remember paying around $1K extra for the optional HPGL and DXF conversion capabilities. I have sent a zip archive containing all of the high resolution PDF files to John who will then put it up on his website. I am not including the PDFs that Rick very kindly provided as these are already on Brooke's website. Regards, Jeffrey Pawlan WA6KBL Pawlan Communications ___ 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] HP E1938 documents
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Jeffrey Pawlan wrote: When Brooke put up the very first single page of the E1938 hpgl file I converted this to a BW 2400dpi PDF and sent that to Brooke. He did not send me any of the other pages nor did he make them available. So I waited until John received them and converted them to GIF graphics. They were nearly unreadable here so I asked John for all of the HPGL files. I converted all of them using an older program that I use for my CAD/CAM work. It is CAM350 version 7. Its main function is to check and edit Gerber plots in great detail. I remember paying around $1K extra for the optional HPGL and DXF conversion capabilities. I have sent a zip archive containing all of the high resolution PDF files to John who will then put it up on his website. I am not including the PDFs that Rick very kindly provided as these are already on Brooke's website. Regards, Jeffrey Pawlan WA6KBL Pawlan Communications Jeffrey Strange, I had no trouble viewing the GIF files with a KDE application (aside from the inductors). However I havent tried using a Windows application. Bruce ___ 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] HP E1938 documents
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Bruce Griffiths wrote: Jeffrey Pawlan wrote: When Brooke put up the very first single page of the E1938 hpgl file I converted this to a BW 2400dpi PDF and sent that to Brooke. He did not send me any of the other pages nor did he make them available. So I waited until John received them and converted them to GIF graphics. They were nearly unreadable here so I asked John for all of the HPGL files. I converted all of them using an older program that I use for my CAD/CAM work. It is CAM350 version 7. Its main function is to check and edit Gerber plots in great detail. I remember paying around $1K extra for the optional HPGL and DXF conversion capabilities. I have sent a zip archive containing all of the high resolution PDF files to John who will then put it up on his website. I am not including the PDFs that Rick very kindly provided as these are already on Brooke's website. Regards, Jeffrey Pawlan WA6KBL Pawlan Communications Jeffrey Strange, I had no trouble viewing the GIF files with a KDE application (aside from the inductors). However I havent tried using a Windows application. Bruce More specifically no text is lost if one displays the GIF files at 4K x 2K pixels or so. Any good GIF viewer should be capable of this. I merely used the default KDE application Kuickshow. Only the inductor symbols in the oscillator schematic display as a line of dots. Bruce ___ 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] HP E1938 Web Page
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Hi: Thanks to John Miles and his HP 7470 plotter program I have .gif versions of the five E1938 drawings that were in .hpg vector format that can be viewed. These are packed into a single file E1938gifs.zip downloadable from: http://www.prc68.com/I/HPE1938.shtml The schematics for both the board and oscillator are there along with a block diagram of the oscillator. John has a number of freeware programs in his HP-IB Tool kit including Automated phase-noise measurement utility for the Tektronix and HP spectrum analyzers along with links to related app notes, etc. http://www.thegleam.com/ke5fx/gpib/readme.htm - tool kit http://www.thegleam.com/ke5fx/gpib/pn.htm - Phase Noise Overview Have Fun, Brooke Clarke http://www.PRC68.com http://www.precisionclock.com ___ 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] HP E1938 Web Page
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY In a message dated 8/28/2007 22:23:57 Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The fault was using a whacky fringe program on a fringe operating system and not the vector file. Do the same thing with a mainline publishing package like PageMaker, InDesign, Quark or even, God forbid, Microsoft turd and see how it comes out. I've contract-published uncountable documents that used vector graphics without a burp. Hi John, didn't know Framemaker on Linux was a fringe program on a fringe OS. I'm sure there are some people that would disagree. Anyways, it wouldn't be hard to post BOTH the original vector files for the folks that want to make E1938A's in 20 years AND PDF files the rest of us can open and read sensibly without having to get out GCC and compile something. I don't think the entire Gerbers will be made available for post anyways. Now the Gerber format itself is another entire discussion thread... bye, Said ** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour ___ 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] HP E1938 Web Page
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Adobe Acrobat will convert most file types.. PNG still widely used. :-) Rob K -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 28 August 2007 22:37 To: time-nuts@febo.com Subject: Re: [time-nuts] HP E1938 Web Page ); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY In a message dated 8/28/2007 13:41:24 Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Here's a link to the resulting png from hpgs _ftp://ftp.sonic.net/pub/users/rexa/E1938A/E1938_asdrawb.png_ (ftp://ftp.sonic.net/pub/users/rexa/E1938A/E1938_asdrawb.png) Anybody here that can generate PDF's with 300 or more DPI? PS, HPGL, PNG, all not standard anymore as this long thread is showing... JPG, PDF, HTML is the name of the game these days :) I can generate PDF's from PS files, if that helps. I can also render PDF's into raster-files if needed. Thanks, bye, Said ** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour ___ 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] HP E1938 Web Page
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [time-nuts] HP E1938 Web Page Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 21:42:58 EDT Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 8/28/2007 18:29:41 Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: have you opened a PNG lately in internet explorer? What a headache. Looks totally crappy, cannot zoom, cannot rotate etc. Not a format that's mainstream yet such as JPG. Why would I be using Internet Explorer? Hi Magnus, It's a religious question, so there is no answer to it - just endless discussion. But one reason would be: so we don't have to have these types of incompatibility discussions :) Oh, but that don't fly well since I run Linux. :) Still, the PNG support issue has *NOTHING* with the format as such, just how you perceive it in your environment. This does not match my experince and several of my friends. My point was really that you need to complain on the right detail. That it does not work well in IE is indeed a valid complaint, but then I would naturally point out that you can use other things than IE to remedy that problem. PNG is not an old format, it is new and fresh even if it does not have the cool algorithms as other even newer formats have. Cheers, Magnus ___ 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] HP E1938 Web Page
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Hi: I'm working on a web page for the E1938 and have received a bunch of files from Rick. One of them is a .HPG of a schematic. I've tried to use IrfanView, but it's a program I normally don't use and all the images are way too coarse to be useable. Is there a way to convert it to something that can be read? http://www.prc68.com/I/HPE1938.shtml -- Have Fun, Brooke Clarke http://www.PRC68.com http://www.precisionclock.com ___ 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] HP E1938 Web Page
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Brooke, Why don't you install PDF Creator? It's a free printer driver that creates pdf files, so any program that can print can create PDF's. You can set the page size to what you want, so I use 11x17 for schematics. Google: PDF Creator Didier KO4BB Brooke Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi: I'm working on a web page for the E1938 and have received a bunch of files from Rick. One of them is a .HPG of a schematic. I've tried to use IrfanView, but it's a program I normally don't use and all the images are way too coarse to be useable. Is there a way to convert it to something that can be read? http://www.prc68.com/I/HPE1938.shtml -- Have Fun, Brooke Clarke http://www.PRC68.com http://www.precisionclock.com ___ 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] HP E1938 Web Page
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Brooke, Re: my last post, I am not sure I read your mail correctly. PDF Creator is useful when you have a program that can open the document, I do not know what program is normally used to open .HPG files... Didier KO4BB Brooke Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi: I'm working on a web page for the E1938 and have received a bunch of files from Rick. One of them is a .HPG of a schematic. I've tried to use IrfanView, but it's a program I normally don't use and all the images are way too coarse to be useable. Is there a way to convert it to something that can be read? http://www.prc68.com/I/HPE1938.shtml -- Have Fun, Brooke Clarke http://www.PRC68.com http://www.precisionclock.com ___ 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] HP E1938 Web Page
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 10:18:55 -0700, Brooke Clarke wrote: Hi: I'm working on a web page for the E1938 and have received a bunch of files from Rick. One of them is a .HPG of a schematic. I've tried to use IrfanView, but it's a program I normally don't use and all the images are way too coarse to be useable. Is there a way to convert it to something that can be read? Hello Brooke, Irfanview is in fact very powerful, but as can see in V4.0, it is n o t capable to read HPGL-files - so it is not capable to convert into another format. I know only Autocad able to read .hpg, but that does not look very comfortable. If you have a way to print-out these plot pictures (I suppose they are) so one could make a sharp hi-q picture with a modern 6 Mp camera and use the jpg pictures in your page, is that a possibility for you? regards, Arnold ___ 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] HP E1938 Web Page
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Hi Scott: I have uploaded the smallest one E1938_asdrawb.hpg at: http://www.prc68.com/I/pdf/E1938_asdrawb.hpg it's also linked on the E1938 web page under Theory of Operation. I have Autocad 14, but it did not want to load a .hpg file. Maybe I need a plug-in? Autocad can drive an HP pen plotter to create .hpg files, but don't know about loading them. Have Fun, Brooke Clarke http://www.PRC68.com http://www.precisionclock.com Scott Newell wrote: ); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY At 12:18 PM 8/28/2007 , Brooke Clarke wrote: ); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Hi: I'm working on a web page for the E1938 and have received a bunch of files from Rick. One of them is a .HPG of a schematic. I've tried to use IrfanView, but it's a program I normally don't use and all the images are way too coarse to be useable. Is there a way to convert it to something that can be read? Do you have a link to the .hpg file in question on the site? (I'm thinking HPGL.) ___ 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] HP E1938 Web Page
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Hi Scott: Yes. Can it be read? How did you do it? Have Fun, Brooke Clarke http://www.PRC68.com http://www.precisionclock.com Scott Newell wrote: ); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY At 01:51 PM 8/28/2007 , Brooke Clarke wrote: ); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Hi Scott: I have uploaded the smallest one E1938_asdrawb.hpg at: http://www.prc68.com/I/pdf/E1938_asdrawb.hpg Yep, HPGL. Want a pdf? ___ 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] HP E1938 Web Page
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY At 02:35 PM 8/28/2007 , Rex wrote: What are you using to convert the file? Corel Draw. I didn't receive any errors, but I don't know that the conversion is accurate. HPGL is pretty simple--I'll bet it wouldn't be much work to write a quick-n-dirty HPGL to PS converter. -- newell N5TNL ___ 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] HP E1938 Web Page
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY My plotter emulator (7470.EXE) will actually render the file, but not at a high-enough resolution to read the text. Plus, it was stored in portrait mode for some reason, which is a problem for both 7470.EXE and the other HP-GL viewer I have on this machine (the free GC-Prevue Gerber viewer). So if someone can rotate it and render it to a .PDF at a decent resolution, that'd be helpful... -- john, KE5FX -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Arnold Tibus Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 11:13 AM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] HP E1938 Web Page On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 10:18:55 -0700, Brooke Clarke wrote: Hi: I'm working on a web page for the E1938 and have received a bunch of files from Rick. One of them is a .HPG of a schematic. I've tried to use IrfanView, but it's a program I normally don't use and all the images are way too coarse to be useable. Is there a way to convert it to something that can be read? Hello Brooke, Irfanview is in fact very powerful, but as can see in V4.0, it is n o t capable to read HPGL-files - so it is not capable to convert into another format. I know only Autocad able to read .hpg, but that does not look very comfortable. If you have a way to print-out these plot pictures (I suppose they are) so one could make a sharp hi-q picture with a modern 6 Mp camera and use the jpg pictures in your page, is that a possibility for you? regards, Arnold ___ 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] HP E1938 Web Page
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Brooke Clarke wrote: I'm working on a web page for the E1938 and have received a bunch of files from Rick. One of them is a .HPG of a schematic. I've tried to use IrfanView, but it's a program I normally don't use and all the images are way too coarse to be useable. Is there a way to convert it to something that can be read? HPG is hpgl. It is a vector format. The best idea would be to convert them to the free web standard vector format SVG and the second best idea would to pdf. Any raster format should be avoided. As far as conversion, hp2xx can do it. If you've got a Debian Linux box, just apt-get install hp2xx to install it. See http://www.murgatroid.com/tmp/E1938_asdrawb/ for the results. The Makefile shows how I invoked the commands. The pen settings could be tweak a bit, probably. (I'd be happy to do it for you.) -ch ___ 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.
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); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:35:19 -0700, Rex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I used this free program: http://hpgs.berlios.de/ and got it to create a png file, but I had to edit the hpgl and remove a few commands that the program (and my available documentation) didn't recognize. -Rex After Steve's reply I reinstalled an old version of Corel Draw that I had. The image in Corel seems the same as the png from the free program. Here's a link to the resulting png from hpgs ftp://ftp.sonic.net/pub/users/rexa/E1938A/E1938_asdrawb.png Corel opened the hpg ok, but needed some work to get it on the page size. As I mentioned, I did have to remove a little bit of the hpg file to get it to work with the hpgs program. Here are the first few lines of the hpg file IN; PW .1875,1;PW .1875,2;PW .1875,3; PW .1875,4;PW .1875,5; PW .375,6;PW .1875,7;PW .1875,8; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 2:.J.K.I90; 0; 17:.N50; 19:INIP-21184,-16612,21184,16612SC-5296,5296,-4153,4153IW-5296,-4153,364,4114SP1PA-684,1258PD; ... I changed that to IN; PW .1875,1;PW .1875,2;PW .1875,3; PW .1875,4;PW .1875,5; PW .375,6;PW .1875,7;PW .1875,8; INIP-21184,-16612,21184,16612SC-5296,5296,-4153,4153IW-5296,-4153,364,4114SP1PA-684,1258PD; ... since the program and I both didn't know what the extra lines meant. I cut them out in a text edtitor and saved the file for input to the hpgs program. Then it worked ok. I had renamed this new file to test2.hpg and then I used this command line for the program (in a DOS box) hpgs -d png_rgp -o test2.png test2.hpg The png version seems a bit more useful to me than pdf, as many graphics programs will open the png and allow editing. Fewer programs are available to manipulate pdf's. The png is viewable and printable in Irfanview, but looks a little better when I open it in Ulead Photoimpact, that I had here. Hope that helps. -Rex ___ 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] HP E1938 Web Page
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Hi: Scott will convert the files and I'll post them when they arrive. I've also added a Windows control program to the page. You may need to force a reload to see the new items. Have Fun, Brooke Clarke http://www.PRC68.com http://www.precisionclock.com Jeffrey Pawlan wrote: ); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY HPGL is pretty simple--I'll bet it wouldn't be much work to write a quick-n-dirty HPGL to PS converter. I had one on my old DOS 5 computer. I may look for it later. ___ 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] HP E1938 Web Page
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 14:01:12 -0700, Brooke Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi: Scott will convert the files and I'll post them when they arrive. I've also added a Windows control program to the page. You may need to force a reload to see the new items. Have Fun, Brooke Clarke http://www.PRC68.com http://www.precisionclock.com Will you make the original hpg files available too? PDF isn't my favorite. -Rex ___ 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] HP E1938 Web Page
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Hi brooke, The Windows control program link did not work. Can you explain, a little bit, about the program on your web page, besides here. thanks 73BillWB6BNQ Brooke Clarke wrote: Hi: Scott will convert the files and I'll post them when they arrive. I've also added a Windows control program to the page. You may need to force a reload to see the new items. Have Fun, Brooke Clarke http://www.PRC68.com http://www.precisionclock.com Jeffrey Pawlan wrote: ); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY HPGL is pretty simple--I'll bet it wouldn't be much work to write a quick-n-dirty HPGL to PS converter. I had one on my old DOS 5 computer. I may look for it later. ___ 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.
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); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Also looks like the link to the third paper of Rick's is broken. -- john, KE5FX -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of WB6BNQ Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 2:13 PM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] HP E1938 Web Page ); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Hi brooke, The Windows control program link did not work. Can you explain, a little bit, about the program on your web page, besides here. thanks 73BillWB6BNQ Brooke Clarke wrote: Hi: Scott will convert the files and I'll post them when they arrive. I've also added a Windows control program to the page. You may need to force a reload to see the new items. Have Fun, Brooke Clarke http://www.PRC68.com http://www.precisionclock.com Jeffrey Pawlan wrote: ); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY HPGL is pretty simple--I'll bet it wouldn't be much work to write a quick-n-dirty HPGL to PS converter. I had one on my old DOS 5 computer. I may look for it later. ___ 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. ___ 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] HP E1938 Web Page
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY In a message dated 8/28/2007 13:41:24 Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Here's a link to the resulting png from hpgs _ftp://ftp.sonic.net/pub/users/rexa/E1938A/E1938_asdrawb.png_ (ftp://ftp.sonic.net/pub/users/rexa/E1938A/E1938_asdrawb.png) Anybody here that can generate PDF's with 300 or more DPI? PS, HPGL, PNG, all not standard anymore as this long thread is showing... JPG, PDF, HTML is the name of the game these days :) I can generate PDF's from PS files, if that helps. I can also render PDF's into raster-files if needed. Thanks, bye, Said ** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour ___ 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] HP E1938 Web Page
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:36:44 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: JPG, PDF, HTML is the name of the game these days :) I don't completely agree. JPG is not good for line drawings like schematics. A lossless compression like GIF or PNG is much better. HTML by itself doesn't support images (needs imbedded jpg, gif, png, etc.) and has limited text formatting. I hate it when the only availble document format is html-based. PDF is ok, but hard to modify without spending money (like to split a schematic between multiple 8.5 x 11 pages for printing.) ___ 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] HP E1938 Web Page
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Anybody here that can generate PDF's with 300 or more DPI? Hello Said, Yes, no problem. Please direct me to the URL for the schematic in hpgl format. I can't seem to locate it. However, I did find the E1938 assembly drawing and have posted an appropriate pdf here: http://www.realhamradio.com/E1938_asdrawb.pdf I will be happy to post a high resolution schematic when I locate the hpgl source. The schematic may be more comfortable to view by simply plotting directly to a D-size plotter, but the pdf will work OK if you don't mind the limitations of your screen size. Thanks, Bill, K8CU ___ 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] HP E1938 Web Page
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [time-nuts] HP E1938 Web Page Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:36:44 EDT Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY In a message dated 8/28/2007 13:41:24 Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Here's a link to the resulting png from hpgs _ftp://ftp.sonic.net/pub/users/rexa/E1938A/E1938_asdrawb.png_ (ftp://ftp.sonic.net/pub/users/rexa/E1938A/E1938_asdrawb.png) Anybody here that can generate PDF's with 300 or more DPI? Where's the problem??? PDF as such is really not DPI limited, raster formats in it is however... but a good HPGL to PS to PDF conversion would still only be vectors... PS, HPGL, PNG, all not standard anymore as this long thread is showing... JPG, PDF, HTML is the name of the game these days :) Said, you have your timing screwed up here. PNG is definitly much newer than JPG. PNG is certainly standard and viewers are plentiful (web-browsers anyone?). Hell, even GIF87 still works!!! HTML is also older than PNG. I've seen PNG progress from the GIF2000 proposal after I have been teaching HTML and JPG to the students. Doing such incorrect timing errors on a time-list? Can't avoid pointing them out. HPGL is an old format, that is true. Still makes alot of wheels turn, but maybe not as generic exchange format these days. PS is still a very valid format, but it is not as neat as PDF and thankfully PDF is now more widely spread, but it has been a major headache before. Oh, and HTML is old as hell now, you should sing the prais of XHTML and XML these days. It is only old farts like myself that still hack HTML by hand. My webpages layout makes stone-age feel recent and as a fresh wind. PS. I envy you guys for having the E1938A to fool around with!!! Cheers, Magnus - running old? ___ 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] HP E1938 Web Page
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY In a message dated 8/28/2007 15:06:22 Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: PDF is ok, but hard to modify without spending money (like to split a schematic between multiple 8.5 x 11 pages for printing.) Orcad generates great schematics in PDF with Acrobat when set to 300 or better 600dpi. Best printed out on 11x17 on an HP 8500 in color which are available for around $300 used here... I hear there is a public-domain PDF writer for windows that's even better than Acrobat. JPG can be set to be losless, it's supported by the standard, but I agree GIF or TIFF is better. The biggest advantage to JPG and PDF is that everyone around the world can view the files without having to install a special viewer, use a special OS, or printer driver etc... bye, Said ** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour ___ 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] HP E1938 Web Page
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY In a message dated 8/28/2007 15:24:24 Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Said, you have your timing screwed up here. PNG is definitly much newer than JPG. PNG is certainly standard and viewers are plentiful (web-browsers anyone?). Hi Magnus, have you opened a PNG lately in internet explorer? What a headache. Looks totally crappy, cannot zoom, cannot rotate etc. Not a format that's mainstream yet such as JPG. Bless all those PDF readers out there... But: For some reason PDF's sometimes get generated with 75dpi embedded raster schematics etc. Totally useless. That's where the 300 - 600 dpi is needed. bye, Said ** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour ___ 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] HP E1938 Web Page
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Hi Rex: Too soon to say. Have Fun, Brooke Clarke http://www.PRC68.com http://www.precisionclock.com Rex wrote: ); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 14:01:12 -0700, Brooke Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi: Scott will convert the files and I'll post them when they arrive. I've also added a Windows control program to the page. You may need to force a reload to see the new items. Have Fun, Brooke Clarke http://www.PRC68.com http://www.precisionclock.com Will you make the original hpg files available too? PDF isn't my favorite. -Rex ___ 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] HP E1938 Web Page
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY In a message dated 8/28/2007 15:07:14 Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: will be happy to post a high resolution schematic when I locate the hpgl source. The schematic may be more comfortable to view by simply plotting directly to a D-size plotter, but the pdf will work OK if you don't mind the limitations of your screen size. Thanks, Bill, K8CU Hi Bill, thanks for offering, Brooke has the files... bye, Said ** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour ___ 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] HP E1938 Web Page
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY JPG can be set to be losless, it's supported by the standard, but I agree GIF or TIFF is better. gif and png are (normally) lossless compression. They are intended for graphs and such that only use a few colors. jpg and tiff are intended for pictures with zillions of colors. jpg is normally lossy and tiff is normally lossless. -- These are my opinions, not necessarily my employer's. I hate spam. ___ 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.
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); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY I used the free SwiftView viewer to render the page on screen, then PDF creator to print it to pdf. The result is readable, I have uploaded it to http://www.ko4bb.com/Test_Equipment/E1938.pdf Didier KO4BB -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Miles Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 2:58 PM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] HP E1938 Web Page My plotter emulator (7470.EXE) will actually render the file, but not at a high-enough resolution to read the text. Plus, it was stored in portrait mode for some reason, which is a problem for both 7470.EXE and the other HP-GL viewer I have on this machine (the free GC-Prevue Gerber viewer). So if someone can rotate it and render it to a .PDF at a decent resolution, that'd be helpful... -- john, KE5FX -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Arnold Tibus Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 11:13 AM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] HP E1938 Web Page On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 10:18:55 -0700, Brooke Clarke wrote: Hi: I'm working on a web page for the E1938 and have received a bunch of files from Rick. One of them is a .HPG of a schematic. I've tried to use IrfanView, but it's a program I normally don't use and all the images are way too coarse to be useable. Is there a way to convert it to something that can be read? Hello Brooke, Irfanview is in fact very powerful, but as can see in V4.0, it is n o t capable to read HPGL-files - so it is not capable to convert into another format. I know only Autocad able to read .hpg, but that does not look very comfortable. If you have a way to print-out these plot pictures (I suppose they are) so one could make a sharp hi-q picture with a modern 6 Mp camera and use the jpg pictures in your page, is that a possibility for you? regards, Arnold ___ 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] HP E1938 Web Page
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Jean-Louis, you can upload it to my server http://www.ko4bb.com/ham_radio/Manuals Instructions are at the top of the page Merci d'avance, Didier KO4BB -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jean-Louis Oneto Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 4:03 PM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] HP E1938 Web Page Hello all, I succeeded to read it with Corel PaintShopPro XI and then converted it to PDF with PDF Creator. The PDF file is 113kB but zip down to 96kB. Let me kow if you're interested, and where I can put it (I don't have a server available here). Have a nice day, Jean-Louis Oneto - Original Message - From: Brooke Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement time-nuts@febo.com Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 7:28 PM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] HP E1938 Web Page ); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Hi Scott: Yes. Can it be read? How did you do it? Have Fun, Brooke Clarke http://www.PRC68.com http://www.precisionclock.com Scott Newell wrote: ); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY At 01:51 PM 8/28/2007 , Brooke Clarke wrote: ); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Hi Scott: I have uploaded the smallest one E1938_asdrawb.hpg at: http://www.prc68.com/I/pdf/E1938_asdrawb.hpg Yep, HPGL. Want a pdf? ___ 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.
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); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Magnus Danielson Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 5:22 PM To: time-nuts@febo.com; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [time-nuts] HP E1938 Web Page ... XHTML and XML these days. It is only old farts like myself that still hack HTML by hand. My webpages layout makes stone-age feel recent and as a fresh wind. Magnus, you are not the only one :-) www.ko4bb.com, all htmlized by hand... Pages load quickly even through a modem... Didier KO4BB ___ 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.
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); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Hi Didier, I just put the file on your server under the name E1938_asdrawb.pdf. I can easily save it to other formats as well if anybody prefers. Thanks for giving it a home... Jean-Louis - Original Message - From: Didier Juges [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement' time-nuts@febo.com Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 12:34 AM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] HP E1938 Web Page ); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Jean-Louis, you can upload it to my server http://www.ko4bb.com/ham_radio/Manuals Instructions are at the top of the page Merci d'avance, Didier KO4BB -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jean-Louis Oneto Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 4:03 PM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] HP E1938 Web Page Hello all, I succeeded to read it with Corel PaintShopPro XI and then converted it to PDF with PDF Creator. The PDF file is 113kB but zip down to 96kB. Let me kow if you're interested, and where I can put it (I don't have a server available here). Have a nice day, Jean-Louis Oneto - Original Message - From: Brooke Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement time-nuts@febo.com Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 7:28 PM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] HP E1938 Web Page ); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Hi Scott: Yes. Can it be read? How did you do it? Have Fun, Brooke Clarke http://www.PRC68.com http://www.precisionclock.com Scott Newell wrote: ); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY At 01:51 PM 8/28/2007 , Brooke Clarke wrote: ); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Hi Scott: I have uploaded the smallest one E1938_asdrawb.hpg at: http://www.prc68.com/I/pdf/E1938_asdrawb.hpg Yep, HPGL. Want a pdf? ___ 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. ___ 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] HP E1938 Web Page
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY From: Hal Murray [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [time-nuts] HP E1938 Web Page Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:48:14 -0700 Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY JPG can be set to be losless, it's supported by the standard, but I agree GIF or TIFF is better. Let's separate the JPEG standard from the baseline JPEG file format JFIF (known as JPG or .jpg). The JFIF file-format selects a profile of the JPEG standard also known as baseline JPEG. Baseline JPEG is not lossless. A number of nifty features from the JPEG standard (such as the IBM entropy codec) is left out the baseline format. TIFF (which is not one compression algorithm, but a format supporting several algorithms) supports the full JPEG standard, but this is rarely supported in real life. gif and png are (normally) lossless compression. They are intended for graphs and such that only use a few colors. jpg and tiff are intended for pictures with zillions of colors. jpg is normally lossy and tiff is normally lossless. ... in real life. Then we have upcomming JPEG2000. Wavelet compression. Cheers, Magnus ___ 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] HP E1938 Web Page
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY In a message dated 8/28/2007 18:24:14 Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi Didier, I just put the file on your server under the name E1938_asdrawb.pdf. I can easily save it to other formats as well if anybody prefers. Thanks for giving it a home... Jean-Louis Hi Guys, I hope we can accumulate all these E1938A files on Brooke's URL so it's not scattered around... bye, Said ** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour ___ 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] HP E1938 Web Page
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY From: Didier Juges [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [time-nuts] HP E1938 Web Page Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 19:39:25 -0500 Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.ko4bb.com, all htmlized by hand... Yes, but you have decorations like background picture and animated images. I skipped those and the only advanced feature I've tried is some MathML for the hyperfine splitting page. Pages load quickly even through a modem... All creators of overloaded turbo-graphic on their pages should be sentenced to a month of 300 baud modem only access. Cheers, Magnus ___ 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] HP E1938 Web Page
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY In a message dated 8/28/2007 18:29:41 Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: have you opened a PNG lately in internet explorer? What a headache. Looks totally crappy, cannot zoom, cannot rotate etc. Not a format that's mainstream yet such as JPG. Why would I be using Internet Explorer? Hi Magnus, It's a religious question, so there is no answer to it - just endless discussion. But one reason would be: so we don't have to have these types of incompatibility discussions :) bye, Said ** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour ___ 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] HP E1938 Web Page
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Thank you, It's been moved to the Test Equipment page http://www.ko4bb.com/Test_Equipment/E1938_asdrawb.pdf Didier KO4BB -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jean-Louis Oneto Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 8:23 PM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] HP E1938 Web Page Hi Didier, I just put the file on your server under the name E1938_asdrawb.pdf. I can easily save it to other formats as well if anybody prefers. Thanks for giving it a home... Jean-Louis ___ 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] HP E1938 Web Page
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Anyone is welcome to download from where it is and put it where one chooses. I am just supporting an experiment in pdf conversion and offering a place where people can upload documents of general interest. Some documents are too big for file attachments, so it is convenient to be able to ftp them to a public place. I simply offer space to do that. What people do with the material once it is uploaded is their business. I do not intend to duplicate Brooke's or anyone else's pages. Didier KO4BB -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 8:40 PM To: time-nuts@febo.com Subject: Re: [time-nuts] HP E1938 Web Page In a message dated 8/28/2007 18:24:14 Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi Didier, I just put the file on your server under the name E1938_asdrawb.pdf. I can easily save it to other formats as well if anybody prefers. Thanks for giving it a home... Jean-Louis Hi Guys, I hope we can accumulate all these E1938A files on Brooke's URL so it's not scattered around... bye, Said ___ 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] HP E1938 Web Page
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY I'll say this once again. The only two appropriate conversion options for the HPGL files are: 1. SVG -- the W3C XML standard for vector graphics (cf. http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/ ) 2. PDF -- via a path produces vector PostScript in the PDF, i.e., one that has NOT gone through RIP (Raster Image Processing). (If you claim to have a PDF processing solution, you must say if the solution RIP's the graphics. If it does or you don't know, it is a non-solution!) Anything else is a BAD idea. This certainly includes any path that results in JPEG of any sort, GIF, TIFF, or any other raster images except maybe for thumbnails. I don't care if your raster compression technology is lossless; it is the wrong thing here. (I apologize if I sound harsh, but there's some misinformation being spread.) -ch ___ 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] HP E1938 Web Page
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 21:02:59 -, Jean-Louis Oneto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Hello all, I succeeded to read it with Corel PaintShopPro XI and then converted it to PDF with PDF Creator. The PDF file is 113kB but zip down to 96kB. Let me kow if you're interested, and where I can put it (I don't have a server available here). I read that file into CorelDraw, keeping it as a vector file. I used Acrobat to create a PDF, still in vector format. 42kb. Brooke, AutoCAD should be able to read in an HPGL. Look at your file suffix options. sometimes an HPGL file is a .plt (plot) file. That's what Corel wants to see, though it handled .hpg OK. In any event, you'll want to keep them in vector format for all the obvious reasons. If AutoCAD can't do it, send 'em to me or put them up for download and I'll convert them for you. I recommend putting the HPG files up too, as they can be directly squirted to a plotter without having to go through any intermediate process. John -- John De Armond See my website for my current email address http://www.neon-john.com http://www.johndearmond.com -- best little blog on the net! Tellico Plains, Occupied TN Why the US is losing its competitivve edge:It used to be that the USA was pretty good at producing stuff teenaged boys could lose a finger or two playing with.-James Niccol ___ 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] HP E1938 Web Page
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY In a message dated 8/28/2007 19:53:06 Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Anything else is a BAD idea. This certainly includes any path that results in JPEG of any sort, GIF, TIFF, or any other raster images except maybe for thumbnails. I don't care if your raster compression technology is lossless; Hi CH, respectfully disagree: that would mean we should get out our good-old pen-plotters and vector-graphics displays as well? But even those rasterize in their DAC and Stepper-Motor resolutions... High-resolution raster-files can guarantee that all traces in a schematic line up, the text has the correct size and type etc, and no one in Asia is modifying the files. File-size is not an issue, our 5-page schematics in 600 dpi turn into a beautiful and tiny 105 KByte PDF file that prints perfectly even on D-Size paper. 105KB is probably less space than an embedded font would take. Especially for schematics run-length coding works wonders on raster files. bye, Said ** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour ___ 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] HP E1938 Web Page
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 18:28:01 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 8/28/2007 15:06:22 Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: PDF is ok, but hard to modify without spending money (like to split a schematic between multiple 8.5 x 11 pages for printing.) Orcad generates great schematics in PDF with Acrobat when set to 300 or better 600dpi. Best printed out on 11x17 on an HP 8500 in color which are available for around $300 used here... Whythahell would anyone convert a nice compact and effectively infinite resolution vector file into raster? The file size blows up to something huge and the resolution is then fixed at whatever DPI was chosen. If the file needs to be rasterized for printing then the proper place for that to be done is in the printer driver. Presumably the printer driver writer knew how to optimize the conversion for his hardware. I hear there is a public-domain PDF writer for windows that's even better than Acrobat. Not even close, at least for the several that I've tried. Ditto a couple of commercial ones. I despise Adobe the company and dislike the clunky and overpriced Acrobat software but to generate nice compact 100% compliant pdfs, it's the only way to go. Please keep these files in vector format, if for not other reason that it bad karma to throw away information needlessly, which is what vector/raster conversion does. John -- John De Armond See my website for my current email address http://www.neon-john.com http://www.johndearmond.com -- best little blog on the net! Tellico Plains, Occupied TN I'm so cool, I'm afraid to catch a cold. ___ 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] HP E1938 Web Page
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 23:45:11 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: respectfully disagree: that would mean we should get out our good-old pen-plotters and vector-graphics displays as well? My E-size HP pen plotter is still working just fine, thank you. But even those rasterize in their DAC and Stepper-Motor resolutions... The key there is that the rasterization is done IN THE DEVICE where the conversion is done optimally for that device. High-resolution raster-files can guarantee that all traces in a schematic line up, the text has the correct size and type etc, and no one in Asia is modifying the files. File-size is not an issue, our 5-page schematics in 600 dpi turn into a beautiful and tiny 105 KByte PDF file that prints perfectly even on D-Size paper. 105KB is probably less space than an embedded font would take. Especially for schematics run-length coding works wonders on raster files. I don't see very well so when I work on an electronic project I like to plot the schematics out D or E size and plaster the walls of my shop with 'em. When someone gratuitously converts a vector format to a raster format, that option is taken away from me. The best that I can hope to do is take the largest printout from my printer to a copy shop and have it blown up into a crude enlargement, jaggies and all. That costs time and money. It's even dumber to convert mechanical drawings such as Brooke's example. Someone may want to make a replacement panel for the instrument someday. Sure is nice to spit that HPGL or dXF or PDF file at a CNC machine. Can't do that with rasters. If you want raster images then by all means convert to them for your own use but please, leave 'em alone for the rest of us. John -- John De Armond See my website for my current email address http://www.neon-john.com http://www.johndearmond.com -- best little blog on the net! Tellico Plains, Occupied TN Nuke the Whales! ___ 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.
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); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:44:56 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi John, ok, I guess my comment about 600dpi PDF files being sufficient for the job is not resonating here. Case in point: At a previous employer, our boss insisted vector is the only way to go for schematics and other images. So when we did documentation in Framemaker (under Linux I must add) we added DXF vector files for the schematics as required. The result was a disaster: Framemaker 6 totally butchered our schematics. The DXF files themselves were not the issue. The fault was using a whacky fringe program on a fringe operating system and not the vector file. Do the same thing with a mainline publishing package like PageMaker, InDesign, Quark or even, God forbid, Microsoft turd and see how it comes out. I've contract-published uncountable documents that used vector graphics without a burp. Since we don't plan to re-build the E1938A PCB's here (or do we?) I don't think vector files for simple PCB silkscreen images that are probably ok in 150dpi are an absolute must and raster files are junk. Who knows? What do you reckon these guys would have given for some Gerbers? http://www.altairkit.com/ Actually he tells you how much he'd have given for Gerbers A lot. The trend for people remaking old hardware is increasing http://www.retrothing.com/2006/12/altair_8800_rep.html Some folks commenting here about the absolute need for vector files don't even seem to have an E1938A or a need for it's documentation. Doesn't matter. None of us have crystal balls but with the benefit of hindsight we know (most of us at least) know that it's bad karma to throw information away, especially for no good reason. I can easily convert from vector to raster. Not so easy going the other way. I personally would prefer some low tech JPEG pictures of the E1983A hookup rather than infinite resolution HPGL files of silkscreens etc that are not very helpful in using the unit. So convert 'em yourself to your own needs. Meanwhile leave the originals alone so that other people with other needs (such as myself who needs to blow the drawings up to be able to see them without a magnifying glass) can take care of those. There are zillions of programs out there, free and commercial, that can do the vector/raster conversion. Just not a big deal if that's what you want. John -- John De Armond See my website for my current email address http://www.neon-john.com http://www.johndearmond.com -- best little blog on the net! Tellico Plains, Occupied TN What do you call a blonde's dildo? Pneumatic tool. ___ 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] HP E1938 oscillator
Dear Richard, I have some former colleagues who went to the US. Please give some time to contact them. I will mail back to you soon. Thank you, best regards, Jeroen Bastemeijer Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote: I would like to ship to only USA addresses. Can you provide a USA shipping address? Rick Karlquist, N6RK -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dr Bruce Griffiths Sent: Friday, May 25, 2007 5:53 PM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] HP E1938 oscillator Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote: AFAIK, there is no manual on the E1938 (in the sense of the 10811 manual). And I should know. I am attempting to compile what information I have and get it archived on line somewhere. Can you give me a pointer to the stuff on TVB's site so I make sure I am not reinventing the wheel? I still have dozens of surplus E1938A's if anyone wants one. They are in worked the last time it was turned on, but no guarantee of specs condition. I can't accept money for these units. Rick Karlquist N6RK E1938A circuit designer Rick Link to TVB's webpage on E1938A: http://www.leapsecond.com/museum/e1938a/ I'd like a couple of the surplus E1938A's however I'm in New Zealand. Bruce ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts -- Ing. Jeroen Bastemeijer Delft University of Technology Department of Electrical Engineering Electronic Instrumentation Laboratory Mekelweg 4, Room 13.090 2628 CD Delft The Netherlands Phone: +31.15.27.86542 Fax: +31.15.27.85755 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPS: Lat N52.2 Lon E4.37157 Alt 46.2m ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
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I would like to ship to only USA addresses. Can you provide a USA shipping address? Rick Karlquist, N6RK -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dr Bruce Griffiths Sent: Friday, May 25, 2007 5:53 PM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] HP E1938 oscillator Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote: AFAIK, there is no manual on the E1938 (in the sense of the 10811 manual). And I should know. I am attempting to compile what information I have and get it archived on line somewhere. Can you give me a pointer to the stuff on TVB's site so I make sure I am not reinventing the wheel? I still have dozens of surplus E1938A's if anyone wants one. They are in worked the last time it was turned on, but no guarantee of specs condition. I can't accept money for these units. Rick Karlquist N6RK E1938A circuit designer Rick Link to TVB's webpage on E1938A: http://www.leapsecond.com/museum/e1938a/ I'd like a couple of the surplus E1938A's however I'm in New Zealand. Bruce ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
Re: [time-nuts] HP E1938 oscillator
Please send any correspondence regarding E1938A oscillators directly to me at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] rather than cluttering up the list. Do not send any checks unless specifically asked. If you sent a check, it will not be cashed until and unless an oscillator is shipped. I reserve the right to decide who does or does not get a FREE oscillator for any reason or no reason. Again, thank you for your patience. Rick Karlquist -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bill Beam Sent: Friday, June 15, 2007 12:26 AM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] HP E1938 oscillator Mr. Karlquist is not telling the truth. I never requested a refund. Since days may pass without a reply to off-list emails and he responds within hours to on-list posts, it appears that on-list is the only way to communicate. At least, I now know where my payment went. On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 21:33:34 -0700, Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote: Bill's check, per his request, has been returned to him, uncashed. I guess he didn't think the E1938A was worth the wait. All E1938A email automatically goes to my E1938A Outlook folder, to be read as time permits. I have distributed some of the oscillators. I still want to find good homes for the rest of them. Thank you for being patient. Rick Karlquist N6RK -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bill Beam Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 1:42 PM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] HP E1938 oscillator Hello, Has anyone on list ever received one of these oscillators? Three weeks ago I sent him $ as instructed below. Since then he has stopped responding to e--mail and I have no oscillators. Is he away on vacation, sick in hospital, in jail? Or does HP/Agilant have other ideas about the distribution of thier surplus oscillators? Bill On Sat, 26 May 2007 14:07:12 -0700, Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote: I still have dozens of surplus E1938A's if anyone wants one. They are in worked the last time it was turned on, but no guarantee of specs condition. I can't accept money for these units. Rick Karlquist N6RK E1938A circuit designer On Fri, 25 May 2007 19:01:47 -0700, Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote: Just send me your address and $8.95 for a priority mail flat rate box for each oscillator. Rick Bill Beam NL7F -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.13/840 - Release Date: 6/8/2007 3:15 PM ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
Re: [time-nuts] HP E1938 oscillator
Hello, Has anyone on list ever received one of these oscillators? Three weeks ago I sent him $ as instructed below. Since then he has stopped responding to e--mail and I have no oscillators. Is he away on vacation, sick in hospital, in jail? Or does HP/Agilant have other ideas about the distribution of thier surplus oscillators? Bill On Sat, 26 May 2007 14:07:12 -0700, Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote: I still have dozens of surplus E1938A's if anyone wants one. They are in worked the last time it was turned on, but no guarantee of specs condition. I can't accept money for these units. Rick Karlquist N6RK E1938A circuit designer On Fri, 25 May 2007 19:01:47 -0700, Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote: Just send me your address and $8.95 for a priority mail flat rate box for each oscillator. Rick Bill Beam NL7F -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.13/840 - Release Date: 6/8/2007 3:15 PM ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
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In a message dated 6/14/2007 13:44:16 Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is he away on vacation, sick in hospital, in jail? Or does HP/Agilant have other ideas about the distribution of thier surplus oscillators? Bill Hi Bill, I think he was totally overwhelmed by the number of requests. But what to expect if you offer free candy to the kid who is not allowed into the candy-store. bye, Said ** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
Re: [time-nuts] HP E1938 oscillator
Hi, I'd have to agree with Said, FEI got hit with fines for shipping 1000B OCXO's that were diverted to a proscribed country. Most major countries that are allies of the USA should be OK though. It's surprising what is controlled, very high speed 'scopes, low inductance high energy capacitors, quite a lot of fibre optic and laser stuff too. Robert. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 27 May 2007 01:39 To: time-nuts@febo.com Subject: Re: [time-nuts] HP E1938 oscillator In a message dated 5/26/2007 15:20:44 Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote: Regarding non-USA requestors: I will need to look into the customs aspect of this. If anyone on the list can give me a tutorial on this it would be helpful. These are gifts if that matters for customs purposes. Also, they have essentially zero market value as discards. Hello Rick, on the customs issue, you may have to check the items against the commerce control list (CCL Export Administration Regulation) especially section 3A002 I believe. Even (or especially!) if they are of $0 value prototypes. High-tech items such as this super-high-tech oscillator cannot be exported into all countries w/o export license. You have to check the list, and then consider each country individually. Usually most western countries do not present an issue except maybe Israel. Fedex for example will ask for a harmonized code from the CCL to be written on the transport paperwork, and will not export it without written declaration by you. The government can be extremely sensitive to this, that's why some companies like MiniCircuits require a declaration of conformance even when buying and shipping their parts in the US! It is for example illegal to just sent schematics to China via email without export license... bye, Said ** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts Genetix Limited - Queensway, New Milton, Hampshire, BH25 5NN Registered in England No. 2660050 www.genetix.com Any opinions expressed in this email are those of the individual and not necessarily Genetix Ltd (Genetix) or any company associated with it. This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and solely for the use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient or the person responsible for delivering to the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error please notify Genetix by telephone on +44 (0)1425 624600. The unauthorised use, disclosure, copying or alteration of this message is strictly forbidden. This mail and any attachments have been scanned for viruses prior to leaving Genetix network. Genetix will not be liable for direct, special, indirect or consequential damages as a result of any virus being passed on, or arising from alteration of the contents of this message by a third party. ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
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FEI should be FTS ? On Tue, May 29, 2007 9:31, Robert Atkinson said: Hi, I'd have to agree with Said, FEI got hit with fines for shipping 1000B OCXO's that were diverted to a proscribed country. Most major countries that are allies of the USA should be OK though. It's surprising what is controlled, very high speed 'scopes, low inductance high energy capacitors, quite a lot of fibre optic and laser stuff too. Robert. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 27 May 2007 01:39 To: time-nuts@febo.com Subject: Re: [time-nuts] HP E1938 oscillator In a message dated 5/26/2007 15:20:44 Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote: Regarding non-USA requestors: I will need to look into the customs aspect of this. If anyone on the list can give me a tutorial on this it would be helpful. These are gifts if that matters for customs purposes. Also, they have essentially zero market value as discards. Hello Rick, on the customs issue, you may have to check the items against the commerce control list (CCL Export Administration Regulation) especially section 3A002 I believe. Even (or especially!) if they are of $0 value prototypes. High-tech items such as this super-high-tech oscillator cannot be exported into all countries w/o export license. You have to check the list, and then consider each country individually. Usually most western countries do not present an issue except maybe Israel. Fedex for example will ask for a harmonized code from the CCL to be written on the transport paperwork, and will not export it without written declaration by you. The government can be extremely sensitive to this, that's why some companies like MiniCircuits require a declaration of conformance even when buying and shipping their parts in the US! It is for example illegal to just sent schematics to China via email without export license... bye, Said ** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts Genetix Limited - Queensway, New Milton, Hampshire, BH25 5NN Registered in England No. 2660050 www.genetix.com Any opinions expressed in this email are those of the individual and not necessarily Genetix Ltd (Genetix) or any company associated with it. This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and solely for the use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient or the person responsible for delivering to the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error please notify Genetix by telephone on +44 (0)1425 624600. The unauthorised use, disclosure, copying or alteration of this message is strictly forbidden. This mail and any attachments have been scanned for viruses prior to leaving Genetix network. Genetix will not be liable for direct, special, indirect or consequential damages as a result of any virus being passed on, or arising from alteration of the contents of this message by a third party. ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
Re: [time-nuts] HP E1938 oscillator
Robert Atkinson wrote: Hi, I'd have to agree with Said, FEI got hit with fines for shipping 1000B OCXO's that were diverted to a proscribed country. Most major countries that are allies of the USA should be OK though. It's surprising what is controlled, very high speed 'scopes, low inductance high energy capacitors, quite a lot of fibre optic and laser stuff too. Robert. Robert That would have been under the old COCOM rules and cooresponding lists of controlled export items. The actual controlled export items in the new lists were revised recently and such crystal oscillators no longer appear to be a controlled item. Makes sense, since the Russia and China and other countries have have made equivalent performance oscillators for years. Similarly rules on exporting some lasers have also been relaxed. Bruce ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
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FEI didn't make the 1000B OCXO :-) Rob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dr Bruce Griffiths Sent: 29 May 2007 09:35 To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] HP E1938 oscillator Robert Atkinson wrote: Hi, I'd have to agree with Said, FEI got hit with fines for shipping 1000B OCXO's that were diverted to a proscribed country. Most major countries that are allies of the USA should be OK though. It's surprising what is controlled, very high speed 'scopes, low inductance high energy capacitors, quite a lot of fibre optic and laser stuff too. Robert. Robert That would have been under the old COCOM rules and cooresponding lists of controlled export items. The actual controlled export items in the new lists were revised recently and such crystal oscillators no longer appear to be a controlled item. Makes sense, since the Russia and China and other countries have have made equivalent performance oscillators for years. Similarly rules on exporting some lasers have also been relaxed. Bruce ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
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I agree with Bruce on this one. The whole idea of any restriction is to protect technology from getting into the wrong hands. If they already have that technology, then not much point in trying to restrict its export. Rob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dr Bruce Griffiths Sent: 29 May 2007 09:35 To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] HP E1938 oscillator Robert Atkinson wrote: Hi, I'd have to agree with Said, FEI got hit with fines for shipping 1000B OCXO's that were diverted to a proscribed country. Most major countries that are allies of the USA should be OK though. It's surprising what is controlled, very high speed 'scopes, low inductance high energy capacitors, quite a lot of fibre optic and laser stuff too. Robert. Robert That would have been under the old COCOM rules and cooresponding lists of controlled export items. The actual controlled export items in the new lists were revised recently and such crystal oscillators no longer appear to be a controlled item. Makes sense, since the Russia and China and other countries have have made equivalent performance oscillators for years. Similarly rules on exporting some lasers have also been relaxed. Bruce ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
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In message !!AAAYAOYAZyOzV8ERq+LmT45ypI7CgAAAEBvfOzZD3oJO [EMAIL PROTECTED], Rob Kimberley writes: I agree with Bruce on this one. The whole idea of any restriction is to protect technology from getting into the wrong hands. If they already have that technology, then not much point in trying to restrict its export. We, depends how many they need, right ? There is a big difference between trying to restrict HV caps for nuclear detonators and 12.7mm bullets... -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
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In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dr Bruce Griffiths writes: Robert Atkinson wrote: The actual controlled export items in the new lists were revised recently and such crystal oscillators no longer appear to be a controlled item. But interestingly enough, nobody has bothered remove analogue computers from the list last I looked :-) -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
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Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dr Bruce Griffiths writes: Robert Atkinson wrote: The actual controlled export items in the new lists were revised recently and such crystal oscillators no longer appear to be a controlled item. But interestingly enough, nobody has bothered remove analogue computers from the list last I looked :-) Poul-Henning Well spotted. To this you can add Machetes (Post Rwanda item??). Horses (by sea for slaughter). The most amusing part is that the list of components proscribed by non nuclear proliferation requirements creates a handy shopping list of all you need to acquire for Uranium enrichment either via centrifuge or gaseous diffusion as well as a set of specifications for these and bomb triggering components. Bruce ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
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Shouldn't we restrict our conversation to timing stuff on this group? I'm sure there are lots of other restricted items out there to make bombs etc, but we were talking I believe about OCXOs. In the main the technology we are discussing is pretty well known in all quarters. As long as you cover yourself by stating who the end user is, then you are safe. If you are selling via a third party, then make sure that you are happy with the references he provides. If not - don't sell. Rob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Poul-Henning Kamp Sent: 29 May 2007 10:04 To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] HP E1938 oscillator In message !!AAAYAOYAZyOzV8ERq+LmT45ypI7CgAAAEBvfOzZD3oJO [EMAIL PROTECTED], Rob Kimberley writes: I agree with Bruce on this one. The whole idea of any restriction is to protect technology from getting into the wrong hands. If they already have that technology, then not much point in trying to restrict its export. We, depends how many they need, right ? There is a big difference between trying to restrict HV caps for nuclear detonators and 12.7mm bullets... -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
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Hi Said, private international shipment and customs is not that problematic to my knowledge and experience, at least between the USA and Europe. On Sat, 26 May 2007 20:39:23 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Rick, on the customs issue, you may have to check the items against the commerce control list (CCL Export Administration Regulation) especially section 3A002 I believe. Even (or especially!) if they are of $0 value prototypes. --- That is true for bigger and commercial transfers. Customs would appreciate to get everything done for them, but who as private person does know about this long code list? I found, for private transfers and small numbers of items, specially for not new things of low or no commercial interest, it is ok and sufficient to describe verbally but understandable. Just an example: used old (cannibalized) oscillator (clock), for (amateur) radio transmitter, unknown state, likely defective, present value USD 8.-- (or: none, scrap, but may evtl. look suspicious) For transmitters, antennas and their parts as used by amateurs no tax will be collected, just the VAT, which are now 19%, if money is paid for and the value is higher than about $ 25. (Tax is anyway lower In worst case customs may anyway question the declaration and the recipient may then be asked for some clarifications and to open the package, because the persons there are not always familiar with the special nomenclature. Concerning the remark to prototypes: Years after official product launch for the international market, do these not loose their initial high non-material value? ... High-tech items such as this super-high-tech oscillator cannot be exported into all countries w/o export license. You have to check the list, and then consider each country individually. Usually most western countries do not present an issue except maybe Israel. --- Isn't it painted a bit too black? Are there on the world's market not devices freely traded, equipped with such but fully qualified new oscillators? How do you define then primary standards as surplus? I would consider other things eg. some special USOs designed for harsh environment or modern precision GPS rx etc. as (more) critical Fedex for example will ask for a harmonized code from the CCL to be written on the transport paperwork, and will not export it without written declaration by you. The government can be extremely sensitive to this, that's why some companies like MiniCircuits require a declaration of conformance even when buying and shipping their parts in the US! --- Maybe true for key technology parts, which are very special and essential for certain very important products for some countries ... It is for example illegal to just sent schematics to China via email without export license... bye, Said from the follow-on mail of Said: Just mark them as such: Gift, value $1 then maybe just go to jail :) bye, Said --- sounds a bit too pessimistic, by the way Gift in german does mean poison which in fact I would not propose to ship ;-) But in fact, gift, value $1 would call me to check the contents... regards Arnold Tibus, DK2WT ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
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Hi Rick, If I'm not too late, I would also like one - or preferably two. I am in England, so PayPal would be easiest for me, as the bank charges quite a bit for Dollar cheques. However, if PayPal is not convenient for you, I will use whatever method you prefer. I have imported quite a lot of equipment from the USA with no problems. There is a tick-box marked Gift, and a description of used (or surplus) amateur radio equipment would seem fine. A $1 value also seems justifiable given that they are un-guaranteed prototypes. Being relatively lightweight and in a small box, I doubt customs will give them a second look. Regards, Peter Vince I still have dozens of surplus E1938A's if anyone wants one. They are in worked the last time it was turned on, but no guarantee of specs condition. I can't accept money for these units. Rick Karlquist N6RK E1938A circuit designer Due to the high level of interest, I may need to limit the oscillators to one per person. I will be getting the oscillators out of storage today and will try to make an accounting of oscillators vs requestors. I am suggesting an $8.95 donation for a flat rate Priority Mail box. I think it will fit into one of those boxes. Regarding non-USA requestors: I will need to look into the customs aspect of this. If anyone on the list can give me a tutorial on this it would be helpful. These are gifts if that matters for customs purposes. Also, they have essentially zero market value as discards. I am happy that I can give these a good home. I almost threw them away last month while cleaning up. Rick Karlquist ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
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In a message dated 5/27/2007 07:55:58 Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi Said, private international shipment and customs is not that problematic to my knowledge and experience, at least between the USA and Europe. On Sat, 26 May 2007 20:39:23 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi guys, ok, so there are always two approaches: you can (try to) get away with stuff, or follow the law. As long as they don't check closely you may get away with it... There are 100's of thousands of lawyers in the US trying to make sense of it all. There is no clear answer such as well these are old, don't work anymore, I can get them for $1, thus there should be no problem in not declaring them according to the export control requirements. The CCL clearly talks about items such as space qualified oscillators, or stability better than 1E-011 etc. I am not trying to advise anyone if these units fall under the CCL or not - that's up to the exporter to determine. I don't know if these were ever space qualified for example (in which case it would deficiently be inadvisable not to declare them correctly). It could be as easy as finding the item categories on the CCL, finding out that Great Britain is not on the prohibited country list (most likely it won't be) - and entering the correct harmonized code into the export docs. Even an export novice can do this in about 15 - 20 minutes. In a job I had some time ago we were not even allowed to send any schematics or firmware outside of the country without export docs. They were very paranoid - because they got busted before! Does anyone remember the export of the PGP source code? They published a printed book and sent it to Europe because they were not allowed to export the soft version of the code! Then again will customs check? Probably not. But what if they do? bye, Said ** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
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On 5/27/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The CCL clearly talks about items such as space qualified oscillators, or stability better than 1E-011 etc. I am not trying to advise anyone if these You mean it the Commerce Control List (CCL) talks about space qualified _atomic_ frequency standards. -- http://www.access.gpo.gov/bis/ear/pdf/ccl3.pdf 3A002 ... g. Atomic frequency standards having any of the following: g.1. Long-term stability (aging) less (better) than 1 x 10^-11/month; or g.2. Being space qualified. Note: 3A002.g.1 does not control non-space qualified rubidium standards. So quartz oscillators do not fall under this category. Nevermind, that as far as I know all HP oscillators are not space-qualified. ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
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Said, I am sorry, I do not want to figth nor I want being involved in possible fights, nor do I give instructions to cheat, in contrary, I did try to help with my knowledge of european import laws and procedures for normal goods, shipped privatly. If necessary I can provide some documents concerned non commercial international shipments. I think that it is obvious for everybody, restricted items or confidential documents cannot be shipped this way. I was not aware of actual military or space-qualified and restricted items. Btw. I am familiar with such procedures, I designed and tested decades of years electronical systems and instrument-interfaces in international projects like Spacelab, ERS1, ERS2, ENVISAT etc. (worth up to ¬ 500E6) containing a big number of international hi-tech products... I wish to Rick a good and wise hand for the distribution of his electronic jewels, containing a big amount of spirit from a very successful design engineer. 73, Arnold, DK2WT On Sun, 27 May 2007 16:32:22 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 5/27/2007 07:55:58 Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi Said, private international shipment and customs is not that problematic to my knowledge and experience, at least between the USA and Europe. On Sat, 26 May 2007 20:39:23 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi guys, ok, so there are always two approaches: you can (try to) get away with stuff, or follow the law. As long as they don't check closely you may get away with it... There are 100's of thousands of lawyers in the US trying to make sense of it all. There is no clear answer such as well these are old, don't work anymore, I can get them for $1, thus there should be no problem in not declaring them according to the export control requirements. The CCL clearly talks about items such as space qualified oscillators, or stability better than 1E-011 etc. I am not trying to advise anyone if these units fall under the CCL or not - that's up to the exporter to determine. I don't know if these were ever space qualified for example (in which case it would deficiently be inadvisable not to declare them correctly). It could be as easy as finding the item categories on the CCL, finding out that Great Britain is not on the prohibited country list (most likely it won't be) - and entering the correct harmonized code into the export docs. Even an export novice can do this in about 15 - 20 minutes. In a job I had some time ago we were not even allowed to send any schematics or firmware outside of the country without export docs. They were very paranoid - because they got busted before! Does anyone remember the export of the PGP source code? They published a printed book and sent it to Europe because they were not allowed to export the soft version of the code! Then again will customs check? Probably not. But what if they do? bye, Said ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
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In a message dated 5/27/2007 15:25:24 Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I think that it is obvious for everybody, restricted items or confidential documents cannot be shipped this way. Hi Arnold, you are probably right, it's probably not a big deal to send these items overseas. All that needs to be done by Rick is to check against the CCL and make a judgement call. We are talking about the US export controls here, the EU import regulations are a totally different beast. Rick did however ask for advice from the group, and I just stated what the law says :) And again, I worked for someone who got into trouble with exporting high-tech stuff so I am probably more conservative than other folks. Then again de-facto ways of doing things, and de-jure are two totally different things. Lastly, he is probably not going to send only one or two overseas, but a hole bunch so his exposure is higher. bye, Said ** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
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In a message dated 5/27/2007 14:06:11 Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On 5/27/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The CCL clearly talks about items such as space qualified oscillators, or stability better than 1E-011 etc. I am not trying to advise anyone if these You mean it the Commerce Control List (CCL) talks about space qualified _atomic_ frequency standards. Again, I am not qualified to make any recommendations about the CCL, or this product, and was not trying to do that. The list is very long, and get's updated from time to time. One has to check one's product against the entire list. The exporter has to do that, since they are ultimately responsible. I as an exporter would not follow anyone's interpretation of the CCL unless checking it thoroughly myself. You ask three experts (lawyers etc) and get three different opinions. My points were: A) the exporter has to check the entire CCL against their product. Maybe there are internal parts in the product that need to be declared?? Maybe the item is totally exempted. Who knows. This item strikes me as sensitive, since it is an Ultra High Stability Oscillator, and not just a 10MHz Microprocessor crystal. B) The exporter has to check the CCL against the country that is being exported to. If it is blacklisted, an export license is required. The exporter is liable, since he/she signs the paperwork against penalty of law. Most countries are probably no problem whatsoever, such as Western Europe, New Zealand etc. C) A harmonized code from the CCL is needed, even if it is an all clear code. Otherwise Fedex etc. will not ship. D) You can take the risk and not declare it correctly as has been suggested by some folks here. That's just like not paying taxes, you may get away with it most of the time. The one time they check will bite you. This is especially true here since the events of 2001. There is a saying in German: Dummheit schuetzt vor Strafe nicht loosely translated as Ignorance doesen't prevent penalty... bye, Said ** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
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Said Part of the confusion probably stems from such gems as: Technical Notes: 1. A resolution of n bit corresponds to a quantization of 2n levels. Random snippet from Supplement No1 to Part 774. Bruce ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
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In a message dated 5/27/2007 16:10:46 Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Technical Notes: 1. A resolution of n bit corresponds to a quantization of 2n levels. Random snippet from Supplement No1 to Part 774. Bruce Hi Bruce, I have yet to figure it out too. That's why we have all these lawyers here in the US. What's even worse: if you give (well meant) advice, and the person get's into trouble, they can come after you :( But I think in spirit the export controls mean: anything that is of technical value, especially if it can be used militarily, needs to be under very close control of the government. Then again most Western Countries are free of most export restrictions. bye, Said ** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 5/27/2007 16:10:46 Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Technical Notes: 1. A resolution of n bit corresponds to a quantization of 2n levels. Random snippet from Supplement No1 to Part 774. Bruce Hi Bruce, I have yet to figure it out too. That's why we have all these lawyers here in the US. What's even worse: if you give (well meant) advice, and the person get's into trouble, they can come after you :( But I think in spirit the export controls mean: anything that is of technical value, especially if it can be used militarily, needs to be under very close control of the government. Then again most Western Countries are free of most export restrictions. bye, Said Said As far as I have been able to ascertain the list of export controlled items is virtually identical for most western countries and Russia. There are some slight variations (mainly additions) between countries. No doubt (for Russia at least) the country list classifications differ. I stumbled over the local NZ list of export controlled items, as usual purely by accident, when searching for something somewhat unrelated (External cavity diode lasers). As far as I can tell by perusing the complete CCL list (US version) neither the E1938A nor any of its component parts is a controlled item. It would take a creative interpretation by an incompetent lawyer to apply the section on Atomic frequency standards to the E1938A which is not by any stretch of the imagination an Atomic frequency standard. It is not capable of being space qualified without substantial redesign nor is it capable by design of achieving a drift of 1E-11 or less per month. Since the US has no jurisdiction here I can give well intentioned advice without worrying about prosecution (as long as I don't visit the US at least). Bruce ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
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In a message dated 5/25/2007 17:31:00 Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I still have dozens of surplus E1938A's if anyone wants one. They are in worked the last time it was turned on, but no guarantee of specs condition. I can't accept money for these units. Rick Karlquist N6RK E1938A circuit designer Hi Rick, are you looking for a trade? I would love to have one or two of these E1938A's. Thanks, Said ** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
Re: [time-nuts] HP E1938 oscillator
I still have dozens of surplus E1938A's if anyone wants one. They are in worked the last time it was turned on, but no guarantee of specs condition. I can't accept money for these units. Rick Karlquist N6RK E1938A circuit designer Due to the high level of interest, I may need to limit the oscillators to one per person. I will be getting the oscillators out of storage today and will try to make an accounting of oscillators vs requestors. I am suggesting an $8.95 donation for a flat rate Priority Mail box. I think it will fit into one of those boxes. Regarding non-USA requestors: I will need to look into the customs aspect of this. If anyone on the list can give me a tutorial on this it would be helpful. These are gifts if that matters for customs purposes. Also, they have essentially zero market value as discards. I am happy that I can give these a good home. I almost threw them away last month while cleaning up. Rick Karlquist ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
Re: [time-nuts] HP E1938 oscillator
I am attempting to compile what information I have and get it archived on line somewhere. Can you give me a pointer to the stuff on TVB's site so I make sure I am not reinventing the wheel? Google for E1938A, what else ;-) http://www.leapsecond.com/museum/e1938a/ I still have dozens of surplus E1938A's if anyone wants one. They are in worked the last time it was turned on, but no guarantee of specs condition. I can't accept money for these units. Rick Karlquist N6RK E1938A circuit designer Thanks for not throwing them out! I'm sure some of the other time nuts would like to check them out. I probably have enough already. /tvb ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
Re: [time-nuts] HP E1938 oscillator
I have a lot more info available that what is on this site. I will be gathering it up... Rick -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tom Van Baak Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2007 2:14 PM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] HP E1938 oscillator I am attempting to compile what information I have and get it archived on line somewhere. Can you give me a pointer to the stuff on TVB's site so I make sure I am not reinventing the wheel? Google for E1938A, what else ;-) http://www.leapsecond.com/museum/e1938a/ I still have dozens of surplus E1938A's if anyone wants one. They are in worked the last time it was turned on, but no guarantee of specs condition. I can't accept money for these units. Rick Karlquist N6RK E1938A circuit designer Thanks for not throwing them out! I'm sure some of the other time nuts would like to check them out. I probably have enough already. /tvb ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
Re: [time-nuts] HP E1938 oscillator
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Richard \(Ric k\) Karlquist writes: Regarding non-USA requestors: I will need to look into the customs aspect of this. If anyone on the list can give me a tutorial on this it would be helpful. These are gifts if that matters for customs purposes. Also, they have essentially zero market value as discards. Just mark them as such: Gift, value $1 -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
Re: [time-nuts] HP E1938 oscillator
Rick, Do you accept PayPal? Or let me have your address so I can send you a check. Two would be really nice, for comparison, but if it is one--it is one. Thanks, Had, K7MLR Due to the high level of interest, I may need to limit the oscillators to one per person. I will be getting the oscillators out of storage today and will try to make an accounting of oscillators vs requesters. I am suggesting an $8.95 donation for a flat rate Priority Mail box. I think it will fit into one of those boxes. ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
Re: [time-nuts] HP E1938 oscillator
Hello Rick, same here, two would be great for comparison. I can also paypal you, pick it up locally (Silicon Valley) or send you a check. Please let us know, thanks, Said ** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
Re: [time-nuts] HP E1938 oscillator
In a message dated 5/26/2007 15:20:44 Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote: Regarding non-USA requestors: I will need to look into the customs aspect of this. If anyone on the list can give me a tutorial on this it would be helpful. These are gifts if that matters for customs purposes. Also, they have essentially zero market value as discards. Hello Rick, on the customs issue, you may have to check the items against the commerce control list (CCL Export Administration Regulation) especially section 3A002 I believe. Even (or especially!) if they are of $0 value prototypes. High-tech items such as this super-high-tech oscillator cannot be exported into all countries w/o export license. You have to check the list, and then consider each country individually. Usually most western countries do not present an issue except maybe Israel. Fedex for example will ask for a harmonized code from the CCL to be written on the transport paperwork, and will not export it without written declaration by you. The government can be extremely sensitive to this, that's why some companies like MiniCircuits require a declaration of conformance even when buying and shipping their parts in the US! It is for example illegal to just sent schematics to China via email without export license... bye, Said ** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
Re: [time-nuts] HP E1938 oscillator
Rick, If any are available I would like one. I could pay through PayPal or send you a money order, whichever you prefer. Thanks, Jeff Shank WA3GWB - Original Message - From: Richard (Rick) Karlquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement time-nuts@febo.com Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2007 5:07 PM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] HP E1938 oscillator I still have dozens of surplus E1938A's if anyone wants one. They are in worked the last time it was turned on, but no guarantee of specs condition. I can't accept money for these units. Rick Karlquist N6RK E1938A circuit designer Due to the high level of interest, I may need to limit the oscillators to one per person. I will be getting the oscillators out of storage today and will try to make an accounting of oscillators vs requestors. I am suggesting an $8.95 donation for a flat rate Priority Mail box. I think it will fit into one of those boxes. Regarding non-USA requestors: I will need to look into the customs aspect of this. If anyone on the list can give me a tutorial on this it would be helpful. These are gifts if that matters for customs purposes. Also, they have essentially zero market value as discards. I am happy that I can give these a good home. I almost threw them away last month while cleaning up. Rick Karlquist ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
Re: [time-nuts] HP E1938 oscillator
As others have said, just let us know where to send the money! :) Any other neat stuff you have laying around that you want to get rid of? *grin* Jason Due to the high level of interest, I may need to limit the oscillators to one per person. I will be getting the oscillators out of storage today and will try to make an accounting of oscillators vs requestors. I am suggesting an $8.95 donation for a flat rate Priority Mail box. I think it will fit into one of those boxes. I am happy that I can give these a good home. I almost threw them away last month while cleaning up. ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
Re: [time-nuts] HP E1938 oscillator
Hi, Rick. If you have any left, I would like one. Please let me know how you want paid (cash, money order, paypal, ...) Don Couch 3336 E. Oraibi Drive Phoenix, Arizona 85050 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Richard (Rick) Karlquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I still have dozens of surplus E1938A's if anyone wants one. They are in worked the last time it was turned on, but no guarantee of specs condition. I can't accept money for these units. Rick Karlquist N6RK E1938A circuit designer Due to the high level of interest, I may need to limit the oscillators to one per person. I will be getting the oscillators out of storage today and will try to make an accounting of oscillators vs requestors. I am suggesting an $8.95 donation for a flat rate Priority Mail box. I think it will fit into one of those boxes. Regarding non-USA requestors: I will need to look into the customs aspect of this. If anyone on the list can give me a tutorial on this it would be helpful. These are gifts if that matters for customs purposes. Also, they have essentially zero market value as discards. I am happy that I can give these a good home. I almost threw them away last month while cleaning up. Rick Karlquist ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts - Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos more. ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
[time-nuts] HP E1938 oscillator
Hi, Does anyone know where I might find a manual for the HP E1938 'hockey puck' oscillator? Yes, I know about the stuff on TVB's site - what I need is the user manual or technical manual. 73, Murray ZL1BPU ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
Re: [time-nuts] HP E1938 oscillator
Hi Murray: Rick was involved in it's development. Have a look at: http://www.karlquist.com/oven.pdf and http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=5729181 You might also ask Dave Cunningham at Agilent dcunningham @ agilent.com . Not expecting to get it, but rather to get it on the list of manuals for discontinued equipment that he is working to put on line. Have Fun, Brooke Clarke http://www.PRC68.com http://www.precisionclock.com Murray Greenman wrote: Hi, Does anyone know where I might find a manual for the HP E1938 'hockey puck' oscillator? Yes, I know about the stuff on TVB's site - what I need is the user manual or technical manual. 73, Murray ZL1BPU ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts