[time-nuts] Re Certified Time Nut Certificate

Daun Yeagley daun at yeagley.net
Sat Nov 4 22:24:36 EST 2006


Gee, maybe some of you need to get a Bulova Accutron.  I think that is one of
the things that got me started on the time-nut wagon back in the sixties.  My
wife bought me one for our first Christmas together back in 1967. When I was
overseas for our rich uncle I used to compare it with our house standard 5060
Cesium.  I *STILL* have it, and wear it often, as John Ackermann can attest.

Daun 

-----Original Message-----
From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On Behalf
Of Bill Hawkins
Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2006 10:15 PM
To: 'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement'
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Re Certified Time Nut Certificate

Ah, yes, I have one of those FAA tuning fork standards . Never occurred to me to
mount it in a three dimensional gimbal in order to discipline it to GPS. Might
wear out the mechanism, though, as it attempts to track the ever-shifting GPS
reception.

Regards,
Bill Hawkins
(My wife thinks I'm certifiable. Only true love keeps her from doing
it.)


-----Original Message-----
From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On Behalf
Of David Forbes
Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2006 8:00 PM
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement; billj at ieee.org
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Re Certified Time Nut Certificate

At 2:43 PM -0600 11/4/06, tom wrote:
>whats this lesser standard in the gps and rubidium stuff.  i have a hp 
>117a tracking receiver that prints days with straight lines from my
rubidium osc.
>also three hp 59309a clocks that say i have the correct time for weeks 
>running from the standard.  hope that makes me at least in the middle 
>of the good guys.  maybe you could leave the space and i can fill it in

>myself with little flowers and some funny faces..........
>tom w0kgw

I agree. I think there should be special categories such as tuning fork
standards. I have one of these that could be disciplined to GPS if desired by
varying its supply voltage and/or rotating it relative to gravity, which
activities would certainly qualify one as certifiable.

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--David Forbes, Tucson, AZ
http://www.cathodecorner.com/

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