Re: [time-nuts] Subject: Listening to the List Owner

2011-09-21 Thread Rob Kimberley
Nothing wrong with top posting my friend! Rob K -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Perry Sandeen Sent: 21 September 2011 5:34 AM To: time-nuts@febo.com Subject: [time-nuts] Subject: Listening to the List Owner GM List Wr

Re: [time-nuts] Making a 10811 better

2011-09-21 Thread David C. Partridge
Howsabout HFC-236fa - very similar properties to R114 but not banned. Dave -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lux Sent: 20 September 2011 22:38 To: time-nuts@febo.com Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Making a 10811 better On

Re: [time-nuts] Subject: Listening to the List Owner

2011-09-21 Thread lists
Haven't we reached the point where someone mentions Hitler? -Original Message- From: "Rob Kimberley" Sender: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 09:47:16 To: 'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement' Reply-To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measuremen

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2011-09-21 Thread Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R
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Re: [time-nuts] Subject: Listening to the List Owner

2011-09-21 Thread David J Taylor
Nothing wrong with top posting my friend! Rob K Please see: http://www.html-faq.com/etiquette/?toppost Cheers, David -- SatSignal software - quality software written to your requirements Web: http://www.satsignal.eu Email: david-tay...@blueyonder.co.uk

Re: [time-nuts] Subject: Listening to the List Owner

2011-09-21 Thread Chuck Harris
NO. David J Taylor wrote: Nothing wrong with top posting my friend! Rob K Please see: http://www.html-faq.com/etiquette/?toppost Cheers, David ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mail

Re: [time-nuts] Subject: Listening to the List Owner

2011-09-21 Thread Rob Kimberley
David, I appreciate the subtle humour here, but virtually all people I communicate with top post, and I've been using email since the early 90s. It is only groups like this where it seems to be a problem. Maybe it is a function of the mail reader that is being used, (not sure on that one), but I

Re: [time-nuts] Subject: Listening to the List Owner

2011-09-21 Thread Peter Gottlieb
Here, I'll top post this, and explain why. It is frequently very difficult to follow a complex thread due to different indentings, split up messages, some groups not accepting HTML (like Yahoo's intermittent problems), and just plain efficiency. I have frequently missed points because I didn't

Re: [time-nuts] Subject: Listening to the List Owner

2011-09-21 Thread David J Taylor
David, I appreciate the subtle humour here, but virtually all people I communicate with top post, and I've been using email since the early 90s. It is only groups like this where it seems to be a problem. Maybe it is a function of the mail reader that is being used, (not sure on that one), bu

Re: [time-nuts] Making a 10811 better

2011-09-21 Thread Mike S
At 06:22 PM 9/20/2011, Bob Camp wrote... you will need a good temperature test system to figure out weather you are making things better or worse. Deliberate misspelling? HAHAHA. ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to

Re: [time-nuts] Subject: Listening to the List Owner

2011-09-21 Thread Mike S
At 07:43 AM 9/21/2011, Rob Kimberley wrote... I appreciate the subtle humour here, but virtually all people I communicate with top post, and I've been using email since the early 90s. It is only groups like this where it seems to be a problem. Maybe it is a function of the mail reader that is

Re: [time-nuts] Subject: Listening to the List Owner

2011-09-21 Thread Miguel Gonçalves
I really find it funny (to say the least) that in the XXI century people concentrate on form rather than content when using such an informal medium as e-mail. This resembles professional and academic titles that people insist on appending to their names. These human beings are all about appeara

Re: [time-nuts] Subject: Listening to the List Owner

2011-09-21 Thread Stewart Bryant
On 21/09/2011 13:12, Mike S wrote: At 07:43 AM 9/21/2011, Rob Kimberley wrote... I appreciate the subtle humour here, but virtually all people I communicate with top post, and I've been using email since the early 90s. It is only groups like this where it seems to be a problem. Maybe it is a fun

Re: [time-nuts] Subject: Listening to the List Owner

2011-09-21 Thread Jim Lux
top posting works very nicely with mail clients that have a preview screen, as well. And, yes, the whole "threading thing" gets implemented in a variety of ways (even within the same product). I use, variously, thunderbird, Outlook, Outlook Web Access (OWA)-lite via Firefox/Safari, the iPhone

Re: [time-nuts] Subject: Listening to the List Owner

2011-09-21 Thread Attila Kinali
On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:27:18 +0100 Miguel Gonçalves wrote: > I really find it funny (to say the least) that in the XXI > century people concentrate on form rather than content when > using such an informal medium as e-mail. It's not just form. If you have been reading a lot of medium to high tra

[time-nuts] 1 PPS from Z3801A Does it need conditioning.

2011-09-21 Thread Paul A. Cianciolo
Hello , I have a z3801 and trying to use the 1 PPS from the rear panel for the start input of an HP5370B This approach seems to work fine until a load is either added or turned off on the same AC circuit or a nearby circuit. At which point the hp5370 takes a hit and a trace that had been running

Re: [time-nuts] Making a 10811 better

2011-09-21 Thread Jason Rabel
> Just got a quote of $301 for 5 lb. freight and cylinder included. 5 lb. > would do a lot of 10811's... Probably have to return the cylinder within > some time period. Couldn't you perhaps use R-12 instead? I'm pretty sure you can still get small canisters at auto parts stores for a heck of a lo

Re: [time-nuts] 1 PPS from Z3801A Does it need conditioning.

2011-09-21 Thread John Miles
> > I have a z3801 and trying to use the 1 PPS from the rear panel for the start > input of an HP5370B > This approach seems to work fine until a load is either added or turned off > on the same AC circuit or a nearby circuit. > > At which point the hp5370 takes a hit and a trace that had been ru

Re: [time-nuts] 1 PPS from Z3801A Does it need conditioning.

2011-09-21 Thread Paul A. Cianciolo
John, DC, Positive slope, control set to approx. midpoint. -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of John Miles Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 10:48 AM To: 'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement' Subject: R

Re: [time-nuts] Making a 10811 better

2011-09-21 Thread J. Forster
I don't know. There was a very long thread on Tekscopes2, but I didn't follow it as I have some of the real stuff and my probe is not leaking. Best, -John == > Howsabout HFC-236fa - very similar properties to R114 but not banned. > > Dave > -Original Message- > From: time-n

Re: [time-nuts] Subject: Listening to the List Owner

2011-09-21 Thread Jose Camara
Little Endians and Big Endians: Paper or plastic? Boxer or briefs? On top or under? Each pick what you like, teach your kids the 'correct' way to email (and there is no top/bottom posting in SMS), but let's talk Cesium, GPS, OCXOs, and not which side of the plate t

Re: [time-nuts] Making a 10811 better

2011-09-21 Thread J. Forster
The issue is the Vapor Pressure at room temperature. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vapor_pressure -John === >> Just got a quote of $301 for 5 lb. freight and cylinder included. 5 lb. >> would do a lot of 10811's... Probably have to return the cylinder within >> some time period. >

Re: [time-nuts] Subject: Listening to the List Owner

2011-09-21 Thread Max Robinson
Bottom posting is anathema to those of us who use screen readers. We can't skim, we have to read every line or risk the possibility of missing something. In extreme cases I often give up before getting to the poster's message. If you must bottom post summarize instead of quoting every word of

Re: [time-nuts] Subject: Listening to the List Owner

2011-09-21 Thread Don Latham
What he said!! Don Max Robinson > Bottom posting is anathema to those of us who use screen readers. We > can't > skim, we have to read every line or risk the possibility of missing > something. In extreme cases I often give up before getting to the > poster's > message. If you must bottom p

Re: [time-nuts] Subject: Listening to the List Owner

2011-09-21 Thread Robert Darlington
I'm not replying to anybody in particular, just hit the reply key on the last email. Guys, this is rather off topic, dontchathink? Get over it. Whining won't change how I post, but perhaps asking nicely might. -Bob On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 12:05 PM, Don Latham wrote: > What he said!! > Do

Re: [time-nuts] Subject: Listening to the List Owner

2011-09-21 Thread Miguel Gonçalves
I might have missed but has the owner of the list said anything yet about this?? Cheers, Miguel On 21/09/2011, at 20:09, Robert Darlington wrote: > I'm not replying to anybody in particular, just hit the reply key on the > last email. > > Guys, this is rather off topic, dontchathink? Get over

[time-nuts] Separating two issues

2011-09-21 Thread Perry Sandeen
GM List, The first issue was the request to stop the Light squared posting. Sent twice. We are non-paying guests with a generous host. Gentlemen, remember the Golden Rule of Business: He who pays the gold has the right to set rules. Constant violations could result in no list at all. Seco

Re: [time-nuts] Subject: Listening to the List Owner

2011-09-21 Thread John Ackermann N8UR
The owner of the list doesn't really care all that much about top vs. bottom posting. The owner of the list really just wants people to think about the list charter before posting: "time-nuts is a low volume, high SNR list for the discussion of precise time and frequency measurement and relate

[time-nuts] Making a HP 10811 and similar types better in the real world Part I

2011-09-21 Thread Perry Sandeen
GM List, Basic commandments of precision grade Crystal Oscillators. (1) It is both an art and a science. (2) The devil is in many details. Unbelievers suffer. Here is the framework of methods that really work. (Assuming a used unit) 1. Make sure your power supplies are stable AND meet the lo

Re: [time-nuts] Making a HP 10811 and similar types better in the real world Part I

2011-09-21 Thread Rick Karlquist
Perry Sandeen wrote: > GM List, > > Basic commandments of precision grade Crystal Oscillators. (1) It is both > an art and a science. (2) The devil is in many details. Unbelievers > suffer. > > Here is the framework of methods that really work. (Assuming a used unit) > Doing what you describe wi

Re: [time-nuts] Making a HP 10811 and similar types better in the realworld Part I

2011-09-21 Thread Bob Camp
Hi Just how good is the thermos bottle in this case? (as in degrees / watt). You can get some very good vacuum ones and some pretty poor Styrofoam ones. Bob -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Perry Sandeen Sent: Wednesday

[time-nuts] GPSDO - internal connections question

2011-09-21 Thread Chris Howard
I'm building a GPSDO using the VE2ZAZ board, an HP 10811 oscillator and a Trimble Resolution T GPS. My goal is a simple and cheap 10 Mhz standard for my little home electronics bench and ham shack. I have my power supply parts finally gathered up, now I have these boards that need intercon

Re: [time-nuts] GPSDO - internal connections question

2011-09-21 Thread Bob Camp
Hi Twisted pair is fine for the EFC. Shielded twisted pair (one end grounded on the shield) might be slightly better). A lot depends on how many yards long the EFC wire is :) Bob -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Chri

[time-nuts] 1 PPS from Z3801A Does it need conditioning.

2011-09-21 Thread ed breya
If you have a definite ground-loop problem, you can reduce the sensitivity to direct triggering on it with the counter settings, but that doesn't necessarily eliminate the interfering signal or its possible effects - if it happens just at the right time on one of the desired edges it will still

Re: [time-nuts] Subject: Listening to the List Owner

2011-09-21 Thread Rick Karlquist
[In order to make everyone happy, I have top posted AND bottom posted my reply :-)] On another list I read, the moderator deletes all top posts without warning (your post just never shows up). It is difficult to have different posting rules for each list. The same moderator will also delete posts

[time-nuts] Help needed - sick Palisade

2011-09-21 Thread steve platt
I have a Trimble Palisade that may have become faulty. It will no longer come up from "cold" (power on) and lock on to any satellites. It does respond on both serial ports and works with PalisadeMonitor (on port B) - I can upload time, position and almanac to it, after which it shows which sat

Re: [time-nuts] Making a HP 10811 and similar types better in the real world Part I

2011-09-21 Thread Chuck Harris
Perry Sandeen wrote: GM List, ..The ovens are proportionally controlled. On start-up all ovens, proportional or not, will have over-shoot. Some more, some less. An inescapable fact of life. Imagine that the set point

Re: [time-nuts] Making a HP 10811 and similar types better in the real world Part I

2011-09-21 Thread Magnus Danielson
On 09/22/2011 12:30 AM, Chuck Harris wrote: Perry Sandeen wrote: GM List, ..The ovens are proportionally controlled. On start-up all ovens, proportional or not, will have over-shoot. Some more, some less. An inescapable

Re: [time-nuts] Making a HP 10811 and similar types better in the real world Part I

2011-09-21 Thread Bob Camp
Hi Actually, overshoot is pretty easy to eliminate on a conventional OCXO by picking a good location for the thermistor. The heater will always run "hot", but the rest of the stuff does not have to. Bob On Sep 21, 2011, at 6:37 PM, Magnus Danielson wrote: > On 09/22/2011 12:30 AM, Chuck Harr

Re: [time-nuts] Making a HP 10811 and similar types better in the real world Part I

2011-09-21 Thread J. Forster
That is not always as easy as it sounds. The thermal equivalent of a "rigid body" does not exist. If you apply heat to a block of metal at one end, it takes a while for it to propagate to the other end. In fact, a long thin rod looks a lot more like a transmission line than an isothermal block. T

Re: [time-nuts] Making a HP 10811 and similar types better in the real world Part I

2011-09-21 Thread Bob Camp
Hi If the thermistor is on top of the heater, the heat will cut back before anything inside the oven overshoots on warmup. Bob On Sep 21, 2011, at 7:02 PM, J. Forster wrote: > That is not always as easy as it sounds. > > The thermal equivalent of a "rigid body" does not exist. If you apply h

Re: [time-nuts] GPSDO - internal connections question

2011-09-21 Thread Chris Howard
On 9/21/2011 4:08 PM, Bob Camp wrote: Hi Twisted pair is fine for the EFC. Shielded twisted pair (one end grounded on the shield) might be slightly better). A lot depends on how many yards long the EFC wire is :) Bob Thanks! Would it do any good to have the control board, GPS, or anyt

Re: [time-nuts] Making a HP 10811 and similar types better in the

2011-09-21 Thread ws at Yahoo
As already stated, there are many different ways to design and or tune a temperature controller so it does not overshoot. The trade off being that it may then take a little longer to get to the finial temperature. BUT SO WHAT??? If one is concerned about a little oven overshoot then they a

Re: [time-nuts] quartz long-term drift

2011-09-21 Thread Magnus Danielson
On 09/20/2011 06:55 PM, Tom Van Baak wrote: I ran across a wonderful paper containing long-term (5 years!) measurements of quartz frequency drift. A good read for those of you making measurements, wondering about drift, retrace, stability, etc. www.mti-milliren.com/MTIPapers/Ext_Aging_Perf_Resul

Re: [time-nuts] Subject: Listening to the List Owner

2011-09-21 Thread J. L. Trantham
Jose, 'Tip of the hat'. Joe - Original Message - From: "Jose Camara" To: "'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement'" Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 10:11 AM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Subject: Listening to the List Owner Little Endians and Big Endians: Paper or

Re: [time-nuts] Making a HP 10811 and similar types better in the

2011-09-21 Thread Rick Karlquist
ws at Yahoo wrote: > >As already stated, there are many different ways to design and or tune > a > temperature controller so it does not overshoot. The 10811 control loop is constrained by the large oven mass and the limited size of the integrator capacitor. The capacitor is barely large enou

Re: [time-nuts] Making a HP 10811 and similar types better in the

2011-09-21 Thread ws at Yahoo
I hope it is not being suggesting that is an optimal PI (no D) oven controller for limiting overshoot. Many other ways to do it with less overshoot IF that was needed or wanted. From the test I've done on it, Less overshoot is not necessary and likely not desired. It overshoots a little but

[time-nuts] Making a 10811 better

2011-09-21 Thread ed breya
I don't think any "healing process" is necessary unless the capacitor experiences voltage breakdown. This is unlikely in a low voltage circuit. Longer integration times are available by changing the resistors instead of the capacitors. Modern opamps are available that can run rings around the

Re: [time-nuts] Subject: Listening to the List Owner

2011-09-21 Thread Raj
>(repeated at the bottom, to be neutral) My old Eudora does not show me bottom posted text! Not forgetting that the list owner is fed up which here means that his stomach is full! ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go