Hi Bill, Pretty serious, just for hobby stuff. I'm just getting into precision time keeping in the last 6 months or so. A buddy of mine gave me a Tektronix 2901 time mark generator a while back which I was about to use to cal some of my scopes when it hit me that I really have no way to know that IT is in cal. From there I it went all wrong! I built a custom ntp server for work (copied TVB's Soekris system but used a home-made gps receiver board (Lassen iQ receiver)), use a rubidium oscillator for my in-house (literally) frequency standard, am waiting on the next set of Thunderbolt gpsdo's to become available, etc. In other words, I caught the bug. I'm currently wrestling with an Austron 2000C loran receiver which I was hoping to use to cal my rubidium osc. but can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. The manual describes something other than what I see on 3 different scopes so I don't think it's my scopes that are the problem. At this point I'm just going to hold out for the Thunderbolt but wouldn't mind a Cs standard. I was bidding on an HP unit but was very very quickly outbid once news of it hit the list.
I'm also a ham operator working on microwave amplifier projects, HF tube amps, and various other things. I even go to work when I have time for it. I'll go through the list of stuff to weed out what I really can't use, but I am interested in the vast majority of it. As far as trades go, I'm more of the hoarding type than trading type I'm sure you understand this :). I have some old sgi computer equipment but past that stuff I can't really part with much. A buddy of mine said he was giving me a spiffy Fluke kelvin-varley divider / precision meter (10 digits?) but that never manifested. I'm not a volt nut (yet) and I haven't had much need past 3 decmal places, let alone the 6.5 my Keithly gives me so I have no need for it if it does land in my hands. My test equipment is barely adequate to support all the stuff I do so I tend to borrow and beg for things depending on the project. My finances are tied up because I just moved but I am catching up. Let me know if you decide to come out this way, or I can meet you half way or something. I'm not in any rush. -Bob On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 10:29 PM, Bill Hawkins <b...@iaxs.net> wrote: > Bob, > > This list has no way to reply to you directly, which makes sense most > of the time. There has been no local interest in my list, so it's all > gonna stay in storage. > > Back in 1958, I worked on a package for an Aerobee High at White Sands, > and lived in a motel in Las Cruces for three weeks. Great stuff for a > young man dreaming of the stars. > > So, it crosses my mind to return to NM with a truck, since I'm retired. > > How serious are you about this stuff, and why? Got anything to trade? > > Bill > b...@iaxs.net > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Darlington > Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 5:18 PM > To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Unloading time-nuts stuff at a flea market > inPlymouth MN > > Too bad you're not coming to New Mexico. I'd buy most of that list! > > -Bob > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 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.