Re: [time-nuts] US Army Frequency Standard

2012-01-26 Thread John Howell
Well done Ziggy, I for one am grateful for your efforts, I commented previously on the high standard of construction but I couldn't believe that the angles of the screw slots at the corners of your schematic are identical to those in the lid of my TS65! grin John H. On 26 Jan 2012, at 03:14,

Re: [time-nuts] US Army Frequency Standard

2012-01-25 Thread Don Latham
And the op manual is at: http://books.google.com/books?id=Hoc-YAAJprintsec=frontcoversource=gbs_ge_summary_rcad=0#v=onepageqf=false J. Forster American Time Products still exists: http://www.powercontroldevices.com/about-us/ ATP has also been closely connected to Buliva, makers of the

Re: [time-nuts] US Army Frequency Standard

2012-01-25 Thread Don Latham
And here's the manual http://www.liberatedmanuals.com/TM-11-6625-407-24P.pdf J. Forster Self generating, therefore selenium (or possibly silicon). There is no bias so it's not a photoconductor. I'm sure it's called out in the -24P manual. -John === Thank you everyone for

Re: [time-nuts] US Army Frequency Standard

2012-01-25 Thread Don Latham
It's for calibrating a radiosonde recorder. J. Forster American Time Products still exists: http://www.powercontroldevices.com/about-us/ ATP has also been closely connected to Buliva, makers of the Accutron. -John Amazing, the things that can be picked out of the

Re: [time-nuts] US Army Frequency Standard

2012-01-25 Thread Don Latham
Oh Lord, I gotta have one! It's obviously a mil-spec version of: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z86V_ICUCD4 Don J. Forster Self generating, therefore selenium (or possibly silicon). There is no bias so it's not a photoconductor. I'm sure it's called out in the -24P manual. -John

Re: [time-nuts] US Army Frequency Standard

2012-01-25 Thread John Howell
It appears to be a Bradley Lab #6A, Alan Bradley is now part of Rockwell Automation. John. O,n 25 Jan 2012, at 05:18, J. Forster wrote: Self generating, therefore selenium (or possibly silicon). There is no bias so it's not a photoconductor. I'm sure it's called out in the -24P manual.

Re: [time-nuts] US Army Frequency Standard

2012-01-25 Thread Ziggy
Well, it's still probably better than nothing, even with the missing bits. It's kind of an interesting little box and the lack of a completely unencumbered version of this manual really annoyed me. So I've posted a complete PDF version on my website for those interested. It's a little hefty at

Re: [time-nuts] US Army Frequency Standard

2012-01-25 Thread Ziggy
I know it's generally bad form to reply to my own post, but if you downloaded the manual already, you may want to do it again. I found a copy of the complete schematic and updated the manual, inserting the schematic where it should be. Ziggy --- On Jan 25, 2012, at 9:48 PM, Ziggy wrote: Well,

Re: [time-nuts] US Army Frequency Standard

2012-01-24 Thread Bob Camp
Hi Sounds about right for calibrating / verifying vibrating reed frequency readouts. Bob -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of John Howell Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 5:00 PM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency

Re: [time-nuts] US Army Frequency Standard

2012-01-24 Thread John Howell
Thanks Bob, If it helps the switched frequencies are: 0, 10, 20, 40, 60, 80, 100, 120, 140, 160, 180, 190Hz. John. On 24 Jan 2012, at 22:09, Bob Camp wrote: Hi Sounds about right for calibrating / verifying vibrating reed frequency readouts. Bob -Original Message- From:

Re: [time-nuts] US Army Frequency Standard

2012-01-24 Thread jmfranke
WA4WDL -- From: John Howell j...@howell61.f9.co.uk Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 5:29 PM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement time-nuts@febo.com Subject: Re: [time-nuts] US Army Frequency Standard Thanks Bob, If it helps

Re: [time-nuts] US Army Frequency Standard

2012-01-24 Thread Brooke Clarke
Hi John: Is there a photo of the freq std on line? Have Fun, Brooke Clarke http://www.PRC68.com http://www.end2partygovernment.com/Brooke4Congress.html John Howell wrote: Thanks Bob, If it helps the switched frequencies are: 0, 10, 20, 40, 60, 80, 100, 120, 140, 160, 180, 190Hz. John.

Re: [time-nuts] US Army Frequency Standard

2012-01-24 Thread J. Forster
Google: FMQ-1 Test Set The -24P Parts Manual w/ exploded parts ID is in many places and has a drawing of the front panel. It has no schematics. The full manual will be -15 to -45 Depot Maintenance Manual, per standard Army nomenclature. The last digit will be 5, without a following P. -John

Re: [time-nuts] US Army Frequency Standard

2012-01-24 Thread Stan, W1LE
Possibly tuning up the mechanicals of a teletype set. Stan, W1LE On 1/24/2012 4:59 PM, John Howell wrote: Hi All, I recently obtained a curious Low Frequency Standard dating from the late 1950s. Its output can be switched to a number of frequencies from 10 to 190Hz, derived from a tuning

Re: [time-nuts] US Army Frequency Standard

2012-01-24 Thread Magnus Danielson
On 01/24/2012 11:59 PM, J. Forster wrote: Google: FMQ-1 Test Set The -24P Parts Manual w/ exploded parts ID is in many places and has a drawing of the front panel. It has no schematics. The full manual will be -15 to -45 Depot Maintenance Manual, per standard Army nomenclature. The last

Re: [time-nuts] US Army Frequency Standard

2012-01-24 Thread J. Forster
Ah, thanks. I have complained to Google about that scanning issue. IMO, it's a real problem. In a few years, Google may have the only extant copy of some doc. And it will be near useless w/o the fully scanned pages. This is the third time this has come up in the last few months. Either they

Re: [time-nuts] US Army Frequency Standard

2012-01-24 Thread John Howell
Thank you everyone for your comments, and if I've got it right Brooke, if you paste this into your browser: http://www.flickr.com//photos/75ohm/sets/72157629019710615/show/ you should get a quick tour and a movie! This is indeed a tuning fork driving a synchronous motor that has a

Re: [time-nuts] US Army Frequency Standard

2012-01-24 Thread Bill Hawkins
Amazing, the things that can be picked out of the noise. I have one of these frequency standards, but it belonged to the US Dept. of Commerce, during the period 1965 to 1970 when the DoC was given the weather bureau, named Environmental Science Services (ESSA). It was last calibrated 9-27-72,

Re: [time-nuts] US Army Frequency Standard

2012-01-24 Thread J. Forster
American Time Products still exists: http://www.powercontroldevices.com/about-us/ ATP has also been closely connected to Buliva, makers of the Accutron. -John Amazing, the things that can be picked out of the noise. I have one of these frequency standards, but it

Re: [time-nuts] US Army Frequency Standard

2012-01-24 Thread J. Forster
Self generating, therefore selenium (or possibly silicon). There is no bias so it's not a photoconductor. I'm sure it's called out in the -24P manual. -John === Thank you everyone for your comments, and if I've got it right Brooke, if you paste this into your browser: