Hi Tearing the physics package apart and putting it back together again can be a bit of a hassle on the small Rb’s …
Bob > On Nov 21, 2014, at 2:00 PM, paul swed <paulsw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Bob > Absolutely lots of ways to die. Such as bad caps, bad variable cap, > resistors that are cooked..... I am pretty good with all of those and have > experienced most of them. But then comes the point of the dirty bulb and it > doesn't have to be the blob. Though you will find the blob most likely with > the dirty bulb. > The darkened window cause a loss in signal and ultimately loss of lock. > The heat gun clears both up. > Regards > Paul > WB8TSL > > On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 10:41 PM, Alex Pummer <a...@pcscons.com> wrote: > >> but there was a description; how to rejuvenate the rubidium bulb by >> cautiously warning it up, to "remelt " the rubidium.... >> 73 >> Alex >> >> On 11/20/2014 7:31 PM, paul swed wrote: >> >>> I do agree its subjective. But my gut says bad is 2-3V I know they seem to >>> run above 3. But whatever. When the blinkOmeter counts I am screwed. :-) >>> Time to get the heatgun. >>> Regards >>> Paul. >>> >>> On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 9:07 PM, Bob Camp <kb...@n1k.org> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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.