[time-nuts] AC line distortion [Was: HP 105B Battery, the saga continues]

2016-10-03 Thread Jeremy Nichols
As an experiment, I bought an AIMS sine-wave inverter for the 105B Quartz Oscillator. The inverter has a built-in transfer switch that is supposed to allow the load to operate from the AC line and automatically switch to battery/inverter should the AC power line fail. In fact the thing seems t

[time-nuts] Need Time Help

2016-10-03 Thread Larry Hower
Hello to the List: After a long and bitter struggle with XP and WIN 10, I am writing to ask for some help in solving some problems we have been having in our attempt to establish a very accurate time reference for use in EME activities. We are hoping to achieve less than 5ms deviation, although a

Re: [time-nuts] Ig Nobel ceremonies & time

2016-10-03 Thread Philip Gladstone
I was also there as the leader of an Official Delegation -- "Engineers for Accurate Time". Our performance when introduced was sub optimal (especially as seen in the Youtube video below). This is our delegation after the awards: https://www.flickr.com/photos/88087539@N00/29469880204/ As you ca

Re: [time-nuts] Rare HP clock

2016-10-03 Thread Brooke Clarke
Hi: Let me second Chuck's comment on the noise. You can NOT have this inside any living space. I saw this based on running an HP 117 for some time in the garage but also have one of the 115BR units. http://www.prc68.com/I/Images/Rack2bb.jpg http://www.prc68.com/I/TF_rack.html PS there are int

Re: [time-nuts] crystal notch filter // numbers

2016-10-03 Thread Bob Camp
Hi Nice data !!! Thanks for posting it. Bob > On Oct 3, 2016, at 1:29 PM, Adrian Rus wrote: > > Hello, > The setup is the following: > makenametype > level/attenuation > Tesla [?]T284

Re: [time-nuts] Rare HP clock

2016-10-03 Thread Peter Vince
ebay item no.351861979923 http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-HP-H20-115BR-FREQUENCY-DIVIDER-DIGITAL-CLOCK- STANDARD-VINTAGE-TEST-/351861979923?hash=item51ec9bbb13:g:spMAAOSwpLNX8CsA On 3 October 2016 at 17:01, KA2WEU--- via time-nuts wrote: > I can not find the item on EBAY , Ulrich > > > In a messa

Re: [time-nuts] Rare HP clock

2016-10-03 Thread Chuck Harris
There is a fist sized bag of silica gel sitting in an open from the top aluminum box. Most units also have a little 24V Nicad pack. -Chuck Harris paul swed wrote: > My speculation on the xtal. So the question is what is the empty box on the > right that looks like paper is stuck in it. > Not tha

[time-nuts] crystal notch filter // numbers

2016-10-03 Thread Adrian Rus
Hello, The setup is the following: makenametype level/attenuation Tesla [?]T284 SWR bridge Rohde & Schwarz SMIQ 03Genera

Re: [time-nuts] Rare HP clock

2016-10-03 Thread paul swed
My speculation on the xtal. So the question is what is the empty box on the right that looks like paper is stuck in it. Not that any of this matters as I am not a bidder. It may just add additional challenge for whoever gets it. Regards Paul WB8TSL On Mon, Oct 3, 2016 at 11:01 AM, Magnus Danielson

Re: [time-nuts] Rare HP clock

2016-10-03 Thread Chuck Harris
I have one of those, only in light gray. It works quite nicely, though it is obscenely loud! It has a divider network that takes 100KHz from a companion reference unit, and divides it down to 1KHz, that it uses to drive a stepper motor used as a synchronous motor. The motor drives the mechanical

[time-nuts] Rare HP clock

2016-10-03 Thread cdelect
I have worked on these and the electronics is almost always working, or easily repaired. The mechanical can cause problems depending on how much "time" it has on the clock mechanics. No XTAL in these as the drive is external. The case is hermetic and has dessicant inside. Cheers, Corby Dawson __

Re: [time-nuts] Lady Heather on MacOS X

2016-10-03 Thread Bill Riches
Hi Mark, If your Lucent KS unit does not come in soon let me know and I will still be glad to lend you one of my units with power supply to play with. I have offered this several times in the past but did not hear from you. 73, Bill, WA2DVu Cape May -Original Message- From: time-nut

Re: [time-nuts] Rare HP clock

2016-10-03 Thread jmfranke jmfranke
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[time-nuts] Lady Heather on MacOS X

2016-10-03 Thread Mark Sims
Yes, it runs fine on Raspberry PI's and even a Mac Mini G4 Power PC processor (using Ubuntu Mate... I have not tested the XQuartz implementation for the Power PC, but it is available). I have a routine that detects the processor byte ordering and shuffles things around as needed. Some receiv

Re: [time-nuts] Rare HP clock

2016-10-03 Thread Dave M
It's Ebay item 351861979923 Dave M KA2WEU--- via time-nuts wrote: I can not find the item on EBAY , Ulrich In a message dated 10/3/2016 11:51:24 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, jn6...@gmail.com writes: According to my -hp- catalogs it was available only in rack-mount form, not in a cabinet. Tha

Re: [time-nuts] Rare HP clock

2016-10-03 Thread KA2WEU--- via time-nuts
I can not find the item on EBAY , Ulrich In a message dated 10/3/2016 11:51:24 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, jn6...@gmail.com writes: According to my -hp- catalogs it was available only in rack-mount form, not in a cabinet. That suggests it was being marketed to a specific small group so it

Re: [time-nuts] Rare HP clock

2016-10-03 Thread Jeremy Nichols
According to my -hp- catalogs it was available only in rack-mount form, not in a cabinet. That suggests it was being marketed to a specific small group so it may indeed have been manufactured in small quantities. Jeremy On Monday, October 3, 2016, Magnus Danielson wrote: > Since you force-feed

Re: [time-nuts] Rare HP clock

2016-10-03 Thread Magnus Danielson
Since you force-feed it 100 KC at the back, no crystal would be needed. Cheers, Magnus On 10/03/2016 04:57 PM, paul swed wrote: Also notice the missing something on the far right that may have been some xtal or something. I went to look for a manual to see what it was. No luck though the manual

Re: [time-nuts] Rare HP clock

2016-10-03 Thread paul swed
Also notice the missing something on the far right that may have been some xtal or something. I went to look for a manual to see what it was. No luck though the manual may be out there. I would say its rare, but the price is going to most likely go up because it is a bid. Great winter project but n

Re: [time-nuts] Rare HP clock

2016-10-03 Thread Bert Kehren via time-nuts
ebay 351861979923 In a message dated 10/3/2016 10:15:29 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ka2...@aol.com writes: Were is it ? Is it working ? 73 de Ulrich In a message dated 10/3/2016 10:12:51 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, time-nuts@febo.com writes: There is a rare HP clock on ebay for the

Re: [time-nuts] Rare HP clock

2016-10-03 Thread Bob Camp
Hi Rare is indeed a relative term. I would certainly call it rare, but others might not. You likely would be the only person on your block who has one :) In the picture of the innards you can see a number of fine old wet slug tantalum capacitors. One even appears to have goo leaking out of it.

Re: [time-nuts] Rare HP clock

2016-10-03 Thread KA2WEU--- via time-nuts
what is the link ? In a message dated 10/3/2016 10:34:35 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, jn6...@gmail.com writes: I saw that. Is it really rare or just hype by the luster? Jeremy On Monday, October 3, 2016, Bert Kehren via time-nuts wrote: > There is a rare HP clock on ebay for the coll

Re: [time-nuts] Rare HP clock

2016-10-03 Thread Jeremy Nichols
I saw that. Is it really rare or just hype by the luster? Jeremy On Monday, October 3, 2016, Bert Kehren via time-nuts wrote: > There is a rare HP clock on ebay for the collectors among us. I am to > old. > > RARE HP H20 115BR FREQUENCY DIVIDER & DIGITAL CLOCK STANDARD VINTAGE TEST > > Bert

[time-nuts] Rare HP clock

2016-10-03 Thread Bert Kehren via time-nuts
There is a rare HP clock on ebay for the collectors among us. I am to old. RARE HP H20 115BR FREQUENCY DIVIDER & DIGITAL CLOCK STANDARD VINTAGE TEST Bert Kehren ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.fe

Re: [time-nuts] FS: PICTIC II

2016-10-03 Thread Joseph Gray
The kits are sold. Joe Gray W5JG ___ 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 there.

[time-nuts] OT: One hundred years since Ireland's own time zone came to an end

2016-10-03 Thread David J Taylor
David Malone (one of our members, I believe) gave a talk the other day: "It is one hundred years, today, since Ireland own time zone came to an end and moved to use the same time as Great Britain." See: https://twitter.com/dwmal1/status/782156281440264192 The slides: http://www.maths.tcd.ie/

Re: [time-nuts] Lady Heather on MacOS X

2016-10-03 Thread Chris Albertson
On Sun, Oct 2, 2016 at 8:15 PM, Mark Sims wrote: > Windows, Linux, and Mac should cover 99.9% of users. I suspect BSD > support would be trivial since mscOS is based on BSD (and Heather only has > a couple dozen lines of code specific to macOS). What about other then other than Intel arc