[time-nuts] Ronald Held's main question

[Magnus Danielson]

From: WB6BNQ <wb6bnq at cox.net>
Subject: [time-nuts] Ronald Held's main question
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:07:16 -0800
Message-ID: <47675584.B3B2F23A at cox.net>

Bill,

Note sure if I am in group 2 or 3.

> # 3.  This is the  - - -  BIBLE - - -  Strongly recommended
> 
> This is a very large manual at more than 80 megabytes, but very well worth the time
> to download it.  This NBS (NIST) publication, produced in 1974, should be the defacto
> reading material for any starting class in Time & Frequency metrology.  Why some
> idealist at NIST lost their marbles and decided they should not make it available on
> their WEB site is beyond me.
> 
> Fortunately, it is available at the following Hawaii University site :
> 
> http://digicoll.manoa.hawaii.edu/techreports/PDF/NBS140.pdf

NIST didn't totally lost their marbles. What they did was to make an updated
version in the form of NIST Technical Note 1337, 352 pages thick.

The link you get from their page
http://tf.nist.gov/timefreq/general/generalpubs.htm

is however wrong, as it only gives the front document. Maybe one needs to
indicate to them that they should make a propper page for it. I have downloaded
the full TN1337 before, so I'll be fine, but they should fix their webpage.

The TN1337 contains some newer material which you *do* want to read, as it
fills the gap that NBS140 does not cover. Thanks for the link to the NBS140
never the less.

Cheers,
Magnus