Re: [time-nuts] Rb danger

2013-07-09 Thread Antonio Amandio Sanches de Magalhaes
From the New Alexandria Library (*): Curie died in 1934 at the sanatorium of Sancellemoz (Haute-Savoie), France, due to aplastic anemia brought on by her years of exposure to radiation. Best regards, --- Antonio A.S. Magalhaes/CT1TE (*) AKA Wikipedia.com Em 2013-07-09 21:11,

Re: [time-nuts] Thoughts on lightning protection measures....

2012-04-12 Thread Antonio Amandio Sanches de Magalhaes
Fortunately, it seems that lightning is not as frequent in high northern and southern latitudes as is in tropical regions. I was told about a story of a group of Swedish scientists involved in thunderstorm studies, having built a little lab in the village with the best reputation of high

[time-nuts] Austron 2000C Loran C Receiver

2012-03-04 Thread Antonio Amandio Sanches de Magalhaes
Now, that the Loran C ressurection seems to be probable, I wonder if it is worthwhile to part a slighthly defective 2000C receiver. If interested contact me off the list. Antonio CT1TE --- ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To

Re: [time-nuts] Austron 2000C Loran C Receiver

2012-03-04 Thread Antonio Amandio Sanches de Magalhaes
Paul Co. I am a Loran addict: I have two 2000C (useless in Europe) and another 2100F which is working very fine. Best regards, Antonio --- Antonio Amandio Sanches de Magalhaes Em 2012-03-04 16:18, paul swed escreveu: Antonio you are going to kill off your old 2000? Mine still works. Regards

Re: [time-nuts] Austron 2000C Loran C Receiver

2012-03-04 Thread Antonio Amandio Sanches de Magalhaes
Azelio, I am currently receiving the 6731 Lessay chain. The strongest station is the Xray Soustons, of course. But I can also lock to the Master even at daylight. The phase comparison of my Tbolt against Soustons never shows more than few parts per trillion. It is a pitty that the 7990

Re: [time-nuts] Austron 2000C Loran C Receiver

2012-03-04 Thread Antonio Amandio Sanches de Magalhaes
to have my Time Of Day. Best regards, Antonio CT1TE --- Antonio Amandio Sanches de Magalhaes Em 2012-03-04 18:43, J. Forster escreveu: Are they useless because of the 4 digit GRIs? If so, how about introducing a synthesizer into the 10 MHz ref input to jigger the 10.000 MHz to something close

Re: [time-nuts] Austron 2000C Loran C Receiver

2012-03-04 Thread Antonio Amandio Sanches de Magalhaes
Sorry: the 2000C doesn't directly displays TOD. What I wish I had was an UTC seconds tick for epoch time determination. Kind regards, Antonio CT1TE Em 2012-03-04 21:08, J. Forster escreveu: I was not suggesting it for TOD... but as a standard of time interval to steer a local crystal. I've not