[time-nuts] HP/Dymek DY-5842-- WARNING!

J. Forster jfor at quik.com
Sun Oct 3 03:05:39 UTC 2010


WARNING:

Scott McGrath borrowed an HP Rb standard manual from a good friend of mine
and HAS NOT RETURNED IT, despite repeated requests both on and off lists.
He has made lame excuses for well over a year.

Details upon request.

Be Warned!!

-John

=================



> Dick
>
> I'd like to buy your antenna if not already sold I've restored one of
> these receivers and was about to build antenna!
>
> Scott
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dick Moore <richiem at hughes.net>
> Sender: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com
> Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2010 15:22:18
> To: <time-nuts at febo.com>
> Reply-To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
> 	<time-nuts at febo.com>
> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] HP/Dymek DY-5842
>
> I used to have one of these marvelous receivers and sold it. I still have
> the WWVB/60kHz shielded loop antenna that I made for it and although it is
> big, at about 30" x 30" x 2" or so, I believe it will ship FedEx or UPS
> OK. It's free to anyone who'll pay the shipping. It's made out of copper
> pipe and works quite well, and is tuned for the 5842 at 60kHz.
>
> Best,
> Dick Moore
>
>
> On Oct 1, 2010, at 3:50 PM, time-nuts-request at febo.com wrote:
>
>
>> Message: 5
>> Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2010 16:34:57 -0600
>> From: ziggy9 <ziggy9 at pumpkinbrook.com>
>> Subject: [time-nuts] Possibly OT - Any interest in a vintage HP/Dymec
>> 	DY-5842 VLF receiver?
>> To: <time-nuts at febo.com>
>> Message-ID: <990bd60b3c5d084910c10c8855912ddf at pumpkinbrook.com>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
>>
>>
>> Fellow time-nuts:
>> I've got a circa 1964 DY-5842 VLF receiver. This is (was) operated in
>> conjunction with an external time interval counter to make a frequency
>> comparison. So you would select WWVL for example, and use that as your
>> primary standard for comparison to your local standard. It's got 5
>> crystals
>> in it: 16, 18, 19.8, 20, and 60 kHz (listed as GBR, NBA, NPM, WWVL,
>> WWVB).
>> It works and I have the manual. The thing is, the interest in something
>> like this is bound to be a bit narrow, so I thought I'd mention it here.
>>
>> So if there are any collectors, equipment museums, etc. that might be
>> interested in this, please let me know. I'm a bit sentimental about this
>> thing, it's sort of a bit of history, and from what I can tell, somewhat
>> rare (doesnt make it worth anything though :). Since it's a bit of a
>> curiosity, I'd like to pass it to someone that might be interested in it
>> rather than just tossing it. I can always provide more details to anyone
>> that wants them.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Paul Davis - K9MR
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 6
>> Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 18:42:16 -0400
>> From: "jmfranke" <jmfranke at cox.net>
>> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Possibly OT - Any interest in a vintage
>> 	HP/Dymec	DY-5842 VLF receiver?
>> To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement"
>> 	<time-nuts at febo.com>
>> Message-ID: <B7EA2D4AB6F34AB19DA25CFDC85A666A at Franke>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
>> 	reply-type=original
>>
>> I am very interested.  Do you have any images?
>>
>> John  Franke WA4WDL
>> Portsmouth, VA 23703
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "ziggy9" <ziggy9 at pumpkinbrook.com>
>> Sent: Friday, October 01, 2010 6:34 PM
>> To: <time-nuts at febo.com>
>> Subject: [time-nuts] Possibly OT - Any interest in a vintage HP/Dymec
>> DY-5842 VLF receiver?
>>
>>>
>>> Fellow time-nuts:
>>> I've got a circa 1964 DY-5842 VLF receiver. This is (was) operated in
>>> conjunction with an external time interval counter to make a frequency
>>> comparison. So you would select WWVL for example, and use that as your
>>> primary standard for comparison to your local standard. It's got 5
>>> crystals
>>> in it: 16, 18, 19.8, 20, and 60 kHz (listed as GBR, NBA, NPM, WWVL,
>>> WWVB).
>>> It works and I have the manual. The thing is, the interest in something
>>> like this is bound to be a bit narrow, so I thought I'd mention it
>>> here.
>>>
>>> So if there are any collectors, equipment museums, etc. that might be
>>> interested in this, please let me know. I'm a bit sentimental about
>>> this
>>> thing, it's sort of a bit of history, and from what I can tell,
>>> somewhat
>>> rare (doesnt make it worth anything though :). Since it's a bit of a
>>> curiosity, I'd like to pass it to someone that might be interested in
>>> it
>>> rather than just tossing it. I can always provide more details to
>>> anyone
>>> that wants them.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Paul Davis - K9MR
>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 7
>> Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2010 17:50:17 -0500
>> From: Brian Kirby <kilodelta4foxmike at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Possibly OT - Any interest in a vintage
>> 	HP/Dymec DY-5842 VLF receiver?
>> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
>> 	<time-nuts at febo.com>
>> Message-ID: <4CA665A9.1090908 at gmail.com>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>>
>> You might consider contacting Dr. Ken Kuhn  --  kennathakuhn at gmail.com
>>
>> check his HP museum at http://www.kennethkuhn.com/hpmuseum/
>>
>> Brian Kirby KD4FM
>>
>>
>>
>> On 10/1/2010 5:34 PM, ziggy9 wrote:
>>>
>>> Fellow time-nuts:
>>> I've got a circa 1964 DY-5842 VLF receiver. This is (was) operated in
>>> conjunction with an external time interval counter to make a frequency
>>> comparison. So you would select WWVL for example, and use that as your
>>> primary standard for comparison to your local standard. It's got 5
>>> crystals
>>> in it: 16, 18, 19.8, 20, and 60 kHz (listed as GBR, NBA, NPM, WWVL,
>>> WWVB).
>>> It works and I have the manual. The thing is, the interest in something
>>> like this is bound to be a bit narrow, so I thought I'd mention it
>>> here.
>>>
>>> So if there are any collectors, equipment museums, etc. that might be
>>> interested in this, please let me know. I'm a bit sentimental about
>>> this
>>> thing, it's sort of a bit of history, and from what I can tell,
>>> somewhat
>>> rare (doesnt make it worth anything though :). Since it's a bit of a
>>> curiosity, I'd like to pass it to someone that might be interested in
>>> it
>>> rather than just tossing it. I can always provide more details to
>>> anyone
>>> that wants them.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Paul Davis - K9MR
>>>
>>>
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>>> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts at febo.com
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>>> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
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>>
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