Re: [time-nuts] Odd request

2007-04-21 Thread jmfranke
25, 2007 4:50 PM Subject: [time-nuts] Odd request Time-nuts I appreciate the comments regarding horological obsession. Mine started with a desire for an accurate master oscillator for my ham shack (built and use a couple Shera GPSDO's) and has blossomed into a much broader interest

Re: [time-nuts] Odd request

2007-04-21 Thread Tom Van Baak
As I type this, my solenoid actuated mechanical slave clock is being driven by my GPS receiver. The 1PPS signal drives a two stage divide-by-sixty counter. The two counter stages, 7490 divide by ten and 7492 divide by twelve used as a divide by six, are interfaced to two large Nixie tubes

Re: [time-nuts] Odd request

2007-04-21 Thread Brooke Clarke
Hi Tom: I've been looking at patents for secondary clocks and find that there's two class numbers: 368/59 is Horology/Secondary and 968/548 is Horology/stepping secondary. Do you know what the difference is between the two top class numbers both called Horology? Have Fun, Brooke Clarke

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2007-01-26 Thread Normand Martel
...And i forgot one thing... The Telechron solenoid assembly is symmetric and reversible. That allowed some manufacturers to sell Bar clocks that had their hands run backwards!! 73 de Normnad VE2UM --- Normand Martel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Tom... Not only Telechron were very popular

[time-nuts] Odd request

2007-01-25 Thread Mark Amos
Time-nuts I appreciate the comments regarding horological obsession. Mine started with a desire for an accurate master oscillator for my ham shack (built and use a couple Shera GPSDO's) and has blossomed into a much broader interest in time (Ex tempus, sapientia?) This has led me to a

Re: [time-nuts] Odd request

2007-01-25 Thread jmfranke
: [time-nuts] Odd request Time-nuts I appreciate the comments regarding horological obsession. Mine started with a desire for an accurate master oscillator for my ham shack (built and use a couple Shera GPSDO's) and has blossomed into a much broader interest in time (Ex tempus, sapientia

Re: [time-nuts] Odd request

2007-01-25 Thread Tom Van Baak \(mobile\)
Time-nuts I appreciate the comments regarding horological obsession. Mine started with a desire for an accurate master oscillator for my ham shack (built and use a couple Shera GPSDO's) and has blossomed into a much broader interest in time (Ex tempus, sapientia?) This has led me

Re: [time-nuts] Odd request

2007-01-25 Thread Brooke Clarke
Hi Mark: There may be some other approaches. Start from an electric clock that's battery powered and replace all the driving electronics and just drive the coil directly with the proper pulse rate. Start from an electric clock and replace just the crystal with a 32768 kHz signal. In the above

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2007-01-25 Thread David Forbes
Tom Van Baak (mobile) wrote: But one easy way to do it today is start with a $5 standard quartz clock display. 1) Either run a precise synthesized 32 kHz signal into it (replacing the xtal), or drive the little bipolar stepper yourself. A 50 millisecond +1.5 VDC pulse is all you need;

Re: [time-nuts] Odd request

2007-01-25 Thread Tim Shoppa
Mark Amos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I appreciate the comments regarding horological obsession. Mine started with a desire for an accurate master oscillator for my ham shack (built and use a couple Shera GPSDO's) and has blossomed into a much broader interest in time (Ex tempus,

Re: [time-nuts] Odd request

2007-01-25 Thread Bill Beam
On 1/25/2007 12:50:46 PM, Mark Amos ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Time-nuts I appreciate the comments regarding horological obsession. Mine started with a desire for an accurate master oscillator for my ham shack (built and use a couple Shera GPSDO's) and has blossomed into a much broader

Re: [time-nuts] Odd request

2007-01-25 Thread Bill Janssen
Mark Amos wrote: Time-nuts I appreciate the comments regarding horological obsession. Mine started with a desire for an accurate master oscillator for my ham shack (built and use a couple Shera GPSDO's) and has blossomed into a much broader interest in time (Ex tempus, sapientia?)

Re: [time-nuts] Odd request

2007-01-25 Thread Dave Brown
- Original Message - From: jmfranke [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement time-nuts@febo.com Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 10:57 AM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Odd request I am going the same route and have discovered slave clocks which are solenoid

Re: [time-nuts] Odd request

2007-01-25 Thread jmfranke
time-nuts@febo.com Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 6:07 PM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Odd request - Original Message - From: jmfranke [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement time-nuts@febo.com Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 10:57 AM Subject: Re

Re: [time-nuts] Odd request

2007-01-25 Thread Jack Hudler
Well well there's hope for her yet :) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Brown Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 5:28 PM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Odd request Yes- XYL, SWMBO

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2007-01-25 Thread Joseph Gray
Oh, that would look so nice, next to some of my tube radios! - Original Message - From: Dave Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement time-nuts@febo.com Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 4:27 PM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Odd request Yes- XYL

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2007-01-25 Thread Don Mimlitch
are interested. - Original Message - From: Mark Amos [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: time-nuts@febo.com Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 4:50 PM Subject: [time-nuts] Odd request Time-nuts I appreciate the comments regarding horological obsession. Mine started with a desire for an accurate master

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2007-01-25 Thread Brooke Clarke
200071362893 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Amos Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 3:51 PM To: time-nuts@febo.com Subject: [time-nuts] Odd request Time-nuts I appreciate the comments regarding horological obsession. Mine started

Re: [time-nuts] Odd request

2007-01-25 Thread Neon John
On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 16:50:46 -0500, Mark Amos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This has led me to a silly quest. I'd like to use a traditional clock face and hands as an output device for a 1PPS signal from my GPSDO. I know this is a very broad question, but does anyone have advice on where I might

Re: [time-nuts] Odd request

2007-01-25 Thread Jack Hudler
PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brooke Clarke Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 9:00 PM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Odd request Hi Jack: OK, so now I've won the Edwards school clock eBay item number 110081232209 I choose it because