Greg, I'm going to be in the area next month and might be able to pick some up and redistribute them if that is of any assistance.
If I can end up with a clock somehow, I'd be interested in that too. Bob On Jan 15, 2011, at 12:33 PM, "J. Forster" <j...@quik.com> wrote: > I doubt the shipping issue is really problematic. The amount of Cs is so > small and so well contained it presents no real hazzard. > > If you want to be on the safe side, pack the tubes really well and ship > them UPS or FedEx Ground. > > FWIW, > > -John > > ============= > > >> Greg- >> >> I, for one would be very willing to take a chance on one or two tubes >> and see if there is any life left in them, but sadly I live in Va. >> >> I have e-mailed a friend in Boulder to see if he ever heads out in >> your direction but I don't think he does very often. >> >> Please keep me in mind if you uncover a way to address the shipping >> issue or if another steps up to buy the lot, as I would be willing to >> contact them as well. >> >> Regards, >> -Brian Justin, WA1ZMS >> Forest, VA >> >> >> On Jan 15, 2011, at 8:07 AM, "gbusg" <gb...@comcast.net> wrote: >> >>> Regarding the various discussions regarding CS reservoir depletion... >>> >>> I should probably mention that I'm helping the family of my friend, >>> the late >>> Chuck Norton (who owned Frequency Standards and Services in Colorado >>> Springs) with their sale of the equipment Chuck had in his lab and >>> inventory. We've been selling the more "generic" equipment on eBay, >>> but >>> holding some of the time & freq. stuff for now in case time-nuts >>> folks want >>> some of it. >>> >>> There's a large qty of used (mostly HP) Cesium Beam Tubes. I didn't >>> count >>> them yet, but going by memory I'd say there might be 10 or 15 of them. >>> Probably mostly for the HP 5060A and HP 5061A. >>> >>> If anybody's interested, I can inventory the exact part numbers of >>> those >>> tubes for you. Keep in mind they're all used tubes in unknown >>> condition. So >>> we must assume they don't work. Probably they can be had for a very >>> low, >>> reasonable price - but the family says that, due to the DOT-SP11401 >>> paperwork & complications when shipping cesium beam tubes, they >>> would prefer >>> local pickup (in Colorado Springs) on the tubes. So that might make it >>> difficult - unless someone will be passing through Colorado Springs, >>> or they >>> have suggestions on how to easily ship the tubes? >>> >>> Contact me off list if for further information. >>> >>> My best, >>> Greg >>> >>> >>> P.S. There are also quite a few HP 5061A and other similar time & >>> frequency >>> pieces (e.g., several HP 5087A, etc.). I've not yet tested any of >>> that >>> stuff, so don't know the condition. Probably at least his main >>> cesium beam >>> standard (that was part of his NIST time & frequency service system) >>> works >>> well. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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. _______________________________________________ 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.
