[time-nuts] Why the fuss - GPS Interference...

[Rob Kimberley]

Tom,

Nice story. Thanks. Last I heard Rich had moved on from FEI-Zyfer. I don't
know where he is now. Nice guy!

Rob

-----Original Message-----
From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On
Behalf Of Tom Curlee
Sent: 29 September 2012 04:53
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Why the fuss - GPS Interference...

I've also had some odd dealings with Rich Bailey.  Some time in the mid
1990's I was a contractor at a USN cal lab.  We had sent out a Datum time
code generator for repair, and when it came back, one of the functions
didn't work.  I called Datum and after describing the problem, the tech
support guy remembered that there had been a software upgrade, one that, for
some unknown reason, had removed the function we needed.  He promptly sent
me a set of PROMs that had the previous software version and all was well.  

Skip ahead 6 or 8 years, and I was at a family function and got to talking
to my cousins husband.  He vaguely mentioned that he worked for a company
that 'made very accurate clocks'.  For some reason, I blurted out "do you
work for Datum?"  He was shocked that I knew who, and what, they were.  We
got to comparing notes, and, yep, same Rich Bailey that sent me the PROMs. 
I agree, he really is a nice guy.  Last I heard, he was the sales manager
for FEI-Zyfer.

Tom WB6UZZ

--- On Fri, 9/28/12, Burt I. Weiner <biwa at att.net> wrote:

From: Burt I. Weiner <biwa at att.net>
Subject: [time-nuts] Why the fuss - GPS Interference...
To: time-nuts at febo.com
Date: Friday, September 28, 2012, 9:20 AM

Yes, Rob, It was Rich Bailey. A good guy! He worked for DATUM in Anaheim, CA
and as I recall, he lived in Riverside. I noticed that he didn't wear a
watch and when I jokingly commented about it, considering what he did for a
living, he told me that he had been so aware of precise time for so many
years that he got tired of knowing precisely what time it was. We had fun
together that day.

Burt, K6OQK


>From: "Rob Kimberley" <robkimberley at btinternet.com>
>To: "'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement'"
>         <time-nuts at febo.com>
>Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Why the fuss - GPS Interference...
>
>
>Hi Burt,
>
>This sounds familiar! It wasn't a guy called Rich Bailey was it? That's 
>what he suggested I do, but I got onto Trimble and got one of their 
>Bullet antennae with the 3 pole filter (Bullet III?).
>
>That worked for us.
>
>Rob

Burt I. Weiner Associates
Broadcast Technical Services
Glendale, California  U.S.A.
biwa at att.net
www.biwa.cc
K6OQK 


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