[time-nuts] Antique Rubidium Standard Questions

[paul swed]

Nothing like looking at the ole antiques

On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 6:49 PM, Ed Palmer <ed_palmer at sasktel.net> wrote:

> I wondered if anyone would ask for pictures.  They'll be ready soon.
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> Ed
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> On 4/26/2012 6:21 AM, paul swed wrote:
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>> Some pix of the rg would be great
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 11:43 PM, Ed Palmer<ed_palmer at sasktel.net>
>>  wrote:
>>
>>  Paul,
>>>
>>> Good suggestion, but I don't think pop rivets had been invented when they
>>> built this thing! :-D   It's built like a piece of mil-spec equipment.
>>>  When I google for individual parts, I keep tripping over NSN numbers.
>>>  Now
>>> that I look closely at it, I realize that the case is just the case with
>>> no
>>> electrical connection between it and the circuit other than the BNC jacks
>>> on the front panel.  The concept of 'chassis ground' is an unknown
>>> concept.
>>>  I don't think there's even one chassis ground lug anywhere.  Even when
>>> I'm
>>> poking around inside the unit, there are no live wires that I can touch,
>>> everything is insulated.  The build quality is very high.
>>>
>>> But now that you've got me thinking about it, I think there's something
>>> weird about the grounding in the physics package.  I've got to take
>>> another
>>> look at that.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> Ed
>>>
>>
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