[time-nuts] Gentlemen, unlimber your Broadband Connections

2007-04-28 Thread Neon John
For here is the treasure-trove for those of us who like old machines, fire bottles and big hunking things that glow and make noise. http://www.pmillett.com/ In particular, http://www.pmillett.com/technical_books_online.htm Over a gig of scanned tube manuals, textbooks, reference books, etc. Am

Re: [time-nuts] Fury Realhamradio listing

2007-04-28 Thread Dr Bruce Griffiths
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > They can get 0.1ns resolution on the printout because of averaging. I don't > know what their native granularity is. > > Single shot resolution may not have such a significant impact since the GPS > used in the Z3801A is so much worse than the M12+. > > Our resol

Re: [time-nuts] Fury Realhamradio listing

2007-04-28 Thread SAIDJACK
In a message dated 4/28/2007 19:14:40 Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >In reporting 1PPS TI, did you measure what averaging >time the Z3801A uses? And what averaging time do you >use in your Z3801A emulation? Hi Tom, What I found in the Z3801 manual was that they use some

Re: [time-nuts] Fury Realhamradio listing

2007-04-28 Thread Tom Van Baak
> As of today (55+ hours of operation) the unit achieved 30 picosecond average > to UTC with a 2 nanosecond standard deviation. This is with a dual-oven > SC-cut OCXO option. One caveat: the firmware revision is still a pre-release > version, and will be improved in the coming weeks. In repo

Re: [time-nuts] History of Quartz radio crystals

2007-04-28 Thread Tom Van Baak
> In my wanderings, I ran across this interesting history of the quartz crystal > industry. > http://www.ieee-uffc.org/fc_history/bottom.html > Colin Yes, and several dozen more like it are found at: http://www.ieee-uffc.org/fcmain.asp?view=history See also a intro set of time-nuts links at: htt

Re: [time-nuts] OT: eBay bidding question

2007-04-28 Thread Don Collie
Nothing worth having ever came easily...Don C. - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 11:17 AM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] OT: eBay bidding question > > In a message dated 4/28/2007 15:59:47 Pacific Dayl

[time-nuts] History of Quartz radio crystals

2007-04-28 Thread Colin Bradley
In my wanderings, I ran across this interesting history of the quartz crystal industry. http://www.ieee-uffc.org/fc_history/bottom.html Colin __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _

Re: [time-nuts] Fury Realhamradio listing

2007-04-28 Thread SAIDJACK
In a message dated 4/28/2007 16:49:40 Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >The Fury is at: >http://resco.ucol.mx/Fury/gpsstat.htm >Tom's Z3801A #4 is at: >http://www.leapsecond.com/gpscon/gpsstat.htm >Is the Fury command set the same as the Z3801 or did they add commands for

Re: [time-nuts] Fury Realhamradio listing

2007-04-28 Thread Brooke Clarke
Hi Said: The Fury is at: http://resco.ucol.mx/Fury/gpsstat.htm Tom's Z3801A #4 is at: http://www.leapsecond.com/gpscon/gpsstat.htm Is the Fury command set the same as the Z3801 or did they add commands for the Fury? Have Fun, Brooke Clarke http://www.PRC68.com http://www.pacificsites.com/~br

[time-nuts] Fury Realhamradio listing

2007-04-28 Thread SAIDJACK
Hello guys, I am extremely proud to say that as of today one of our Fury GPSDO's in the field (Colima, Mexico) is online at the fantastic realhamradio.com site running the GPSCon Pro program: _http://www.realhamradio.com/GPS_websites_list.htm_ (http://www.realhamradio.com/GPS_websites_list

Re: [time-nuts] OT: eBay bidding question

2007-04-28 Thread SAIDJACK
In a message dated 4/28/2007 15:59:47 Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >I believe this is correct, that is where sniping does not work too well >(manually or automatically). If you wait for the last second, and your >bid is below the reserve, you may not even realize until

Re: [time-nuts] Re; Ebay bidding

2007-04-28 Thread Didier Juges
Even with my sniping service, I have to set the amount of time before the end of the auction when I want my bid to be placed (usually a few seconds). If there are more than one client of the same service bidding on the same item at the same time, it's the luck of the draw, unless you know someb

Re: [time-nuts] OT: eBay bidding question

2007-04-28 Thread Didier Juges
I believe this is correct, that is where sniping does not work too well (manually or automatically). If you wait for the last second, and your bid is below the reserve, you may not even realize until after the auction is over. It actually still works the way I want it to. I bid as high as I am

[time-nuts] Trimble ACE-III GPS SNR Oddity...

2007-04-28 Thread Jason Rabel
I have a few Trimble ACE-III receivers that I was going through setting their communications since I had a cobbled interface setup on my workbench. I'm not sure how, but for some reason one of the cards was showing a lot higher SNR than the others... The receiver was showing SNR numbers in the 30'

Re: [time-nuts] Re; Ebay bidding

2007-04-28 Thread Jason Rabel
And all set the same time to snipe? What would the odds of that be? There are so many sniping services and programs out there. But anyhow, logic would dictate if it was a simple DB design behind the scenes, it would go by whoever input their request first. But with it being multithreaded I hope i

Re: [time-nuts] Re; Ebay bidding

2007-04-28 Thread Neville Michie
What Happens when 5 buyers all use a sniping service? The same service? Neville ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts

[time-nuts] Re; Ebay bidding

2007-04-28 Thread Rich and Marcia Putz
Hi all' My three rules for Ebay, 1.) Never buy anything you can't bring your self to throw away. 2.) There will always be another one. 3.) Bid early and lose! Regards; Rich Ebay callsign:1PPS ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.

Re: [time-nuts] OT: eBay bidding question

2007-04-28 Thread Robert McGwier
Jason Rabel wrote: > A desperate person could place a high bid, then initiate a massive DDoS > attack on eBay's servers so nobody could bid. Hehe... > > Seriously though, I wonder how much the eBay world would change if they > implemented anti-sniping measures like so many other auction sites. I c

Re: [time-nuts] 5328A Brand Spanking New In The Box

2007-04-28 Thread Jason Rabel
Looks like he sold it on eBay (went fast too). If you want to see some pretty pictures it is Item number: 290110440281 Jason ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts

Re: [time-nuts] OT: eBay bidding question

2007-04-28 Thread Jason Rabel
Yep, if your bid meets or exceeds the reserve, then the price bumps to the reserve price. However, I've often discovered people that set reserves usually want way too much for their item. Even people that go in a bidding frenzy often end up below the reserve price. I think it is just another way

Re: [time-nuts] OT: eBay bidding question

2007-04-28 Thread Chuck Harris
Didier Juges wrote: > The only downside is when the item has a reserve and I am the only > bidder. I have "won" a number of items which I did not get because they > were below the reserve. By the way, it has nothing to do with sniping, > you have the same problem if you bid by hand. Reserve pr

Re: [time-nuts] OT: eBay bidding question

2007-04-28 Thread Didier Juges
As far as I am concerned, I had given up on eBay (I am not a gambler by nature) when I found out about sniping services. I am now a regular user, buyer and seller. I absolutely have no interest in bidding on eBay without sniping, unless it's BIN. With sniping, I decide how much I am willing to

Re: [time-nuts] OT: eBay bidding question

2007-04-28 Thread Jason Rabel
A desperate person could place a high bid, then initiate a massive DDoS attack on eBay's servers so nobody could bid. Hehe... Seriously though, I wonder how much the eBay world would change if they implemented anti-sniping measures like so many other auction sites. I could just see a mob of fanati

Re: [time-nuts] OT: eBay bidding question

2007-04-28 Thread N3IZN
Palze! In a message dated 4/26/2007 8:04:10 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: "Smart folks snipe. Period." ** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ___ time-nuts mailing li