Re: [time-nuts] Re: UTC

2005-07-29 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Warner Losh writes: Within the respective zones created under the authority of sections 261 to 264 of this title the standard time of the zone shall insofar as practicable (as determined by the Secretary of Transportation) govern the

Re: [time-nuts] Agilent App Note 174-10 (Cable Delay)

2005-07-29 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I managed to find a copy of the Cable Delay App Note somebody asked about not too long ago. Should I have John Ackermann post it on his site ... or Tom Van Baak on his site? Any takers? :-) It is in .pdf format. Tnx, Jim I'll stick a copy here

Re: [time-nuts] Agilent App Note 174-10 (Cable Delay)

2005-07-29 Thread Joseph Gray
If anyone has the manual on the HP 8970B noise figure meter (10-1600 MHz, a bit higher with an option), could they scan me pages 1-1 and 1-2, as TIFF files but do *not* convert to pdf. The manual is on the Agilent site, but those two introducory pages are missing. I've made Agilent aware of

Re: [time-nuts] Agilent App Note 174-10 (Cable Delay)

2005-07-29 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
Joseph Gray wrote: If anyone has the manual on the HP 8970B noise figure meter (10-1600 MHz, a bit higher with an option), could they scan me pages 1-1 and 1-2, as TIFF files but do *not* convert to pdf. The manual is on the Agilent site, but those two introducory pages are missing. I've made

Re: [time-nuts] Agilent App Note 174-10 (Cable Delay)

2005-07-29 Thread John Ackermann N8UR
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I managed to find a copy of the Cable Delay App Note somebody asked about not too long ago. Should I have John Ackermann post it on his site ... or Tom Van Baak on his site? Any takers? :-) It is in .pdf format. I'll be happy to host it. John

[time-nuts] Leapsecond article in Wall Street Journal

2005-07-29 Thread John Ackermann N8UR
The front page of today's Wall Street Journal has an article about the debate. The headline is Why the US wants to End the Link Between Time and Sun. Unfortunately, I don't get the electronic edition so can't cut-and paste. From the article, it appears the USNO was the author of the

RE: Re: [time-nuts] Newbie with questions, SR620 ADEV

2005-07-29 Thread lymex
Daer Tom, Thanks very much for your reply. I not only see very good answer, by reading your mails(and other replies from )I also got some idea of how you reasoning the answer. Thats most valuable for me. Another thing, I remembered you said once that all stabilities are relative. When I

RE: Re: Re: [time-nuts] Newbie with questions, SR620 ADEV

2005-07-29 Thread lymex
- Original Message - From:Tom Van Baak [EMAIL PROTECTED] The right way to do it is with a 3 cornered hat. If you have three clean pair-wise runs of three similar frequency standards then you can use a 3 cornered hat to isolate the stability of each of the three

Re: [time-nuts] Learning technology by taking the clock apart...

2005-07-29 Thread Chuck Harris
Hi Poul, Finally, my network access is back! Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Chuck Harris writes: [I split off this topic, it's interesting in its own right I think] I must be very unusual, I fix modern TV's, radios, and other consumer electronics doo-dads.It

Re: [time-nuts] GMT

2005-07-29 Thread Brian Kirby
GMT = UTC. A lot of old school folks in the Military and NASA were schooled as GMT or ZULU time for UTC. Bill Hawkins wrote: The WSJ says that the UK still uses GMT. When the NASA person called out On my mark... time during pre-launch activities, it was specified as GMT. What relationship

Re: [time-nuts] GMT

2005-07-29 Thread Mike S
At 07:56 PM 7/29/2005, Brian Kirby wrote... GMT = UTC. A lot of old school folks in the Military and NASA were schooled as GMT or ZULU time for UTC. GMT is actually ambiguous, and in actual use can refer to either UTC or UT1. It predates UTC, and was used prior to the introduction of UTC.