Ah, yes, I have one of those FAA tuning fork standards . Never occurred to me to mount it in a three dimensional gimbal in order to discipline it to GPS. Might wear out the mechanism, though, as it attempts to track the ever-shifting GPS reception.
Regards, Bill Hawkins (My wife thinks I'm certifiable. Only true love keeps her from doing it.) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Forbes Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2006 8:00 PM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Re Certified Time Nut Certificate At 2:43 PM -0600 11/4/06, tom wrote: >whats this lesser standard in the gps and rubidium stuff. i have a hp >117a tracking receiver that prints days with straight lines from my rubidium osc. >also three hp 59309a clocks that say i have the correct time for weeks >running from the standard. hope that makes me at least in the middle >of the good guys. maybe you could leave the space and i can fill it in >myself with little flowers and some funny faces.......... >tom w0kgw I agree. I think there should be special categories such as tuning fork standards. I have one of these that could be disciplined to GPS if desired by varying its supply voltage and/or rotating it relative to gravity, which activities would certainly qualify one as certifiable. -- --David Forbes, Tucson, AZ http://www.cathodecorner.com/ _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list [email protected] https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list [email protected] https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
