WARNING: Scott McGrath borrowed an HP Rb standard manual from a good friend of mine and HAS NOT RETURNED IT, despite repeated requests both on and off lists. He has made lame excuses for well over a year.
Details upon request. Be Warned!! -John ================= > Dick > > I'd like to buy your antenna if not already sold I've restored one of > these receivers and was about to build antenna! > > Scott > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dick Moore <[email protected]> > Sender: [email protected] > Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2010 15:22:18 > To: <[email protected]> > Reply-To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] HP/Dymek DY-5842 > > I used to have one of these marvelous receivers and sold it. I still have > the WWVB/60kHz shielded loop antenna that I made for it and although it is > big, at about 30" x 30" x 2" or so, I believe it will ship FedEx or UPS > OK. It's free to anyone who'll pay the shipping. It's made out of copper > pipe and works quite well, and is tuned for the 5842 at 60kHz. > > Best, > Dick Moore > > > On Oct 1, 2010, at 3:50 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > >> Message: 5 >> Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2010 16:34:57 -0600 >> From: ziggy9 <[email protected]> >> Subject: [time-nuts] Possibly OT - Any interest in a vintage HP/Dymec >> DY-5842 VLF receiver? >> To: <[email protected]> >> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 >> >> >> Fellow time-nuts: >> I've got a circa 1964 DY-5842 VLF receiver. This is (was) operated in >> conjunction with an external time interval counter to make a frequency >> comparison. So you would select WWVL for example, and use that as your >> primary standard for comparison to your local standard. It's got 5 >> crystals >> in it: 16, 18, 19.8, 20, and 60 kHz (listed as GBR, NBA, NPM, WWVL, >> WWVB). >> It works and I have the manual. The thing is, the interest in something >> like this is bound to be a bit narrow, so I thought I'd mention it here. >> >> So if there are any collectors, equipment museums, etc. that might be >> interested in this, please let me know. I'm a bit sentimental about this >> thing, it's sort of a bit of history, and from what I can tell, somewhat >> rare (doesnt make it worth anything though :). Since it's a bit of a >> curiosity, I'd like to pass it to someone that might be interested in it >> rather than just tossing it. I can always provide more details to anyone >> that wants them. >> >> Best regards, >> Paul Davis - K9MR >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 6 >> Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 18:42:16 -0400 >> From: "jmfranke" <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Possibly OT - Any interest in a vintage >> HP/Dymec DY-5842 VLF receiver? >> To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" >> <[email protected]> >> Message-ID: <b7ea2d4ab6f34ab19da25cfdc85a6...@franke> >> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; >> reply-type=original >> >> I am very interested. Do you have any images? >> >> John Franke WA4WDL >> Portsmouth, VA 23703 >> >> -------------------------------------------------- >> From: "ziggy9" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, October 01, 2010 6:34 PM >> To: <[email protected]> >> Subject: [time-nuts] Possibly OT - Any interest in a vintage HP/Dymec >> DY-5842 VLF receiver? >> >>> >>> Fellow time-nuts: >>> I've got a circa 1964 DY-5842 VLF receiver. This is (was) operated in >>> conjunction with an external time interval counter to make a frequency >>> comparison. So you would select WWVL for example, and use that as your >>> primary standard for comparison to your local standard. It's got 5 >>> crystals >>> in it: 16, 18, 19.8, 20, and 60 kHz (listed as GBR, NBA, NPM, WWVL, >>> WWVB). >>> It works and I have the manual. The thing is, the interest in something >>> like this is bound to be a bit narrow, so I thought I'd mention it >>> here. >>> >>> So if there are any collectors, equipment museums, etc. that might be >>> interested in this, please let me know. I'm a bit sentimental about >>> this >>> thing, it's sort of a bit of history, and from what I can tell, >>> somewhat >>> rare (doesnt make it worth anything though :). Since it's a bit of a >>> curiosity, I'd like to pass it to someone that might be interested in >>> it >>> rather than just tossing it. I can always provide more details to >>> anyone >>> that wants them. >>> >>> Best regards, >>> Paul Davis - K9MR >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe, go to >>> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >>> and follow the instructions there. >>> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 7 >> Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2010 17:50:17 -0500 >> From: Brian Kirby <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Possibly OT - Any interest in a vintage >> HP/Dymec DY-5842 VLF receiver? >> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement >> <[email protected]> >> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed >> >> You might consider contacting Dr. Ken Kuhn -- [email protected] >> >> check his HP museum at http://www.kennethkuhn.com/hpmuseum/ >> >> Brian Kirby KD4FM >> >> >> >> On 10/1/2010 5:34 PM, ziggy9 wrote: >>> >>> Fellow time-nuts: >>> I've got a circa 1964 DY-5842 VLF receiver. This is (was) operated in >>> conjunction with an external time interval counter to make a frequency >>> comparison. So you would select WWVL for example, and use that as your >>> primary standard for comparison to your local standard. It's got 5 >>> crystals >>> in it: 16, 18, 19.8, 20, and 60 kHz (listed as GBR, NBA, NPM, WWVL, >>> WWVB). >>> It works and I have the manual. The thing is, the interest in something >>> like this is bound to be a bit narrow, so I thought I'd mention it >>> here. >>> >>> So if there are any collectors, equipment museums, etc. that might be >>> interested in this, please let me know. I'm a bit sentimental about >>> this >>> thing, it's sort of a bit of history, and from what I can tell, >>> somewhat >>> rare (doesnt make it worth anything though :). Since it's a bit of a >>> curiosity, I'd like to pass it to someone that might be interested in >>> it >>> rather than just tossing it. I can always provide more details to >>> anyone >>> that wants them. >>> >>> Best regards, >>> Paul Davis - K9MR >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe, go to >>> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >>> and follow the instructions there. >>> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
