[time-nuts] Bit of time related humor for those of you in need of a distraction

2020-04-22 Thread Bill Hawkins
doesn't matter whether you're nineteen or ninety. Inside it says "God. I love playing with old people's heads." Forgive me, tvb. Bill Hawkins, who is confined to a life care community that has so far had no COVID-19 cases by isolating us from the community. The isolation increases stress,

Re: [time-nuts] New Subscriber, DIY GPSDO project (yes, another one)

2020-03-07 Thread Bill Hawkins
to the setpoint, then you used 70% of that value for gain. The period of oscillation told you how to do Reset, but I don't remember that. Conservative settings were used because control valves were not linear. Heaters are generally linear. Bill Hawkins, whose memory isn't what it used to be. On Sat

Re: [time-nuts] A Research Proposal

2019-07-09 Thread Bill Hawkins
coupled to a generator. I have no knowledge of how control is actually accomplished. Bill Hawkins On Mon, Jul 8, 2019, at 6:12 AM, Hal Murray wrote: > > bill.i...@pobox.com said: > > Since the direction of power flow depends on the phase angle between the > > synchronous source

Re: [time-nuts] A Research Proposal

2019-07-08 Thread Bill Hawkins
that I'm 81, there's probably some holes in that knowledge. Bill Hawkins P.S. I don't know who Bob is. That's the address pobox gave me when I said "Reply to List" On Sun, Jul 7, 2019, at 5:00 PM, Hal Murray wrote: > > > So no, you can't compare data from different regio

Re: [time-nuts] A Research Proposal

2019-07-07 Thread Bill Hawkins
to. Phase angle can be changed to change the amount and direction of the power transferred. So no, you can't compare data from different regions, unless you want to know which way DC power is flowing. I hope this was informative. Bill Hawkins On Thu, Jul 4, 2019, at 2:00 PM, Andy Backus wrote

Re: [time-nuts] Noisy clocks [Was: Atomic Clocks]

2019-01-04 Thread Bill Hawkins
tried heavy grease on the motor gears, but that would make a mess of the chassis. Too late now. Bill Hawkins On Fri, Jan 4, 2019, at 4:01 PM, Jeremy Nichols wrote: > Does anyone know how loud the mechanical analog clock in the HP-113AR > Frequency Divider/Clock is supposed to be? Mine i

Re: [time-nuts] Free Stuff - Moving Forward

2018-09-19 Thread Bill Hawkins
ick resale but reduces the probability. Bill Hawkins ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com and follow the instructions there.

[time-nuts] Loss of NIST transmitters at Colorado and Hawaii

2018-08-12 Thread Bill Hawkins
mment says that White House budgets are usually ignored in congress. Another says that it is NIST that cut WWV and WWVH, not the White House. Can anyone clarify the situation? Bill Hawkins Sent from my retirement home in MN Change causes confusion until new methods are learned, and a deep sen

Re: [time-nuts] GPS Antenna Grounding/Lightning protection.

2018-06-19 Thread Bill Hawkins
others. That same body of experience came up with the cone of protection. It is not a myth. Note that lightningsafety.com sells lightning protection. The scrolling set of pictures on the home page shows a picture of four masts protecting a rocket launch site. Bill Hawkins P.S. Lightning can enter