[time-nuts] Thunderbolt GPSDO

[Rob Kimberley]

Shill bidding is putting false bids (from friends etc) on to drive the price
up when you are selling. 

Putting a large first bid is sometimes done from someone going away for the
duration of the auction and putting on the highest amount he wants to pay in
an attempt to secure the deal in his absence. Have done this myself when
going on holiday and no internet access.

However, I normally lurk until the last 15 seconds of the auction before
bidding (good reason for having accurate time on the PC!!)

Rob K 

-----Original Message-----
From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On
Behalf Of John Miles
Sent: 13 February 2007 07:54
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Thunderbolt GPSDO

A) $250 is a heckuva good deal on a Thunderbolt, if that's what it is.  If
they end up going for less than that, I'll buy a couple just to squirrel
away.

B) The seller determines the opening bid price.  In this case, it was $250.
Not cool to accuse people of criminal behavior when you don't understand the
basic auction model.

-- john, KE5FX

> -----Original Message-----
> From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com]On
> Behalf Of Robert E. Martinson
> Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 10:07 AM
> To: 'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement'
> Subject: [time-nuts] Thunderbolt GPSDO
>
>
> I'm interested in one, but hopefully for less then $250. I can't 
> understand why the sole bidder started so high??  I suspect it's a 
> shill bid??
>
> It appears it would be easy to use as the data sheet & manual are 
> available on-line.  This, unlike the RFTG units, which have no 
> manufactures (or
> Lucent) info available on-line (that I have been able to find).  I'm 
> still having problems getting My RFTG-m-XO to reliable GPS lock, but 
> I'm closer then I was a week ago.
>
> Side note: the power requirements appear to be incorrect in the data 
> sheet as it seems too low (2.1 W).  The numbers in the manual seem 
> more realistic
> (11.1 W).
>
> See: http://trl.trimble.com/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-10015/  sheet 
> 2, and 
> http://trl.trimble.com/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-10001/ThunderB
> oltBook200
> 3.pdf  sheet 38 or page 3-4  .
>
> Regards,
> Bob Martinson, N1VQR
>


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