Re: [time-nuts] getting a grip on 10811 drift (trying to read my instruments)

2012-11-16 Thread Neville Michie
I have found a pic of the dry joint, this one was just a dry joint with resin insulating the connection, the other never had any solder applied. cheers, Neville Michie On 17/11/2012, at 11:09 AM, Chris Howard wrote: > > Maybe that is my problem. I definitely have a problem. > > I am able

Re: [time-nuts] Warning if buying from directly from Agilent via eBay with Paypal.

2012-11-16 Thread J. Forster
Tyhey used to. Have you asked them if they still do? -John = > I'm just amazed Aligent doesn't take credit cards directly. Paypal is for > small time players. > > > > ___ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to >

Re: [time-nuts] getting a grip on 10811 drift (trying to read my instruments)

2012-11-16 Thread Chris Howard
Maybe that is my problem. I definitely have a problem. I am able to get the EFC to work on some occasions. Usually it will work if I run the trimmer all the way out and toggle the power. I can then adjust the trimmer and get things working. But if I give the box a rap the frequency jumps and I

Re: [time-nuts] Warning if buying from directly from Agilent via eBay with Paypal.

2012-11-16 Thread lists
I'm just amazed Aligent doesn't take credit cards directly. Paypal is for small time players. ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions th

Re: [time-nuts] getting a grip on 10811 drift (trying to read my instruments)

2012-11-16 Thread Neville Michie
I have had two 10811 with EFC problems that turned out to be lack of soldering of one internal joint. This is a large PTFE ferule with several leads including the varactor and trimmer going into it. For many years the leads all contacted but finally one lead developed an oxide film. A soldering

Re: [time-nuts] Warning if buying from directly from Agilent via eBay with Paypal.

2012-11-16 Thread J. Forster
PayPal is pretty much a law unto itself. Basically, if you choose to become involved with them, it's their bat, ball, glove, and ballpark. Your only real alternative is to play another game. Unfortunately, the younger generation of eBay sellers is convinced that PayPal and plastic is the only trus

[time-nuts] Warning if buying from directly from Agilent via eBay with Paypal.

2012-11-16 Thread David Kirkby
I'm sure many on this list will have had bad experiences with eBay and/or Paypal. I've had a fair few myself, but the following is the single largest loss I have incurred, and was when buying directly from Agilent - not some reseller of Agilent equipment. The only winners are eBay and Paypal, with

Re: [time-nuts] thunderbolt

2012-11-16 Thread Don Latham
I'm looking for a Thunderbolt or similar with defunct 10 MHz oscillator for a weird project. Anybody have something at rockbottom price? Don L -- "Neither the voice of authority nor the weight of reason and argument are as significant as experiment, for thence comes quiet to the mind." De Errori

Re: [time-nuts] [Fwd: [Milsurplus] Wanted - AN/URQ-10 manual]

2012-11-16 Thread paul swed
responded On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 9:41 AM, J. Forster wrote: > On the off-chance someone has this manual. Please reply direct to Nick. > > -John > > === > > > > Original Message > Subject: [Milsurplus] Wanted - AN/URQ-10 manua

Re: [time-nuts] WWVB cheap chip saa6579 RDS decoder back to the chip

2012-11-16 Thread ehydra
Hi Paul - If you can spend time on that: 1. Look for the different modulation spectrum between BPSK and RDS. The phase modulation angle is different, the bits are manchester encoded or such to get a hole on the carrier frequency (For the ARI carrier), the baseband is DBPSK. 2. Carefully adjus

[time-nuts] [Fwd: [Milsurplus] Wanted - AN/URQ-10 manual]

2012-11-16 Thread J. Forster
On the off-chance someone has this manual. Please reply direct to Nick. -John === Original Message Subject: [Milsurplus] Wanted - AN/URQ-10 manual From:"Nick England" Date:Thu, November 15, 2012 6:26 pm To: "Mi

Re: [time-nuts] Z3805

2012-11-16 Thread Bob Camp
Hi There often are series resistors / inductors ahead of the power bricks in all these designs. I have found several of them fried. After replacement, everything seems to work ok. I have no idea why they cook out, but they do… Bob On Nov 16, 2012, at 2:50 AM, Charles P. Steinmetz wrote: > B