[time-nuts] R&S XSRM Rubidium

[paul swed]

Maybe get a1980s strobe light and some fiber and pipe it in.
If you read through the thread though indeed the heat gun at 300 degrees did
recover the rb lamp nicely and I am burning it in for several weeks to see
if it stays lit or decays.

On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 2:27 PM, Oz-in-DFW <lists at ozindfw.net> wrote:

> And cold fluorescent tubes.  I can often get my attic fluorescents to
> start with a bright flashlight applied close to an end.
>
> On 1/22/2011 5:05 PM, Bob Camp wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > Neon bulbs do the same thing. The ignition voltage is light sensitive. If
> you see a place they are being used as a voltage reference, they get painted
> black.
> >
> > Bob
> >
> >
> > On Jan 22, 2011, at 6:02 PM, WB6BNQ wrote:
> >
> >> Paul,
> >>
> >> The LED thing is interesting.  Are you sure you were not just seeing a
> reflection
> >> of some sort ?
> >>
> >> Bill....WB6BNQ
> >>
> >> paul swed wrote:
> >>
> >>> Other thing, measuring ignition time. On the first run just for the
> heck of
> >>> it I flashed a led light into the ampule and it ignited instantly. So
> >>> perhaps for old hard starting end of life RB lamps this might be a
> trick to
> >>> at least get it going for a bit longer.
> >>
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