Re: [time-nuts] 20th year of time nuts mailing list
Hi Tom, I admit I'm a little bit late, but anyway congratulation to this huge success. This mailing list and the associated web pages with a huge bunch of information are an incredible treasure. Even though I wasn't able to contribute much to the knowledge concentrated here, it's always a pleasure to follow the discussions that highlight very different aspects of timing. Thanks for all the efforts by you and everyone who's associated, and all the best for 2021 and beyond! Martin ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com and follow the instructions there.
Re: [time-nuts] 20th year of time nuts mailing list
Poul-Henning, On 2021-01-03 14:39, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > > Magnus Danielson writes: > > So what does an analog synthesizer's allan deviation look like ? > > :-) I got distracted :) One of these days. :) Cheers, Magnus ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com and follow the instructions there.
Re: [time-nuts] 20th year of time nuts mailing list
Magnus Danielson writes: So what does an analog synthesizer's allan deviation look like ? :-) -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 p...@freebsd.org | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com and follow the instructions there.
Re: [time-nuts] 20th year of time nuts mailing list
Fellow time-nuts, In the end of the previous millennia I got involved in a handful of email-lists pertaining to analog (musical) synthesizer and building of these. I then ended up with the opportunity of buying some test-gear to aid my endeavors on trimming the oscillators. It's a bit of a challenge, since you have an exponential converter that transforms a 1 V/Oct voltage over to a current linear with frequency, using NP-junction properties. Then this current is used convert into a sawtooth or triangular shape using a capacitor and a reset circuit, of which the later has a fixed reset-time. A good expo-converter can span over 20 octaves. Trimming this to "track properly" and be temperature stable is a challenge. So, I was able to acquire a pair of bench DMMs in form of HP 3457A, a frequency counter in form of HP5335A and a R&S XSRM Rubidium reference out of Ericsson as they closed one of their factories and also calibration labs. Great. I also got a HP4195A network analyzer and HP3325B function generator. Not a bad setup. However, I wanted to learn more about oscillators. I was searching the net using AltaVista, found the NIST T&F archive, I found variour other sources, learned that there is a stability measure called Allan Deviation and phase-noise, and started to read up a lot. I then also found this little quirky email-list for people that really like time and frequency and being kind of nuts, called time-nuts. You might have heard about them. I ended up learning a lot quickly. In parallel at work I was working with jitter in digital transmission and how that cause bit errors, synchronization and how to build synchronization over the full network. I ended up joining the IEEE UFFC, as this allowed me to get access to that library of articles. Over time I have seen my lab outgrow the room it started in, I now lost count of the number of rubidiums I have, I barely know how many cesiums I have and the once unobtainium of a hydrogen maser obviously takes a big part of the new lab and is fortunately easy to count so far (1). Counter-wise I also got a rather sizeable collection, some of which I have more for museum/reference purposes than anything I can meaningful use. I can measure ADEV and phase-noise fairly well, to the level that I was appaulled by the huge 10 ps spikes that the RS232 readout was causing, and here I thought 10 ps resolution was unobtainable not that far ago. I have presented at EFTF and IFCS, have a PTTI presentation to finalize now. I know a whole range of the people behind the names of the articles I read. Over the years I learned a lot just hanging out on the list, and I have hopefully contributed some. It's been an awesome journey. There is still things to learn, and just reading the list is a great way to learn things. Also at times, I find myself reminded rather than learning, but that is important too. Cheers, Magnus On 2021-01-01 06:02, Tom Van Baak wrote: > Hello time nuts, > > Ah, it is 2021-01-01 (JD 2459215.5, MJD 59215) which is nice because > that means it's not 2020 anymore. > > One reason I've been looking forward to 2021 is that it's now > officially the 20th year of the time nuts mailing list. So this is a > note to say *thank you* to everyone for making it so amazing over the > years. I get comments all the time about this mailing list; its depth, > its high SNR, its focus, its vast archive of quality postings, and > especially, the community that evolved around the list. > > On the web the phrase "time nut" is now a proper noun, sometimes an > adjective, or occasionally a diagnosis or disease. Never in my wildest > dreams did I think any of this would happen. I thought my early > interest in nixie tubes, clocks, electronics, and precise timing might > be a passing phase, and that the frequency of eBay purchases would > fade. But no. This turns out to be an incredibly wide, deep, > interesting, and rewarding hobby. The mailing list started with 6 > people (half of whom are still active) and we now have 1850 members. [1] > > Speaking of history, and also to put time-nuts into perspective, I'd > like to mention that leapsecond.com (tvb) and febo.com (jra) predate > Y2K (2000), wikipedia (2001), facebook (2004), youtube (2005), twitter > (2006), reddit (2006), iPhone (2007), duckduckgo (2008), gmail (2004, > 2009), eevblog (2009), instagram (2010), snapchat (2011), outlook > (2012), and literally millions of other web sites and mailing lists. > > When this all started for us it was WWV on short-wave, ACTS by phone, > Loran-C, GOES, WWVB, GPS, Win98, dial-up, and my search engine was > altavista.dec.com. It's scary to think how much has changed in 20 > years. Fun fact: I started leapsecond.com so I could post the results > of a Y2K Colorado visit to NIST. If the world was going to crash I was > going to be at ground zero, with a camera. [2] > > Anyway, stay safe, stay healthy, stay timely. Here's to a new decade > and a happy new year to all of us. > > /tvb > > [1] htt
[time-nuts] 20th year of time nuts mailing list
Congratulations on 20 years, and a big shout-out to Tom! I have not contributed much, much but have learn from the experts here. Ronald ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com and follow the instructions there.
Re: [time-nuts] 20th year of time nuts mailing list
Best wishes for this new year with the aim that it has to be better than 2020! I'm very impressed with the history of Time-nuts, thanks a lot to Tom and John and all the great people who made it The Place it is! -- Message d'origine--De: Bob kb8tqDate: ven. 1 janv. 2021 20:18À: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement;Cc: Objet :Re: [time-nuts] 20th year of time nuts mailing listHi Indeed a very Happy New Year to all. Let’s hope that it is *much* happier than 2020 … Thanks very much to Tom and John who put in an enormous amount of work to keep this list running and the interesting place it is. Keep up the good work !!! Bob > On Jan 1, 2021, at 12:02 AM, Tom Van Baak wrote: > > Hello time nuts, > > Ah, it is 2021-01-01 (JD 2459215.5, MJD 59215) which is nice because that > means it's not 2020 anymore. > > One reason I've been looking forward to 2021 is that it's now officially the > 20th year of the time nuts mailing list. So this is a note to say *thank you* to everyone for making it so amazing over the years. I get comments all the time about this mailing list; its depth, its high SNR, its focus, its vast archive of quality postings, and especially, the community that evolved around the list. > > On the web the phrase "time nut" is now a proper noun, sometimes an > adjective, or occasionally a diagnosis or disease. Never in my wildest dreams > did I think any of this would happen. I thought my early interest in nixie > tubes, clocks, electronics, and precise timing might be a passing phase, and > that the frequency of eBay purchases would fade. But no. This turns out to be > an incredibly wide, deep, interesting, and rewarding hobby. The mailing list > started with 6 people (half of whom are still active) and we now have 1850 > members. [1] > > Speaking of history, and also to put time-nuts into perspective, I'd like to > mention that leapsecond.com (tvb) and febo.com (jra) predate Y2K (2000), > wikipedia (2001), facebook (2004), youtube (2005), twitter (2006), reddit (2006), iPhone (2007), duckduckgo (2008), gmail (2004, 2009), eevblog (2009), instagram (2010), snapchat (2011), outlook (2012), and literally millions of other web sites and mailing lists. > > When this all started for us it was WWV on short-wave, ACTS by phone, > Loran-C, GOES, WWVB, GPS, Win98, dial-up, and my search engine was > altavista.dec.com. It's scary to think how much has changed in 20 years. Fun > fact: I started leapsecond.com so I could post the results of a Y2K Colorado > visit to NIST. If the world was going to crash I was going to be at ground > zero, with a camera. [2] > > Anyway, stay safe, stay healthy, stay timely. Here's to a new decade and a > happy new year to all of us. > > /tvb > > [1] http://leapsecond.com/time-nuts.htm#history > > [2] http://leapsecond.com/y2k/ > > > > ___ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com > and follow the instructions there. ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com and follow the instructions there. ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com and follow the instructions there.
Re: [time-nuts] 20th year of time nuts mailing list
Tom, thanks for doing this crazy thing that has so many of us involved. Since meeting you, John Ackerman, and others at the BHI 150th Anniversary celebration in England, I somehow have acquired four Rb GPSDOs, two Ce chip-scale atomic clocks, two Rb miniature atomic clocks, a host of counter-timers and oscilloscopes, four Hamilton 21 chronometers, and an untold number of GPSDOs and receivers, none of which I had realized that I needed prior to meeting you guys. My current project of synchronizing Hamilton chronometers with atomic standards is coming together, with three systems built and operational. Now, if I can just find someone who needs a "perfect" chronometer for their megayacht, I'll be in business. Tom Bales KE4SYS ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com and follow the instructions there.
Re: [time-nuts] 20th year of time nuts mailing list
I've learned a lot from this list and the community around it. Thanks to all who have contributed! On Fri, Jan 1, 2021 at 8:01 AM Azelio Boriani wrote: > Thank you all and happy new year. > I joined this list in 2010, my first GPSDO was completed in 2001 when > working on DVB transmission equipment here in Italy, at that time > among the very first digital video modulators produced. Precise timing > was entering the digital video broadcast industry. > > On Fri, Jan 1, 2021 at 1:10 PM Poul-Henning Kamp > wrote: > > > > > > Tom Van Baak writes: > > > > > One reason I've been looking forward to 2021 is that it's now > officially > > > the 20th year of the time nuts mailing list. > > > > ...and twenty years feeling part of a community, rather than > > like an utter goof-ball, for caring about nanoseconds :-) > > > > I also think it is fair to say that our community being already up > > and running, made a lot of other peoples lives easier, once the > > rest of the world caught up with precision timing. > > > > Stay safe! > > > > Poul-Henning > > > > -- > > Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 > > p...@freebsd.org | TCP/IP since RFC 956 > > FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe > > Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by > incompetence. > > > > ___ > > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com > > To unsubscribe, go to > http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com > > and follow the instructions there. > > ___ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com > and follow the instructions there. > ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com and follow the instructions there.
Re: [time-nuts] 20th year of time nuts mailing list
Hi Indeed a very Happy New Year to all. Let’s hope that it is *much* happier than 2020 … Thanks very much to Tom and John who put in an enormous amount of work to keep this list running and the interesting place it is. Keep up the good work !!! Bob > On Jan 1, 2021, at 12:02 AM, Tom Van Baak wrote: > > Hello time nuts, > > Ah, it is 2021-01-01 (JD 2459215.5, MJD 59215) which is nice because that > means it's not 2020 anymore. > > One reason I've been looking forward to 2021 is that it's now officially the > 20th year of the time nuts mailing list. So this is a note to say *thank you* > to everyone for making it so amazing over the years. I get comments all the > time about this mailing list; its depth, its high SNR, its focus, its vast > archive of quality postings, and especially, the community that evolved > around the list. > > On the web the phrase "time nut" is now a proper noun, sometimes an > adjective, or occasionally a diagnosis or disease. Never in my wildest dreams > did I think any of this would happen. I thought my early interest in nixie > tubes, clocks, electronics, and precise timing might be a passing phase, and > that the frequency of eBay purchases would fade. But no. This turns out to be > an incredibly wide, deep, interesting, and rewarding hobby. The mailing list > started with 6 people (half of whom are still active) and we now have 1850 > members. [1] > > Speaking of history, and also to put time-nuts into perspective, I'd like to > mention that leapsecond.com (tvb) and febo.com (jra) predate Y2K (2000), > wikipedia (2001), facebook (2004), youtube (2005), twitter (2006), reddit > (2006), iPhone (2007), duckduckgo (2008), gmail (2004, 2009), eevblog (2009), > instagram (2010), snapchat (2011), outlook (2012), and literally millions of > other web sites and mailing lists. > > When this all started for us it was WWV on short-wave, ACTS by phone, > Loran-C, GOES, WWVB, GPS, Win98, dial-up, and my search engine was > altavista.dec.com. It's scary to think how much has changed in 20 years. Fun > fact: I started leapsecond.com so I could post the results of a Y2K Colorado > visit to NIST. If the world was going to crash I was going to be at ground > zero, with a camera. [2] > > Anyway, stay safe, stay healthy, stay timely. Here's to a new decade and a > happy new year to all of us. > > /tvb > > [1] http://leapsecond.com/time-nuts.htm#history > > [2] http://leapsecond.com/y2k/ > > > > ___ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com > and follow the instructions there. ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com and follow the instructions there.
Re: [time-nuts] 20th year of time nuts mailing list
Thank you all and happy new year. I joined this list in 2010, my first GPSDO was completed in 2001 when working on DVB transmission equipment here in Italy, at that time among the very first digital video modulators produced. Precise timing was entering the digital video broadcast industry. On Fri, Jan 1, 2021 at 1:10 PM Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > > > Tom Van Baak writes: > > > One reason I've been looking forward to 2021 is that it's now officially > > the 20th year of the time nuts mailing list. > > ...and twenty years feeling part of a community, rather than > like an utter goof-ball, for caring about nanoseconds :-) > > I also think it is fair to say that our community being already up > and running, made a lot of other peoples lives easier, once the > rest of the world caught up with precision timing. > > Stay safe! > > Poul-Henning > > -- > Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 > p...@freebsd.org | TCP/IP since RFC 956 > FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe > Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. > > ___ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com > and follow the instructions there. ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com and follow the instructions there.
Re: [time-nuts] 20th year of time nuts mailing list
Tom Van Baak writes: > One reason I've been looking forward to 2021 is that it's now officially > the 20th year of the time nuts mailing list. ...and twenty years feeling part of a community, rather than like an utter goof-ball, for caring about nanoseconds :-) I also think it is fair to say that our community being already up and running, made a lot of other peoples lives easier, once the rest of the world caught up with precision timing. Stay safe! Poul-Henning -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 p...@freebsd.org | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com and follow the instructions there.
Re: [time-nuts] 20th year of time nuts mailing list
Congratulations! Time nuts has been such a great place to be all theses years for me even if the information flow has been mostly one way. I have learned an enormous amount. Pete. On 1/1/2021 12:02 AM, Tom Van Baak wrote: Hello time nuts, Ah, it is 2021-01-01 (JD 2459215.5, MJD 59215) which is nice because that means it's not 2020 anymore. One reason I've been looking forward to 2021 is that it's now officially the 20th year of the time nuts mailing list. So this is a note to say *thank you* to everyone for making it so amazing over the years. I get comments all the time about this mailing list; its depth, its high SNR, its focus, its vast archive of quality postings, and especially, the community that evolved around the list. On the web the phrase "time nut" is now a proper noun, sometimes an adjective, or occasionally a diagnosis or disease. Never in my wildest dreams did I think any of this would happen. I thought my early interest in nixie tubes, clocks, electronics, and precise timing might be a passing phase, and that the frequency of eBay purchases would fade. But no. This turns out to be an incredibly wide, deep, interesting, and rewarding hobby. The mailing list started with 6 people (half of whom are still active) and we now have 1850 members. [1] Speaking of history, and also to put time-nuts into perspective, I'd like to mention that leapsecond.com (tvb) and febo.com (jra) predate Y2K (2000), wikipedia (2001), facebook (2004), youtube (2005), twitter (2006), reddit (2006), iPhone (2007), duckduckgo (2008), gmail (2004, 2009), eevblog (2009), instagram (2010), snapchat (2011), outlook (2012), and literally millions of other web sites and mailing lists. When this all started for us it was WWV on short-wave, ACTS by phone, Loran-C, GOES, WWVB, GPS, Win98, dial-up, and my search engine was altavista.dec.com. It's scary to think how much has changed in 20 years. Fun fact: I started leapsecond.com so I could post the results of a Y2K Colorado visit to NIST. If the world was going to crash I was going to be at ground zero, with a camera. [2] Anyway, stay safe, stay healthy, stay timely. Here's to a new decade and a happy new year to all of us. /tvb [1] http://leapsecond.com/time-nuts.htm#history [2] http://leapsecond.com/y2k/ ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com and follow the instructions there. ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com and follow the instructions there.
Re: [time-nuts] 20th year of time nuts mailing list
Hi Tom, All, Thank you for sharing such a great remembrance! At about five years subscribed I'm a newcomer and certainly at early stages of my time-nuttery journey, but none the less time-nuts remains my favourite 'net mailing list for all the reasons you outline - the exceptionally high SNR, fascinating discourse and just plain lovely bunch of folk that are involved. Thank you to Tom and all who keep it ticking over and to all that contribute to the discussions. The very best for 2021 and beyond vy 73 Hugh VK3YYZ/AD5RV On 1/1/21 4:02 pm, Tom Van Baak wrote: Hello time nuts, Ah, it is 2021-01-01 (JD 2459215.5, MJD 59215) which is nice because that means it's not 2020 anymore. One reason I've been looking forward to 2021 is that it's now officially the 20th year of the time nuts mailing list. So this is a note to say *thank you* to everyone for making it so amazing over the years. I get comments all the time about this mailing list; its depth, its high SNR, its focus, its vast archive of quality postings, and especially, the community that evolved around the list. On the web the phrase "time nut" is now a proper noun, sometimes an adjective, or occasionally a diagnosis or disease. Never in my wildest dreams did I think any of this would happen. I thought my early interest in nixie tubes, clocks, electronics, and precise timing might be a passing phase, and that the frequency of eBay purchases would fade. But no. This turns out to be an incredibly wide, deep, interesting, and rewarding hobby. The mailing list started with 6 people (half of whom are still active) and we now have 1850 members. [1] Speaking of history, and also to put time-nuts into perspective, I'd like to mention that leapsecond.com (tvb) and febo.com (jra) predate Y2K (2000), wikipedia (2001), facebook (2004), youtube (2005), twitter (2006), reddit (2006), iPhone (2007), duckduckgo (2008), gmail (2004, 2009), eevblog (2009), instagram (2010), snapchat (2011), outlook (2012), and literally millions of other web sites and mailing lists. When this all started for us it was WWV on short-wave, ACTS by phone, Loran-C, GOES, WWVB, GPS, Win98, dial-up, and my search engine was altavista.dec.com. It's scary to think how much has changed in 20 years. Fun fact: I started leapsecond.com so I could post the results of a Y2K Colorado visit to NIST. If the world was going to crash I was going to be at ground zero, with a camera. [2] Anyway, stay safe, stay healthy, stay timely. Here's to a new decade and a happy new year to all of us. /tvb [1] http://leapsecond.com/time-nuts.htm#history [2] http://leapsecond.com/y2k/ ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com and follow the instructions there. ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com and follow the instructions there.
Re: [time-nuts] 20th year of time nuts mailing list
Congratulations Tom! Happy, prosperous and healthy New Year to you and all of the other nuts. Wes Stewart, N7WS On 12/31/2020 10:02 PM, Tom Van Baak wrote: Hello time nuts, Ah, it is 2021-01-01 (JD 2459215.5, MJD 59215) which is nice because that means it's not 2020 anymore. One reason I've been looking forward to 2021 is that it's now officially the 20th year of the time nuts mailing list. So this is a note to say *thank you* to everyone for making it so amazing over the years. I get comments all the time about this mailing list; its depth, its high SNR, its focus, its vast archive of quality postings, and especially, the community that evolved around the list. On the web the phrase "time nut" is now a proper noun, sometimes an adjective, or occasionally a diagnosis or disease. Never in my wildest dreams did I think any of this would happen. I thought my early interest in nixie tubes, clocks, electronics, and precise timing might be a passing phase, and that the frequency of eBay purchases would fade. But no. This turns out to be an incredibly wide, deep, interesting, and rewarding hobby. The mailing list started with 6 people (half of whom are still active) and we now have 1850 members. [1] Speaking of history, and also to put time-nuts into perspective, I'd like to mention that leapsecond.com (tvb) and febo.com (jra) predate Y2K (2000), wikipedia (2001), facebook (2004), youtube (2005), twitter (2006), reddit (2006), iPhone (2007), duckduckgo (2008), gmail (2004, 2009), eevblog (2009), instagram (2010), snapchat (2011), outlook (2012), and literally millions of other web sites and mailing lists. When this all started for us it was WWV on short-wave, ACTS by phone, Loran-C, GOES, WWVB, GPS, Win98, dial-up, and my search engine was altavista.dec.com. It's scary to think how much has changed in 20 years. Fun fact: I started leapsecond.com so I could post the results of a Y2K Colorado visit to NIST. If the world was going to crash I was going to be at ground zero, with a camera. [2] Anyway, stay safe, stay healthy, stay timely. Here's to a new decade and a happy new year to all of us. /tvb [1] http://leapsecond.com/time-nuts.htm#history [2] http://leapsecond.com/y2k/ ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com and follow the instructions there.
Re: [time-nuts] 20th year of time nuts mailing list
Happy New Year to all the time nuts, and a big THANK YOU to you, Tom, for making the list available to all of us, from newbies to the top tier in time and frequency experts around the world! Steve > On Dec 31, 2020, at 11:15 PM, Tom Van Baak wrote: > > Hello time nuts, > > Ah, it is 2021-01-01 (JD 2459215.5, MJD 59215) which is nice because that > means it's not 2020 anymore. > > One reason I've been looking forward to 2021 is that it's now officially the > 20th year of the time nuts mailing list. So this is a note to say *thank you* > to everyone for making it so amazing over the years. I get comments all the > time about this mailing list; its depth, its high SNR, its focus, its vast > archive of quality postings, and especially, the community that evolved > around the list. > > On the web the phrase "time nut" is now a proper noun, sometimes an > adjective, or occasionally a diagnosis or disease. Never in my wildest dreams > did I think any of this would happen. I thought my early interest in nixie > tubes, clocks, electronics, and precise timing might be a passing phase, and > that the frequency of eBay purchases would fade. But no. This turns out to be > an incredibly wide, deep, interesting, and rewarding hobby. The mailing list > started with 6 people (half of whom are still active) and we now have 1850 > members. [1] > > Speaking of history, and also to put time-nuts into perspective, I'd like to > mention that leapsecond.com (tvb) and febo.com (jra) predate Y2K (2000), > wikipedia (2001), facebook (2004), youtube (2005), twitter (2006), reddit > (2006), iPhone (2007), duckduckgo (2008), gmail (2004, 2009), eevblog (2009), > instagram (2010), snapchat (2011), outlook (2012), and literally millions of > other web sites and mailing lists. > > When this all started for us it was WWV on short-wave, ACTS by phone, > Loran-C, GOES, WWVB, GPS, Win98, dial-up, and my search engine was > altavista.dec.com. It's scary to think how much has changed in 20 years. Fun > fact: I started leapsecond.com so I could post the results of a Y2K Colorado > visit to NIST. If the world was going to crash I was going to be at ground > zero, with a camera. [2] > > Anyway, stay safe, stay healthy, stay timely. Here's to a new decade and a > happy new year to all of us. > > /tvb > > [1] http://leapsecond.com/time-nuts.htm#history > > [2] http://leapsecond.com/y2k/ > > > > ___ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com > and follow the instructions there. ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com and follow the instructions there.
Re: [time-nuts] 20th year of time nuts mailing list
Great job Tom! It's an important service you have here and for me at least, an irreplaceable resource. I have learned more than I thought possible and a good part of the blame rests on your shoulders. Keep up the great work, and happy new year! Bob K6DDX On Thursday, December 31, 2020, 09:15:36 PM PST, Tom Van Baak wrote: Hello time nuts, Ah, it is 2021-01-01 (JD 2459215.5, MJD 59215) which is nice because that means it's not 2020 anymore. One reason I've been looking forward to 2021 is that it's now officially the 20th year of the time nuts mailing list. So this is a note to say *thank you* to everyone for making it so amazing over the years. I get comments all the time about this mailing list; its depth, its high SNR, its focus, its vast archive of quality postings, and especially, the community that evolved around the list. On the web the phrase "time nut" is now a proper noun, sometimes an adjective, or occasionally a diagnosis or disease. Never in my wildest dreams did I think any of this would happen. I thought my early interest in nixie tubes, clocks, electronics, and precise timing might be a passing phase, and that the frequency of eBay purchases would fade. But no. This turns out to be an incredibly wide, deep, interesting, and rewarding hobby. The mailing list started with 6 people (half of whom are still active) and we now have 1850 members. [1] Speaking of history, and also to put time-nuts into perspective, I'd like to mention that leapsecond.com (tvb) and febo.com (jra) predate Y2K (2000), wikipedia (2001), facebook (2004), youtube (2005), twitter (2006), reddit (2006), iPhone (2007), duckduckgo (2008), gmail (2004, 2009), eevblog (2009), instagram (2010), snapchat (2011), outlook (2012), and literally millions of other web sites and mailing lists. When this all started for us it was WWV on short-wave, ACTS by phone, Loran-C, GOES, WWVB, GPS, Win98, dial-up, and my search engine was altavista.dec.com. It's scary to think how much has changed in 20 years. Fun fact: I started leapsecond.com so I could post the results of a Y2K Colorado visit to NIST. If the world was going to crash I was going to be at ground zero, with a camera. [2] Anyway, stay safe, stay healthy, stay timely. Here's to a new decade and a happy new year to all of us. /tvb [1] http://leapsecond.com/time-nuts.htm#history [2] http://leapsecond.com/y2k/ ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com and follow the instructions there. ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com and follow the instructions there.
[time-nuts] 20th year of time nuts mailing list
Hello time nuts, Ah, it is 2021-01-01 (JD 2459215.5, MJD 59215) which is nice because that means it's not 2020 anymore. One reason I've been looking forward to 2021 is that it's now officially the 20th year of the time nuts mailing list. So this is a note to say *thank you* to everyone for making it so amazing over the years. I get comments all the time about this mailing list; its depth, its high SNR, its focus, its vast archive of quality postings, and especially, the community that evolved around the list. On the web the phrase "time nut" is now a proper noun, sometimes an adjective, or occasionally a diagnosis or disease. Never in my wildest dreams did I think any of this would happen. I thought my early interest in nixie tubes, clocks, electronics, and precise timing might be a passing phase, and that the frequency of eBay purchases would fade. But no. This turns out to be an incredibly wide, deep, interesting, and rewarding hobby. The mailing list started with 6 people (half of whom are still active) and we now have 1850 members. [1] Speaking of history, and also to put time-nuts into perspective, I'd like to mention that leapsecond.com (tvb) and febo.com (jra) predate Y2K (2000), wikipedia (2001), facebook (2004), youtube (2005), twitter (2006), reddit (2006), iPhone (2007), duckduckgo (2008), gmail (2004, 2009), eevblog (2009), instagram (2010), snapchat (2011), outlook (2012), and literally millions of other web sites and mailing lists. When this all started for us it was WWV on short-wave, ACTS by phone, Loran-C, GOES, WWVB, GPS, Win98, dial-up, and my search engine was altavista.dec.com. It's scary to think how much has changed in 20 years. Fun fact: I started leapsecond.com so I could post the results of a Y2K Colorado visit to NIST. If the world was going to crash I was going to be at ground zero, with a camera. [2] Anyway, stay safe, stay healthy, stay timely. Here's to a new decade and a happy new year to all of us. /tvb [1] http://leapsecond.com/time-nuts.htm#history [2] http://leapsecond.com/y2k/ ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com and follow the instructions there.
