On 3/19/2014 8:26 AM, James Robbins wrote:
Thanks for everyone's help here. I have done some further sleuthing.
I have a second 53132A which has a 3.0GHz Channel 3. So, I switched the new
channel 3 board into the old 53132A and it reads properly. Then, I switched
the old 3.0GHz Channel 3 bo
On 10/14/2013 8:44 AM, ed breya wrote:
I recently acquired a Fluke 6071A, and have found some pieces of the
service and operating manuals, but not the schematics. Does anyone
know where the schematics can be found? This unit looks pretty good
except the "FREQ" and "UNCAL" indicators are flashin
On 9/27/2013 9:14 AM, Collins, Graham wrote:
One of my favourite cases for housing projects is to use an HP 37203 HPIB
extender. Remove the PC Board and you are left with a power supply that is
suitable for many things (or remove if not up the job), plus there is a BNC
connector on the back si
On 7/12/2013 10:51 AM, Mark C. Stephens wrote:
When I try to enter my antenna location as per surveyor:
-33.763698
151.092111
With this scpi command:
:GPS:POS S,+33,+79,3.69800E+001,E,+151,+9,+2.11100E+001,+9.45600E+001
For some reason, the Z3816A displays this:
LAT S 33:59:36.980
LON
On 7/6/2013 2:39 PM, Mark C. Stephens wrote:
How Does that Work Robert?
I mean why out of phase?
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On 7/6/2013 5:26 PM, Mark C. Stephens wrote:
The elephant in the room thing with me is SAFETY :)
I mean, can this be a fire hazard, what about the insulation breakdown on the
secondary winding etc..
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On 5/11/2013 9:48 AM, Bill Hawkins wrote:
It appears that this was exactly the wrong group in which to
discuss Lord Vetinari's clock. People keep asking why. Here's
a brief answer, but first some background.
Lord Vetinari, aka The Patrician, is a fictional character in
a series of books by Terry
On 4/22/2013 6:13 AM, J. Forster wrote:
Hi,
I recieved a very odd communication, apparently from eBay, this morning.
It is a request to contact Congress about sales taxes on internet sales.
It APPEARS to be genuine, but I'm unconvinced.
Has anybody else received this email, and is it for real?
On 4/20/2013 1:59 AM, Hal Murray wrote:
For those of you who aren't familiar with it, the Exploratorium is the great
grandaddy of the hands-on science museums. It was started by Frank
Oppenheimer way back in 1969.
Anybody nutty enough to be on the time-nuts list would have a great time
there.
On 10/9/2012 11:55 AM, shali...@gmail.com wrote:
I am pretty sure good old Visual Basic Pro version 6.0 (and newer) supports to
115kb.
GW Basic officially makes you a dinosaur...
Didier KO4BB
Sent from my Droid Razr 4G LTE wireless tracker.
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On 9/27/2012 7:27 PM, Peter Gottlieb wrote:
Flagpoles need caps, right? A GPS antenna would be just perfect. And
a fiberglass flagpole could hide a significant HF vertical!
On 9/27/2012 10:24 PM, Randy D. Hunt wrote:
Put up a flagpole.
Randy, KI6WAS
On 9/27/2012 4:20 PM, Bob Camp wrote:
Hi
At least in my back yard, a 6' tall tripod would be very noticeable from a
number of directions. There are many others in similar situations. If I were to
interpret the restrictions literally as written, an antenna that was inside the
house, but visibl
On 9/27/2012 2:06 PM, Bob Camp wrote:
Hi
Hit send to soon.
The title stuff comes from the developer not the builder. All the developers
seem to subscribe to the same newsletter that comes up with a standard set
of "stuff" to add to the title.
Bob
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On 9/12/2012 2:21 AM, Azelio Boriani wrote:
Interesting: trying to "hear" a low frequency crystal using a microphone...
it should be hard: the crystal has to make the case vibrate and this is
energy consuming (unless it resonates). I don't expect to pick up nothing,
except the step motor driving
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Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 10:00:29 -0700
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To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
On 8/20/2012 9:09 AM, paul swed wrote:
Asking the wrong guy.
No clue
Regards
On 7/5/2012 3:57 PM, bill wrote:
On 7/5/2012 9:49 AM, Randy D. Hunt wrote:
On 7/4/2012 11:09 PM, Charles P. Steinmetz wrote:
Don wrote:
the fet breakdown voltage has of course got to be high enough.
If the nuvistor is used as a common-cathode or common-grid
amplifier, you can cascode the
On 7/4/2012 11:09 PM, Charles P. Steinmetz wrote:
Don wrote:
the fet breakdown voltage has of course got to be high enough.
If the nuvistor is used as a common-cathode or common-grid amplifier,
you can cascode the fet with a bipolar to extend its drain voltage
range. You will need to come
On 5/11/2012 6:57 AM, Jim Lux wrote:
On 5/11/12 5:54 AM, Chuck Harris wrote:
Go to your local building and planning commission, and get yourself
a copy of the topographical map for your address. They are cheap, and
are the standard by which everyone (insurance, zoning, ...) determines
your flood
On 5/11/2012 6:46 AM, Jim Lux wrote:
On 5/11/12 5:23 AM, swingbyte wrote:
s disappointing!
I need to measure the height of my house floor to be above the flood
plane contour. I might have a look at some dted from work. Might have to
pay a real surveyor to measure the height datum.
Thanks for al
On 5/7/2012 2:20 AM, Attila Kinali wrote:
On Mon, 07 May 2012 13:40:15 +0530
Raj wrote:
I once did a test with a "audio expert" and compared a CD and a digital copy.
He confirmed that the copy was the original and when I showed him which was
which
he still refused to believe.. I know a local
On 5/6/2012 7:39 PM, Jim Palfreyman wrote:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Antelope-Audio-Isochrone-10M-Rubidium-Atomic-Clock-/270809581736?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f0d8248a8
Make sure you read the description to discover what it's being sold for.
My chuckle for the day.
Jim Palfreyman
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On 5/5/2012 11:23 AM, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
In message<4fa56efa.8080...@verizon.net>, "Stan, W1LE" writes:
The classical approach:
Look at the spectrum and notch or filter out what is not wanted.
The problem with this is that the switch-mode supply is not
a very good radio-transmitter, so i
On 4/25/2012 7:44 AM, Attila Kinali wrote:
On Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:24:50 +0200
Azelio Boriani wrote:
I agree, nevertheless let me add: because it is a hobby project it is good
also starting to learn how to use the soldering iron.
But for that, you need someone who shows you how to solder.
You
ent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 3:25 PM
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Best location for a GPS antenna...?
On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 11:56 AM, Randy D. Hunt
wrote:
On 4/12/2012 1:10 AM, Heinzmann, Stefan (ALC NetworX GmbH) wrote:
What about mount
On 4/12/2012 1:10 AM, Heinzmann, Stefan (ALC NetworX GmbH) wrote:
What about mounting the antenna on the side of the metal pole, with the top of
the pole extending a foot or more above the antenna?
The idea is to have the lightning bolt strike the pole, but not the antenna.
The cable shield wo
On 4/7/2012 8:18 PM, Brent Gordon wrote:
Same Bat Time!
Same Bat Channel!
On 4/7/2012 8:38 PM, J. Forster wrote:
So, what's the time?
-John
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On 08/04/12 02:59, Mark Sims wrote:
One of the nose-bleed channels (MeTV) just showed an old 1980's Batman
show where the infamous, evil,
On 4/6/2012 11:46 PM, Rix Seacord wrote:
Ed
Is that a function of the pdf file or the reader?
I've been using Foxit Phantom that will even search multiple pdf
files in the same folder.
Good luck in your quest.
Ewing (Rix) Seacord
K2AVP/4/499
eseac...@verizon.net
845-628-0892 Home
914-262-918
On 4/1/2012 4:53 PM, paul swed wrote:
Yes thats what makes old gear fun.
It costs $0 up front and lots of time ongoing.
:-)
On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 7:44 PM, Magnus Danielson
wrote:
Fellow time-nuts,
I'm sure you all have done this at least once. Repaired something up,
feeling happy about it, sla
On 4/1/2012 3:18 PM, Ed Mersich wrote:
My Heathkit, and other AC clocks have been broken for months now. I started
a project to figure out how bad it was. It's getting interesting as I am
approaching my goal of coding a software emulation of an AC line clock.
During the process I developed a coup
On 3/26/2012 8:15 AM, Charles P. Steinmetz wrote:
Bruce wrote:
A circuit schematic for a current feedback triple with reasonably low
noise and distortion is attached.
Quite a good performer for such a simple circuit. I found, both in
modeling and on the bench, that there is the usual noise
On 2/23/2012 12:32 PM, Robert LaJeunesse wrote:
Looks interesting, but...
1) The probe connectors are not the usual BNC. Are they anything common?
2) No mating cables or connectors provided for channels 3,4, and function
generator output.
3) Function generator output will have significant DC bia
.
I still haven't found what I seem to remember though.
Thanks,
Joe
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On 1/29/2012 5:52 PM, J. L. Trantham wrote:
I seem to recall seeing this (or perhaps for the 'non-II' units) in the past
but can't seem to find it.
Can anyone point me to the pin outs and interconnects for these units?
Thanks in advance.
Joe
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On 1/11/2012 12:22 PM, Tom Holmes wrote:
You might also consider adding the TAPR Fat PPS to stretch the pulse. See
TAPR.org.
Tom Holmes, N8ZM
Tipp City, OH
EM79
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On 11/24/2011 10:01 AM, Robin Kimberley wrote:
Any frequency counter will have an given accuracy +/- the LSD (least
significant digit), so alternating between 10.000 and 9.999 looks
perfectly normal to me.
Rob Kimberley
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On 10/11/2011 6:28 PM, Peter Bell wrote:
For some reason, the "No GPS" LED is back - although the GPS is
tracking 8 satellites in 3D mode and according to the TRAIM status the
timing error is below the alarm threshhold (alarm = 1300ns, current =
43ns) - I guess the uinit has it's own standards fo
As to me, too.
TIA,
Randy, KI6WAS
On 10/9/2011 4:02 PM, Bill Hawkins wrote:
Hi, K4CLE
A while ago, I invested $600 in two pairs of the GPSDO and LPRO units.
Intended to replace a pair of 48 volt Z3801 receivers with 24 volt units.
Put them in the project pile for lack of drawings and software,
On 10/9/2011 6:55 AM, EB4APL wrote:
Peter,
My UT+ works ok with common antennas, I tested it with a Trimble
28367-00 and with a INPAQ AAF-03B 5V. Both are quite old garden
variety GPS antennas intended for car navigators so your problem can
be in the receiver.
I bought mine from fluke.l and
That's what I come up with from their web site. . . Great Clock!!
73's,
Randy Hunt, KI6WAS
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