Dick did you ever try an unscreened loop ?? they should be just as good if not better at 60kHz. Alan G3NYK
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dick Moore" <rich...@hughes.net> To: <time-nuts@febo.com> Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2010 11:22 PM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] HP/Dymek DY-5842 > I used to have one of these marvelous receivers and sold it. I still have the WWVB/60kHz shielded loop antenna that I made for it and although it is big, at about 30" x 30" x 2" or so, I believe it will ship FedEx or UPS OK. It's free to anyone who'll pay the shipping. It's made out of copper pipe and works quite well, and is tuned for the 5842 at 60kHz. > > Best, > Dick Moore > > > On Oct 1, 2010, at 3:50 PM, time-nuts-requ...@febo.com wrote: > > > > Message: 5 > > Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2010 16:34:57 -0600 > > From: ziggy9 <zig...@pumpkinbrook.com> > > Subject: [time-nuts] Possibly OT - Any interest in a vintage HP/Dymec > > DY-5842 VLF receiver? > > To: <time-nuts@febo.com> > > Message-ID: <990bd60b3c5d084910c10c8855912...@pumpkinbrook.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > > > > > Fellow time-nuts: > > I've got a circa 1964 DY-5842 VLF receiver. This is (was) operated in > > conjunction with an external time interval counter to make a frequency > > comparison. So you would select WWVL for example, and use that as your > > primary standard for comparison to your local standard. It's got 5 crystals > > in it: 16, 18, 19.8, 20, and 60 kHz (listed as GBR, NBA, NPM, WWVL, WWVB). > > It works and I have the manual. The thing is, the interest in something > > like this is bound to be a bit narrow, so I thought I'd mention it here. > > > > So if there are any collectors, equipment museums, etc. that might be > > interested in this, please let me know. I'm a bit sentimental about this > > thing, it's sort of a bit of history, and from what I can tell, somewhat > > rare (doesnt make it worth anything though :). Since it's a bit of a > > curiosity, I'd like to pass it to someone that might be interested in it > > rather than just tossing it. I can always provide more details to anyone > > that wants them. > > > > Best regards, > > Paul Davis - K9MR > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 6 > > Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 18:42:16 -0400 > > From: "jmfranke" <jmfra...@cox.net> > > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Possibly OT - Any interest in a vintage > > HP/Dymec DY-5842 VLF receiver? > > To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" > > <time-nuts@febo.com> > > Message-ID: <b7ea2d4ab6f34ab19da25cfdc85a6...@franke> > > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > > reply-type=original > > > > I am very interested. Do you have any images? > > > > John Franke WA4WDL > > Portsmouth, VA 23703 > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > From: "ziggy9" <zig...@pumpkinbrook.com> > > Sent: Friday, October 01, 2010 6:34 PM > > To: <time-nuts@febo.com> > > Subject: [time-nuts] Possibly OT - Any interest in a vintage HP/Dymec > > DY-5842 VLF receiver? > > > >> > >> Fellow time-nuts: > >> I've got a circa 1964 DY-5842 VLF receiver. This is (was) operated in > >> conjunction with an external time interval counter to make a frequency > >> comparison. So you would select WWVL for example, and use that as your > >> primary standard for comparison to your local standard. It's got 5 > >> crystals > >> in it: 16, 18, 19.8, 20, and 60 kHz (listed as GBR, NBA, NPM, WWVL, WWVB). > >> It works and I have the manual. The thing is, the interest in something > >> like this is bound to be a bit narrow, so I thought I'd mention it here. > >> > >> So if there are any collectors, equipment museums, etc. that might be > >> interested in this, please let me know. I'm a bit sentimental about this > >> thing, it's sort of a bit of history, and from what I can tell, somewhat > >> rare (doesnt make it worth anything though :). Since it's a bit of a > >> curiosity, I'd like to pass it to someone that might be interested in it > >> rather than just tossing it. I can always provide more details to anyone > >> that wants them. > >> > >> Best regards, > >> Paul Davis - K9MR > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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. > >> > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 7 > > Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2010 17:50:17 -0500 > > From: Brian Kirby <kilodelta4foxm...@gmail.com> > > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Possibly OT - Any interest in a vintage > > HP/Dymec DY-5842 VLF receiver? > > To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement > > <time-nuts@febo.com> > > Message-ID: <4ca665a9.1090...@gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > > > You might consider contacting Dr. Ken Kuhn -- kennathak...@gmail.com > > > > check his HP museum at http://www.kennethkuhn.com/hpmuseum/ > > > > Brian Kirby KD4FM > > > > > > > > On 10/1/2010 5:34 PM, ziggy9 wrote: > >> > >> Fellow time-nuts: > >> I've got a circa 1964 DY-5842 VLF receiver. This is (was) operated in > >> conjunction with an external time interval counter to make a frequency > >> comparison. So you would select WWVL for example, and use that as your > >> primary standard for comparison to your local standard. It's got 5 crystals > >> in it: 16, 18, 19.8, 20, and 60 kHz (listed as GBR, NBA, NPM, WWVL, WWVB). > >> It works and I have the manual. The thing is, the interest in something > >> like this is bound to be a bit narrow, so I thought I'd mention it here. > >> > >> So if there are any collectors, equipment museums, etc. that might be > >> interested in this, please let me know. I'm a bit sentimental about this > >> thing, it's sort of a bit of history, and from what I can tell, somewhat > >> rare (doesnt make it worth anything though :). Since it's a bit of a > >> curiosity, I'd like to pass it to someone that might be interested in it > >> rather than just tossing it. I can always provide more details to anyone > >> that wants them. > >> > >> Best regards, > >> Paul Davis - K9MR > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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. _______________________________________________ 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.