Re: [time-nuts] A silly question ...

2018-09-28 Thread Bill Byrom
In addition to nonlinear issues with output amplifiers, filters have poor performance when improperly terminated. This can lead to harmonic distortion and that can be a problem. You want the duty cycle to be exactly 50%. See:https://tf.boulder.nist.gov/general/pdf/1437.pdf -- Bill Byrom N5BB

Re: [time-nuts] XKCD on time :)

2018-09-28 Thread Dana Whitlow
David Van Horn, You're on the right track, but what would you do about those pesky leap seconds? Dana On Fri, Sep 28, 2018 at 2:48 PM Artek Manuals wrote: > H Farce-Book hadn't considered that approach .. some sort > of (ready for this ) > > "subliminal millennial mind control"

Re: [time-nuts] XKCD on time :)

2018-09-28 Thread Artek Manuals
H Farce-Book hadn't considered that approach .. some sort of (ready for this ) "subliminal millennial  mind control" !!  The gnomes and I will go to work on it immediately ! -DC On 9/28/2018 3:11 PM, David Van Horn wrote: By expanding facebook significantly, I plan to keep the

Re: [time-nuts] XKCD on time

2018-09-28 Thread David Van Horn
By expanding facebook significantly, I plan to keep the millennials occupied in such a way that they are peaceful, happy, and complacent. Ad revenues could support the whole program. Solid state electronics seems to be something we will need to tolerate, but we can require tubes to be allowed

Re: [time-nuts] XKCD on time

2018-09-28 Thread Artek Manuals
David 1) Before I make a donation what is your plan to control the millennial's ? 2) Could we outlaw solid state electronics (or at least custom IC's) and go back to vacuum tubes while we are at Dave On 9/28/2018 1:53 PM, Martin VE3OAT wrote: I love GMT.  All of this UTC stuff is ...

[time-nuts] Shera Data Output format?

2018-09-28 Thread Dan Rae
I'm trying to interpret the Data output from my recently resurrected Shera GPSDO. now with the last version of the PIC firmware. The first block is the Phase difference, and the second the DAC value, that I understand.  The third block has five digits; what I don't get nor can find anything

Re: [time-nuts] A silly question ...

2018-09-28 Thread Tom Curlee
This is assuming that your oscilloscope is set at 100 nS/DIV.  My Tek 2465A will sweep at 5 nS/DIV normally, and 500 pS/DIV when the sweep is set to X10.  If I'm figuring correctly, this will allow 1e-12 in 432 seconds.  I use a stop watch to time the zero crossings of the sine wave - something

Re: [time-nuts] XKCD on time

2018-09-28 Thread Martin VE3OAT
I love GMT. All of this UTC stuff is ... revisionist! My cheque is in the mail. ... MartinVE3OAT David Van Horn wrote : > > When I am global dictator, we will all run on GMT and all time > zones, summer time, DST and similar nonsense will be abolished. > > I am accepting campaign donations!

Re: [time-nuts] XKCD on time :)

2018-09-28 Thread David Van Horn
When I am global dictator, we will all run on GMT and all time zones, summer time, DST and similar nonsense will be abolished. I am accepting campaign donations!  -Original Message- From: time-nuts On Behalf Of Hal Murray Sent: Friday, September 28, 2018 2:59 AM To:

Re: [time-nuts] A silly question ...

2018-09-28 Thread Dana Whitlow
Hi, There is one other issue that can bite you if you fail to properly terminate the output of a source: Depending on the source's design, an essentially unloaded output can have a substantially higher voltage swing than expected (by 2X if the source impedance is actually 50 ohms), possibly

Re: [time-nuts] XKCD on time :)

2018-09-28 Thread jimlux
On 9/28/18 6:16 AM, Eric Scace wrote: Which, if I recall correctly, was the system used in Japan immediately before the adoption of Western time methods. Each day’s interval between sunrise-sunset was divided into a six units… so, in comparison with an absolute scale, the absolute duration of

Re: [time-nuts] XKCD on time :)

2018-09-28 Thread Peter Vince
Also the ancient Egyptians through to the Romans; See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12-hour_clock#History_and_use On Fri, 28 Sep 2018 at 14:17, Eric Scace wrote: > > Which, if I recall correctly, was the system used in Japan immediately before the adoption of Western time methods. Each

Re: [time-nuts] XKCD on time :)

2018-09-28 Thread Eric Scace
Which, if I recall correctly, was the system used in Japan immediately before the adoption of Western time methods. Each day’s interval between sunrise-sunset was divided into a six units… so, in comparison with an absolute scale, the absolute duration of each unit of time varied from day to

Re: [time-nuts] A silly question ...

2018-09-28 Thread Bill Byrom
On Thu, Sep 27, 2018, at 11:55 AM, Dave B via time-nuts wrote: > Triggering a dual beam 'scope (Tek 465) from the TB on Ch1, and having> the > output of the OCXO on Ch2, the resulting display on Ch2 of course> drifts in > relation to the static waveform on Ch1. (Both nice > sinusoids.) The Tek

Re: [time-nuts] A silly question ...

2018-09-28 Thread bill.riches
This works for me: 1. 10 Mhz to be measured input to vertical channel 2. Standard input to ext trig. 3. Set scope for 10 ns per div. (1 cycle of 10 Mhz will fill up whole screen) 4 Time the time it takes for trace to move 1 div. (not the whole cycle - just one of its sides.) 5. Divide these

[time-nuts] XKCD on time :)

2018-09-28 Thread Hal Murray
https://xkcd.com/2050/ A new meaning for rubber seconds. -- These are my opinions. I hate spam. ___ 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