Re: [time-nuts] WWVB SDR discussion

2020-08-20 Thread DON MURRAY via time-nuts
Mike... Which model did you order? 73 Don W4WJ On Thursday, August 20, 2020 Mike Feher wrote: I just purchased 2 of those La Crosse 14" clocks and was totally amazed. I live on the Jersey shore on one acre surrounded by trees and about 8 miles from the ocean. After I placed batteries in the c

[time-nuts] WWV / WWVB Reference Feed

2020-08-12 Thread DON MURRAY via time-nuts
Hello all... I have a question that I have been unable to answer,and I am sure one of the learned time-nuts will havean instant answer for me! During my searching for an answer to my question, I learned that there is an NIST Facility at Boulder, CO that has a 4 Cs Ensemble that is the frequency

Re: [time-nuts] FW: HP-5732A operation with no CRT display.

2020-06-28 Thread DON MURRAY via time-nuts
I'll check my 5372A manual to see if I can be of any help. Don W4WJ On Sunday, June 28, 2020 ed breya wrote: I have a 5372A, and way back when I got it, I of course looked for the manual and think I got the pdf. As I recall, this was from the era where HP still provided full "real" manuals

Re: [time-nuts] ThunderBolt question

2020-06-05 Thread DON MURRAY via time-nuts
Robert... Try to find QUAD SHIELD RG-6. 73 Don W4WJ On Friday, June 5, 2020 Dana Whitlow wrote: Robert, One does not know what the RF input impedance of the unit is unless one measures it (very carefully at low levels) with a VNA or similar instrument. Just 'cause some manufacturer says tha

Re: [time-nuts] HP Stories: Frequency Counter business

2019-01-21 Thread Don Murray via time-nuts
I was spoiled... I spent 3 years in Ethiopia, '65 - '68, with the ArmySecurity Agency.  Our shop looked like a TEK andHP Catalog!!  Our FREQ REF rack was the GSQ-53A,dual Sulzer 5MHz ovenized oscillators which we phase compared against GBR on 16KHz. We ran the phase chart 24/7 to make sure we k