Re: [time-nuts] Hat Creek observatory

2018-04-25 Thread Patrick Barthelow
Hi guys, I live in Auburn CA . About 2 miles from the Chief programmer/software engineer for Hat Creek. Hat Creek is east of Redding CA a LONG drive from here, but spectacular country. Apparently a world renowned Fly Fishing place. Fly fishermen have told me (I don't fish) that Hat Creek is on a

Re: [time-nuts] GPS coordinate differences between APRS.FI and Google Maps

2018-04-20 Thread Patrick Barthelow
Indeed, probably datums. I dont have the numbers in my head, but here is a Good tutorial about Geo - Datums. https://vdatum.noaa.gov/docs/datums.html Best, 73, Pat Barthelow AA6EG apol lo...@gmail.com *"The most exciting phrase to hear in Science, the one that heraldsnew discoveries, is not

[time-nuts] Recommendations for Mains Power Monitor / Logger

2018-03-10 Thread Patrick Murphy
All this talk of varying mains power frequency aberrations has me curious what is happening in my own back yard here in Tulsa in the USA. Can some recommend a reasonable "introductory level" solution for this? (As a fledgling Time-Nut, those two words were hard to say.😀) At the least I would like t

Re: [time-nuts] RFTG RF Transistor - Identify RFTGM-II-XO Part (grosz)

2018-01-10 Thread Patrick Murphy
the rest of the time-nuts for some very helpful suggestions. -Pat On 12:41PM, Wed, Jan 10, 2018 Francis Grosz wrote: Patrick, I saw your Time-Nuts post on your RFTG problem. If you are pretty sure that the transistor has a problem and is not getting hot because of some other fault, you

[time-nuts] Fwd: Cannot Command RFTGm-II-Rb / RFTGm-II-XO

2017-12-18 Thread Patrick Murphy
mand RFTGm-II-Rb / RFTGm-II-XO -------- From: Patrick Murphy Date: Sun, Dec 17, 2017 at 3:18 PM To: time-nuts@febo.com I have recently acquired a used Lucent RFTGm-II-Rb and XO. The set came with cables and frame, so I am pretty sure everything is hooked together correctly. I have powered both units, an

[time-nuts] Cannot Command RFTGm-II-Rb / RFTGm-II-XO

2017-12-17 Thread Patrick Murphy
ime I need to restart the RFTGs. Any suggestions what I should try next before I go the Linux route? Surely there is some command or secret handshake I am just missing. Thanks! -Patrick Murphy ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscr

[time-nuts] accurate 60 hz reference chips/ckts

2017-12-14 Thread Patrick Barthelow
PIcked up a couple of large size Radio Shack 63-960 LED clocks with Settable alarm, at local Goodwill store. $3.00 ea work great see across room, loud Alarm, etc... Barely missed, by seconds, getting a classic Hallicrafters General coverage receiver (not like say, S-38) but a larger light green

[time-nuts] Test WWV timecube against Cesium, Rubidium, MASER or other precision time (UT-1) metrology

2017-12-07 Thread Patrick Barthelow
Hello Friends, I am picking up locally a couple of vintage analog Radio Shack SW time cube radios, 70s vintage, 3 switchable SW frequencies. Two types, the one pictured and a Radio Shack model also that has WWV and Weather channel VHF frequencies. I am interested in an accurate bench test to comp

[time-nuts] Propagation delay within analog radio, (Radio Shack Timecube) and an SDR, at HF

2017-12-02 Thread Patrick Barthelow
Just about to go across town to pick up TWO Radio Shack Timecube radios, that someone will sell cheap. Been 35 years since I have seen one. Used one in College to bring time to astronomy instruments in the field. >From a newbie: Has anyone measured or does anyone have an idea of the propagation

Re: [time-nuts] Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement

2017-11-13 Thread Patrick Barthelow
Longitude by Wire by Richard Stachurski : from Professional Surveyor Magazine, November 2003. http://fgg-web.fgg.uni-lj.si/~/mkuhar/pouk/SG/Seminar/Astronomska_navigacija/Astronomska_navigacija_zgodovina/Professional_Surveyor_Magazine-Longitude_By_Wire_The_American_Method-Nov03.pdf Best, 73, P

[time-nuts] Newbie to Time Nuts; Seeking wisdom, re Hydrogen MASER applications

2017-11-12 Thread Patrick Barthelow
Hello fellow Time nuts, I am a newbie here, just joined, first post. But back in college dabbled in "precise time" recording in the field, for Geodetic Surveying field measurements, Star Shots. transiting the meridian. Very crude by today standards, but effective for field measurements that had t

Re: [time-nuts] Which First GPSDO to buy?

2014-12-14 Thread Patrick Tudor
> On Dec 13, 2014, at 9:47 PM, Chris Albertson > wrote: > > Actually I've added some features to it like a 2 line by 16 character LCD > display and some status LEDs. And I can log data to a computer via a USB > cable so it is easy to plot data and it is using my more expansive mast > mounted

Re: [time-nuts] Wall clock stepper driver board and funky firmware

2014-12-02 Thread Patrick Tudor
own (albeit GPS PPS) clock on Tindie: Crazy Clock: https://www.tindie.com/products/nsayer/crazy-clock/ Jemma Clock: https://www.tindie.com/products/ptudor/jemma-clock/ ( And even more clocks: https://www.tindie.com/m/Clocks/ ) Patrick smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature _

Re: [time-nuts] If any of your USB devices have stopped working lately...

2014-10-23 Thread Patrick Tudor
231348877599 Patrick (KB6GE) smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature ___ 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.

Re: [time-nuts] Multiple Voltage monitoring

2009-07-31 Thread Patrick
channels with plot. There are also 'Scopecorders' or "Hi-corders' from Yokogawa and Hioki but it is really hard to find a decent one on Ebay or Dovebid and the prices are insane but the specifications sound impressive. -Patrick ___ ti

Re: [time-nuts] US ebay sellers who won't ship outside the US

2009-07-17 Thread Patrick
ith itself. There are millions of Americans trying to make their country a kinder place and that do not have hostile views towards the rest of us. To all non-Americans, please refrain from lumping 306 million people together, let's keep this mailing list related to it's intended topi

Re: [time-nuts] OT favorite signal generator?

2009-06-19 Thread Patrick
just a few hertz would do, heck even 1 would probably be fine. My only concern is that some of the circuits are high impedance and have low voltages. It might be a good idea if I could get down somewhere into the uV range. Thanks again!-Patrick Lux, James P wrote: On 6/19/09 6:38 AM, &q

Re: [time-nuts] OT favorite signal generator?

2009-06-19 Thread Patrick
Thanks John With regard to frequency and price, low frequency is fine for me and I am hoping to buy something for < $250-Patrick John Miles wrote: > Budget? Freq range? > > HP 8657As are good general-purpose SGs. Reliable, serviceable, and > reasonably clean. Avoid 8656s and 86

[time-nuts] OT favorite signal generator?

2009-06-19 Thread Patrick
f the laboratory instruments I service. Any feedback you have would be greatly appreciated-Patrick ___ 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.

Re: [time-nuts] OT favorite chip programmer/favorite ROM emulator

2009-04-10 Thread Patrick
Sorry everyone I was sending out my thanks and I accidentally posted to the list-Patrick Patrick wrote: > Hi David > > Thanks for taking the time to post. > > Have a great Easter-Patrick > > David C. Partridge wrote: > >> Another one to look at apparently is t

Re: [time-nuts] OT favorite chip programmer/favorite ROM emulator

2009-04-10 Thread Patrick
Hi David Thanks for taking the time to post. Have a great Easter-Patrick David C. Partridge wrote: > Another one to look at apparently is the Galep model 4(LPT) or 5(USB). I > don't have one but when this question was asked recently elsewhere, they > were very highly recommen

[time-nuts] OT favorite chip programmer/favorite ROM emulator

2009-04-09 Thread Patrick
. Has anyone had a positive(or negative) experience with a manufacturer? I am also looking for a ROM emulator, does anyone have any advice? Thanks in advance-Patrick ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.co

[time-nuts] Jupiter modules: 1pps or 10kHz to lock an OCXO ?

2008-12-21 Thread Patrick Reynaert
etter stability than the 10kHz signal? Or is this the same since these signals will only influence the long-term stability of the oscillator and have the same accuracy? Any thoughts are highly appreciated. Thanks, Patrick. ___ time-nuts mailing

[time-nuts] Jupiter modules: 1pps or 10kHz to lock an OCXO

2008-12-16 Thread Patrick Reynaert
ility than the 10kHz signal? Or is this the same since these signals will only influence the long-term stability of the oscillator and have the same accuracy? Any thoughts are highly appreciated. Thanks, Patrick. ___ time-nuts mailing

Re: [time-nuts] US Shipping Was huntron tracker advice

2008-11-27 Thread Patrick
from time to time-Patrick Patrick wrote: > I am on the lower end(maybe dumbest) of the intelligence spectrum on > this list when it comes to pure electronics. However I have plenty to > offer in logistics. I ship all over the world, this week it was Nigeria > and Lebanon from my home ba

Re: [time-nuts] US Shipping Was huntron tracker advice

2008-11-27 Thread Patrick
be worked out I would gladly pay for shipping or shipping & labor for help with my business. -Patrick Neville Michie wrote: > Many US or UK sellers will sell out of their country if you email > them and ask them, > even if they list as home country only. > I bought an HP 54501A

Re: [time-nuts] huntron tracker advice & troubleshooting without schematic advise-Thanks

2008-11-26 Thread Patrick
Although I have sent "personal thank yous" I would like to thank everyone for their posts and re-iterate my love for this list. Big thanks to John Ackermann for it-Patrick ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, g

[time-nuts] huntron tracker advice & troubleshooting without schematic advise

2008-11-25 Thread Patrick
was thinking about getting a Huntron tracker. Has anyone had any experience with one? Could you feedback? Are there other tools that have helped you fix circuit boards without a schematic? Thanks in advance-Patrick ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time

Re: [time-nuts] New Prologix GPIB-LAN Controller

2008-08-05 Thread Patrick
Hey Abdul Your new controller is on my shopping list, I just need to wait for some checks to arrive. Good work! -Patrick Prologix wrote: > Hello, > > > > Prologix is happy to announce its newest product - GPIB-LAN Controller. > > > > Access your GPIB enabled

[time-nuts] Trimble DAC voltage

2008-07-14 Thread Patrick Reynaert
latter is true, does this mean that within about 2500 days from now, the DAC voltage will hit +5V ? Best regards, Patrick. ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time

[time-nuts] Allan variance of Thunderbolt

2008-07-11 Thread Patrick Reynaert
ion is 9e-10 ... Is the data-sheet a worse-case scenario? Regards, Patrick ___ 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] Thunderbolt - temperature

2008-07-11 Thread Patrick Reynaert
overkill? Thanks. Patrick Belgium. ___ 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.

Re: [time-nuts] PCB costs and suggestions for suppliers

2008-07-08 Thread Patrick
Hey David I asked a similar question about a couple of months ago in this thread: [time-nuts] PCB design questions thread II I got lots of great answers. I copied some samples for you below. Please let me now if you need the whole thread forwarded-Patrick

Re: [time-nuts] PCB design questions thread II

2008-06-02 Thread Patrick
of an old board apart to study them? Thanks-Patrick David C. Partridge wrote: > I've been working on the design for a frequency divider to complement the > Thunderbolt I recently bought from TVB (thank you Tom, it's working very > well as far as I can tell, though of course I&#

[time-nuts] thoughts on IR thermometers??

2008-05-27 Thread Patrick
hell of a time trying to read my Son's temperature last night when he had a fever, anyone tried one of these out on their children? Thanks in advance-Patrick ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.co

[time-nuts] Thoughts on IR thermometers?

2008-05-27 Thread Patrick
hell of a time trying to read my Son's temperature last night when he had a fever, anyone tried one of these out on their children? Thanks in advance-Patrick ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.co

[time-nuts] Favorite DC power Supply?

2008-05-01 Thread Patrick
$600 U.S? Any garbage ones to avoid? Thanks in advance-Patrick ___ 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.

Re: [time-nuts] Low cost logic analyzer

2008-04-25 Thread Patrick
ll and ask for Bruce and explain your situation. -Patrick Ulrich Bangert wrote: > Gents, > > I know some of you are hardware hackers like me too. In the 25 years of > electronic development I have always refused to work with logic > analysers and always have claimed "Give

Re: [time-nuts] NI PCI GPIB Cards

2008-03-30 Thread Patrick
Hi Nigel How many do you have? Do you have any photos or specific revision numbers, model numbers etc? Thanks-Patrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I hope this post is considered appropriate, if not please let me know and > accept my advance apologies. > > I have several NI PC

Re: [time-nuts] NI GPIB cards

2008-03-22 Thread Patrick
n replacement but hopefully their new one will. I am not sure if anyone has had any experience with Quancom(Germany) but their cards look pretty cheap. Happy Easter to our Christian members and Happy new year to our Persian ones. -Patrick Dennis Tillman wrote: > H Dave, > > Over t

Re: [time-nuts] Slightly off-topic: How to take measurements at fixed intervals in Perl

2008-02-23 Thread Patrick
Thanks John Although I have been using GPIB for years, I am new at programming with it. I appreciate your post! -Patrick John Ackermann N8UR wrote: > I've struggled for a while to figure out how to take readings at fixed > intervals from my counters and other GPIB gear. The problem

Re: [time-nuts] favorite microcontroller module?Thanks Again!

2008-02-17 Thread Patrick
Thanks yet again to Said, Didier, Gary, Tim, Christopher, Poul-Henning and Robert. This has been a great overview of micro controllers at the chip, module and SBC level. All the best-Patrick Gary Chatters wrote: > John Miles wrote: > [...] > >> I'm a strong

Re: [time-nuts] favorite microcontroller module?-Thanks

2008-02-15 Thread Patrick
As always, the advice here is awesome. Thanks to Bob, Scott and John! -Patrick Bob Paddock wrote: > On Friday 15 February 2008 09:31:06 pm Scott Newell wrote: > >> At 07:57 PM 2/15/2008, Patrick wrote: >> > > >> I love the 68k stuff (shipped a lot o

[time-nuts] favorite microcontroller module?

2008-02-15 Thread Patrick
P, C or another common language? Thanks-Patrick ___ 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.

Re: [time-nuts] device as sniffer/ promiscuous mode GPIB devices?

2008-01-28 Thread Patrick
s $300) Thanks-patrick Ulrich Bangert wrote: > Patrick, > > as a sniffer would typically be used to locate gpib communication > problems, is there any special problem to be solved? > > >>> Is there a way to set it up to read one address continuously? >>>

Re: [time-nuts] prologix device as sniffer

2008-01-27 Thread Patrick
Linux. Hopefully this will function as a sniffer and I can use the Prologix device as a controller later. All the best-Patrick Prologix wrote: > Patrick, > > Sorry the product didn't work out for you. With the current firmware, there > is really no good way to do what you want to

Re: [time-nuts] prologix device as sniffer

2008-01-27 Thread Patrick
Thanks Abdul This comes as a pretty big blow, as this is what I was hoping to do with it from the start. Is there a way to set it up to read one address continuously? thanks in advance-Patrick Prologix wrote: > Patrick, > > Prologix GPIB-USB controller does not work as a GPIB bus sn

[time-nuts] prologix device as sniffer

2008-01-27 Thread Patrick
p or just one? Does anyone have some thoughts on why I don't read the response? Thanks yet again in advance-patrick ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts an

Re: [time-nuts] 20 bit+ (Slightly OT: inexpensive USB analog-digital converter?)

2008-01-18 Thread Patrick
vance-Patrick ___ 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.

Re: [time-nuts] Prologix, 1 more quick ?

2008-01-16 Thread Patrick
y other commands and carriage returns. With ser.read(100) I get 'Unrecognized command\r\n' So at least I have some communication. Could someone help me with the syntax? Thanks in advance-Patrick Patrick wrote: > Thanks to Chuck, Jeff, Christian and John! > > I was trying to

Re: [time-nuts] Prologix, Linux-thanks

2008-01-16 Thread Patrick
ast that's something. Thanks again to all. -Patrick Chuck Harris wrote: > You don't have the daemon that automatically loads new USB > devices running. I forget its name, but it is easily found > by doing a google on linux USB. > > Or, you can look in Synaptic and sear

Re: [time-nuts] Prologix, Linux and bash

2008-01-16 Thread Patrick
Could someone give me a bash sample of the correct syntax to use? Thanks in advance-Patrick ___ 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.

Re: [time-nuts] OT: Hewlett Packard paint codes

2007-12-26 Thread Patrick
interested let me know, I would like to help-Patrick John Miles wrote: >> I color match quite a bit. I refurbish lab instruments. I have a piece >> of glass over top of my scanner platten. I mix the paint right on the >> scanner and evaluate it with the GIMP. >> >

Re: [time-nuts] OT: Hewlett Packard paint codes

2007-12-26 Thread Patrick
manipulation program. You can click on a little dropper icon inside the program and it will show you the RGB value for the small region you clicked on. Hope this helps, If you need more details please feel free to ask-Patrick phil wrote: >> This assumes you have a calibrated scanner and a cali

Re: [time-nuts] Digital Scopes - suggestions

2007-10-24 Thread Patrick
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY I was wondering about that! :-) Patrick Brooke Clarke wrote: > Hi Patrick: > > That should be 10 us not 0 us. > > Thanks & Have Fun, > > Brooke Clarke > http://www.PRC68.com > http://www.precis

Re: [time-nuts] Digital Scopes - suggestions

2007-10-24 Thread Patrick
); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RETRY Hi Brooke I am not exactly sure. You can go into the uS range but I had better check with the Bitscope people about the exact details. I will forward this email. I am sure you will have an answer tomorrow. -Patrick

Re: [time-nuts] Digital Scopes - suggestions

2007-10-24 Thread Patrick
l and sold me a great scope. I feel I owe him time considering the insane amount of questions I have asked him, of which none of them were due to shortcomings of his product. -Patrick John Ackermann N8UR wrote: > Hal Murray said the following on 10/24/2007 03:47 AM: > >> ); SAExi