Re: [time-nuts] Cesium standard, Fluke 207, and Spectracom 8163 Sold

2010-10-21 Thread Bob Camp
Hi Anybody else have any $500 working cesium's they would like to part with? Bob On Oct 20, 2010, at 10:44 PM, Bill Hawkins wrote: The items have been sold to a local buyer. I'm an old man looking to lighten the load that anchors me here, not a dealer willing to ship anywhere. Thanks

[time-nuts] SWAP RFTG-II-XO for Trimble T-Bolt

2010-10-21 Thread Richard W. Solomon
I have a working Lucent RFTG-II-XO that I don't need. Does anyone have an extra Trimble Thunderbolt they would swap for it ? I would consider other GPSDO's. 73, Dick, W1KSZ ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to

[time-nuts] Austron 2100F

2010-10-21 Thread asmagal
Hello! After power up, my 2100F Loran-C receiver displays (E 1002048) followed by (E-20), as usually, but recently I have a trouble: after that the TRACKING led goes RED still and the display shows (- E - - - E). Running the test subroutines 1 to 4 everything seems to be OK but the fault

Re: [time-nuts] Austron 2100F

2010-10-21 Thread Chuck Harris
Are you sure that your Loran chain is still up? In the US and Canada, Loran has been decommissioned. -Chuck Harris asma...@fc.up.pt wrote: Hello! After power up, my 2100F Loran-C receiver displays (E 1002048) followed by (E-20), as usually, but recently I have a trouble: after that the

[time-nuts] HP / Tektronix / etc kit for sale

2010-10-21 Thread Steve Wyatt
Hi guys, Hope you don't mind me adding this to the mailing list, but I've got various HP items (and a few others) on eBay right now: http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQsassZelektricity74QQhtZ-1 If anyone needs any more info please don't hesitate to drop me a line. Kind regards, Steve

Re: [time-nuts] Austron 2100F

2010-10-21 Thread paul swed
Antonio is in Italy and they do have loran still. I have seen the e's on mine and I believe you get that if you do not feed an external reference into it. Regards On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 6:55 PM, Chuck Harris cfhar...@erols.com wrote: Are you sure that your Loran chain is still up? In the US

Re: [time-nuts] Austron 2100F

2010-10-21 Thread EB4APL
In fact it seems that he is in Portugal. Regards Ignacio, EB4APL El 22/10/2010 2:04, paul swed escribió: Antonio is in Italy and they do have loran still. I have seen the e's on mine and I believe you get that if you do not feed an external reference into it. Regards On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at

Re: [time-nuts] Austron 2100F

2010-10-21 Thread GandalfG8
In a message dated 22/10/2010 01:05:19 GMT Daylight Time, paulsw...@gmail.com writes: Antonio is in Italy and they do have loran still. I have seen the e's on mine and I believe you get that if you do not feed an external reference into it. Regards --- I thought Ct1 was

Re: [time-nuts] Austron 2100F

2010-10-21 Thread Stan, W1LE
Hello Tony, Do you have the manual ? My june, 1983 2100F op and maintenance manual, page 3-13 indicates: E #1 is a - or acquisition not in progress, cleared by software E#2 is a E, normal tracking has been halted due to a loss of external reference The operator clears this bit manually

Re: [time-nuts] Austron 2100F

2010-10-21 Thread Doug LeVan
The first E seems to indicate Normal tracking has been halted due to loss (or temporary interuption) of the external reference The last E = not yet in tracking mode Doug K8ZN -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts- boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of

[time-nuts] Cesium standard prices

2010-10-21 Thread Perry Sandeen
Gents, Talk about ask and ye shall receive! I want to thank all who have contributed answers on and off line. It appears at this time that in the case of a low end CS for me, that the remuneration is not worth the aggravation. I have far many too many projects to complete to be a nanny to

Re: [time-nuts] Cesium standard prices

2010-10-21 Thread k6rtm
Awww... Aggravation? Don't you mean challenge? And taming a CS reference is a stepping-stone to your own H maser, right? (I'm still at the tbolt - Rubidium stage of time-nuttiness, and having a lot of fun, thanks to a bunch of folks on this list.) bob K6RTM in sunny silicon valley

[time-nuts] Capacitor failures

2010-10-21 Thread Perry Sandeen
Gents, Over the years I’ve purchased 15 or so pieces of HP 3XXX and HP 5XXX series of test equipment. All has worked well until a week ago my HP 3568B which had worked for years smoked when I turned it on. I had moved and had not powered it for a couple of years. Looking at the PS board I

[time-nuts] SWAP RFTG-II-XO for Trimble T-Bolt

2010-10-21 Thread Perry Sandeen
Gents, Wrote I have a working Lucent RFTG-II-XO that I don't need. Does anyone have an extra Trimble Thunderbolt they would swap for it? I would consider other GPSDO's. Now Dick we know are a fine and honorable fellow BUT there is about a $40 spread in your favor for what you want to swap

Re: [time-nuts] SWAP RFTG-II-XO for Trimble T-Bolt

2010-10-21 Thread Richard W. Solomon
Can I assume then you are not interested ?? 73, Dick, W1KSZ -Original Message- From: Perry Sandeen sandee...@yahoo.com Sent: Oct 21, 2010 9:44 PM To: time-nuts-requ...@febo.com time-nuts@febo.com Subject: [time-nuts] SWAP RFTG-II-XO for Trimble T-Bolt Gents, Wrote I have a working