[time-nuts] HP 3586B Selective Level Meter

Fri Jul 20 18:38:11 UTC 2012

KEX 1190 in Portland Oregon has been 30 Hz low for several hours.
The first field is Unix time, seconds since 1970 GMT.

The 3586B is using the Thunderbolt's 10 MHz for its frequency reference.

1342774022 -45.416000 1190000.100000
1342774112 -45.774000 1190000.100000
1342799196 -48.755000 1190000.100000
1342799282 -48.707000 1190000.100000
1342800646 -48.945000 1190000.100000
1342800731 -48.912000 1190000.000000
1342800818 -48.946000 1190000.000000
1342800904 -49.013000 1190000.100000
1342800989 -48.855000 1190000.100000
1342801076 -78.562000 1189970.300000   ---  dropping off the sides of 
the 20 Hz filter!
1342801163 -78.582000 1189970.300000
1342801251 -78.594000 1189970.300000
1342801338 -78.464000 1189970.300000
1342801427 -78.509000 1189970.300000
1342808721 -78.673000 1189970.400000

The liberal talker on 620 is 7.1 Hz high.
KUIK 1360 is about 5 low.

On 07/19/2012 06:12 AM, Lester Veenstra wrote:
> Hi Chuck
>     I have number of these   Make great precision receivers
> Use it on the Thunderbolt, and turn on the 0.1 Hz counter to see if WWF is
> on freq. HI
>
> More interesting game is to look at foreign broadcast carriers to see who
> are running professional plants locked to a standard, and who are the cheap
> outfits that somewhere the right freq.
>   73
>     Les
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On
> Behalf Of Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R
> Sent: 19 July 2012 02:22
> To: time-nuts
> Subject: [time-nuts] HP 3586B Selective Level Meter
>
> Got one of these massive (by today's standards) beasts the other day.
> It has the option 003.  Quite the light show when it powers up.
>
> I have its external reference daisy chained with a radio and two other
> instruments sucking 10 MHz from my Thunderbolt.
>
> I have not decided what to do with the AT&T front panel input.
> Should I get a BNC adapter for it?  Or replace it with a BNC
> connector?
>

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