Re: [time-nuts] National Standards labs worldwide - specifically Australia

2014-07-02 Thread Magnus Danielson
David, On 06/29/2014 12:33 PM, Dr. David Kirkby wrote: I know of NPL in the UK, and NIST in the USA, but is anyone aware of other standard labs. In particular I am looking for the Australian equivalent. A Google search came across Standards Australia http://www.standards.org.au/ but I don't

Re: [time-nuts] National Standards labs worldwide - specifically Australia

2014-07-02 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On 2 Jul 2014 07:55, Magnus Danielson mag...@rubidium.dyndns.org wrote: The authoritative source is BIPM: http://www.bipm.org/en/practical_info/useful_links/nmi.html Thank you. That is a useful resource to know of. which points to: http://www.measurement.gov.au/Pages/default.aspx Thanks,

Re: [time-nuts] National Standards labs worldwide - specifically Australia

2014-06-30 Thread Rex Moncur
Hi David Standards Australia performs a somewhat different function in that it does not maintain reference standards or do testing but rather it produces written standards such as for construction of buildings, electrical wiring and food standards. Standards Australia is certainly authoritative

[time-nuts] National Standards labs worldwide - specifically Australia

2014-06-29 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
I know of NPL in the UK, and NIST in the USA, but is anyone aware of other standard labs. In particular I am looking for the Australian equivalent. A Google search came across Standards Australia http://www.standards.org.au/ but I don't know how authoritative this is. There is basically nothing

Re: [time-nuts] National Standards labs worldwide - specifically Australia

2014-06-29 Thread Neville Michie
Hi, it used to be called NSL, National Standards Laboratory, part of the CSIRO. Now it appears to be called National Measurement Institute, (NSI) and seems to be located mainly at Lindfield NSW. http://www.measurement.gov.au/Pages/default.aspx See if that works, Cheers, Neville Michie On

Re: [time-nuts] National Standards labs worldwide - specifically Australia

2014-06-29 Thread Bob Camp
Hi Over here NIST is very much part of the government. In many cases, if I want a certain gizmo calibrated, I would not / could not send it there. It either would be fairly expensive or simply something they don’t do. In the case of 50 ohm terminations, ours go back to Agilent / HP / Keysight

Re: [time-nuts] National Standards labs worldwide - specifically Australia

2014-06-29 Thread Brian Inglis
On 2014-06-29 04:33, Dr. David Kirkby wrote: I know of NPL in the UK, and NIST in the USA, but is anyone aware of other standard labs. In particular I am looking for the Australian equivalent. A Google search came across Standards Australia http://www.standards.org.au/ but I don't know how