Bob, Can you please send me your personal email address so we can have a brief discussion off-list?
Thanks, John Westmoreland (I'm just nuts, and not only about time! Ha!) 408-772-6237 On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 2:56 PM, Bob Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I am not a Time-Nut but I did work in the field for Dr. Sam Stein of > Timing Solutions from the time he founded the company in 1991. Ultimately I > became one of his three partners and designed the hardware and firmware for > most of his products. While I chose not to continue with the company when > it was purchased by Symmetricom, for a few years I continued to work for > Sam as a contractor on additional products and to support older products. > > I just attended Sam's retirement gathering in Boulder,CO and received > permission to dispose of my many years of collected "stuff" including > cables, connectors, old prototypes, raw boards for distribution amps etc > along with lots of parts. While I've been asked not to provide full > schematics of boards in production, I can provide hints on how they work. > > There may also be some working zero-crossing detectors from back when I > designed the 5110A Time Interval Analyzer as well as isolation amps from as > far back as the late 90's when we provided the signal distribution system > used in GPS ground stations around the world. > > My wife claims her biggest fear is that I'll keel over someday and > leave her stuck with all this stuff in the basement so I'd like to > get rid of it. > > Sam's retirement was like the end of an era for me and I haven't touched > this stuff in years. I'd like it to go to people who can make use of it as > opposed to depositing it in a landfill. > > Ideally there is some Time-Nut in the Boulder, CO area who can take this > stuff and who would be willing to share it with other time-nuts at no > charge. > > I also have a 5120 Phase Noise Test Set with internal oscillator. > I acquired a new one in a trade for work when Symmetricom asked me to > modify the hardware that controlled the transmitters for the Loran upgrade > to work as the European version that was under consideration at the time. I > would like to donate this unit to an educational institution that can't > afford one (but could certainly use it) and would entertain suggestions. > > Let me know if there is any interest. > > Best, > > Bob Martin > Former Director of Hardware Development > Timing Solutions, Corp. > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/ > listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com and follow the instructions there.
