Hi Magnus: I don't express myself well at all. I meant the meanness and shortsighted technique of insuring the equipment would not run without the magic poem. Unnecessary IMHO. I thoroughly agree with all of you that refilling the tube is unquestionably a waste of time. Don
Magnus Danielson > Don Latham wrote: >> yet another reason not to buy a CS clock. What kind of self-destructive >> bs is this? > > The expensive kind. > > I recall a discussion about refilling cesium in tubes from another > direction. I was suppriced that they did not understand how cesium > contaminates the tube, how spectrometer and vacuum "pump" is > contaminated etc. They where only discussing the addition of more > cesium. Even my very rudimentary knowledge outweigth them, that suprised > me. > > Pumping would reduce cesium spills at first magnet, which should be a > significant improvement in lifetime. As the oven temperature is lowered > to reduce stream of cesium, a lower average speed would be achieved, > thus prodicing a longer interaction time which would improve > performance. Alternatively better short-term stability could be achieved > with the improved signal-to-noise. > > Cheers, > Magnus > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > -- Dr. Don Latham AJ7LL Six Mile Systems LLP 17850 Six Mile Road POB 134 Huson, MT, 59846 VOX 406-626-4304 www.lightningforensics.com www.sixmilesystems.com _______________________________________________ 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.
