No disrespect intended, but it seems to me that human technology is built on the published experience/mistakes of others.
A newbie would do well to read the experiences of others before investing the first penny in hardware. TVB, Magnus Danielson, Bob Camp, Jim Lux, Attila Kinali and others have been there and done that. So have I but I wouldn't compare myself to them. First I got the $300 HP Z3? GPSDO units, then I tried some equally expensive Lucent units. I did get the $750 HP Rubidium and learned from the construction and operation. Then I got the $1200 Caesium standard and learned that I'd have trouble shipping it. That stuff is all gone now, much of it to paid junk haulers. I don't regret it, though. Education can be expensive. The high point was talking to a Minnesota professor of physics about the FTL neutrinos. Time and frequency can be measured to a precision/accuracy that is not possible for volts, amps, and ohms. It's exciting stuff, and correspondingly difficult. FWIW Bill Hawkins -----Original Message----- From: Alexander Pummer Sent: Monday, April 04, 2016 4:49 PM Building it cost you time and money, most likely much more than to buy, but you gain experience and you learn the limits of the different techniques, what you would not get to know other way 73 KJ6UHN Alex _______________________________________________ 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.
