Re: [time-nuts] AN/URQ-10A

2013-04-26 Thread Dave M
OOPsss Never mind. That acution is long gone. Sorry for the false alarm. Dave M Dave M wrote: To all, I acquired a AN/URQ-10A frequency standard which appears to have received little or no service since its birth. There are no signs of ever being mounted in its mating rack and the u

Re: [time-nuts] AN/URQ-10A

2013-04-26 Thread Dave M
To all, I acquired a AN/URQ-10A frequency standard which appears to have received little or no service since its birth. There are no signs of ever being mounted in its mating rack and the unit has virtually no scratches or wear marks on it. <><><>Snip Snip<><><><><> Comment/question #2: I di

Re: [time-nuts] OT - but of interest?

2013-04-26 Thread Jim Lux
On 4/26/13 9:18 AM, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R wrote: On 04/26/2013 06:01 AM, Bob Smither wrote: As many on this list are amateur radio operators the following might be of interest: to track the satellites in real time." Will radiation fry the cell phones before thy burn up on re-entry? Th

Re: [time-nuts] HP5065B !!!

2013-04-26 Thread John Miles
Very nice bit of R&D work on Corby's part. Mine is certainly working well after the modification, but I'm just blown away at the performance seen with Tom's unit. Another plot of the "Super" mod that's worth mentioning: http://www.ke5fx.com/5065A_vs_maser_mask.png Below 1000 seconds it has no tr

[time-nuts] AN/URQ-10A

2013-04-26 Thread engineering
To all, I acquired a AN/URQ-10A frequency standard which appears to have received little or no service since its birth. There are no signs of ever being mounted in its mating rack and the unit has virtually no scratches or wear marks on it. Last night I finally managed to plug it in to s

Re: [time-nuts] HP5065B !!!

2013-04-26 Thread Magnus Danielson
Hi Corby, On 04/26/2013 05:23 PM, cdel...@juno.com wrote: OK, that was just to get your attention! What do you call a modified HP 5065A that can give you an Allan Deviation of 4X10-13 @ 1 Second and 6X10-14 @ 100 Second? I call it the "SUPER" HP 5065A. Any of these links will get you to the d

[time-nuts] HP 5065B !!!

2013-04-26 Thread cdelect
Brook, It's all done with mirrors! No lenses. A reflector at the lamp end and a tapered mirror at the photocell end. I'll see if I can post an outline drawing. Corby ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.fe

Re: [time-nuts] HP5065B !!!

2013-04-26 Thread Chuck Harris
Pretty cool Corby! I have wondered about the line broadening caused by all that extra light energy being pumped into the filter cells... Looks like you have found the answer. Kind of makes you wonder why nobody else has ever done the experiment? -Chuck Harris cdel...@juno.com wrote: OK, that

Re: [time-nuts] HP5065B !!!

2013-04-26 Thread Brooke Clarke
Hi Corby: That's great. Is there a lens system in the 5065 that shapes the light output so that it's all on the photo detector like in the reference paper? Have Fun, Brooke Clarke http://www.PRC68.com http://www.end2partygovernment.com/2012Issues.html cdel...@juno.com wrote: OK, that was j

Re: [time-nuts] OT - but of interest?

2013-04-26 Thread Jim Lux
On 4/26/13 6:01 AM, Bob Smither wrote: As many on this list are amateur radio operators the following might be of interest: http://www.phonesat.org/ The project asks amateurs to monitor transmissions from cell phones that have been placed in orbit. Except that the transmissions are from

Re: [time-nuts] ngTADD-1

2013-04-26 Thread Kevin Rosenberg
Thanks to all for the very helpful discussion. Appreciatively, Kevin On Apr 25, 2013, at 9:26 AM, Chris Albertson wrote: > The problem with analog 10MHz is the non-linear parts at each end of > the fiber optic. It would be hard to get a nice sine wave at the > output. > > I think if you have

Re: [time-nuts] OT - but of interest?

2013-04-26 Thread Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R
On 04/26/2013 06:01 AM, Bob Smither wrote: As many on this list are amateur radio operators the following might be of interest: http://www.phonesat.org/ The project asks amateurs to monitor transmissions from cell phones that have been placed in orbit. >From the homepage: "PhoneSat satell

Re: [time-nuts] OT: Galileo starts to tell UTC, the world’s time

2013-04-26 Thread Brooke Clarke
Hi David: Is there a receiver for these time signals? Have Fun, Brooke Clarke http://www.PRC68.com http://www.end2partygovernment.com/2012Issues.html David J Taylor wrote: Galileo starts to tell UTC, the world’s time Europe’s four Galileo satellites are now working as clocks accurate to a fe

[time-nuts] HP5065B !!!

2013-04-26 Thread cdelect
OK, that was just to get your attention! What do you call a modified HP 5065A that can give you an Allan Deviation of 4X10-13 @ 1 Second and 6X10-14 @ 100 Second? I call it the "SUPER" HP 5065A. Any of these links will get you to the document describing it. Have a look and see what it's all abo

[time-nuts] OT - but of interest?

2013-04-26 Thread Bob Smither
As many on this list are amateur radio operators the following might be of interest: http://www.phonesat.org/ The project asks amateurs to monitor transmissions from cell phones that have been placed in orbit. >From the homepage: "PhoneSat satellites are emitting packets on the amateur radio

[time-nuts] OT: Galileo starts to tell UTC, the world’s time

2013-04-26 Thread David J Taylor
Galileo starts to tell UTC, the world’s time Europe’s four Galileo satellites are now working as clocks accurate to a few billionths of a second, disseminating the exact time through their signals expressed as the UTC Universal Coordinated Time global standard. http://www.esa.int/Our_Activi