[time-nuts] Looking for information on EG&GTS-RFSRubidiumOscillator

lists at lazygranch.com lists at lazygranch.com
Thu Sep 8 16:28:14 UTC 2011


I would say the NTS (DOE) ran the tests. EG&G recorded the event. Every test destroyed lots of expensive stuff. Good for EG&G sales. 

I've been in CP-1. Lots of buttons. ;-)

But getting back to the original question,  I wonder if some EG&G parts were just OEMd for the company. That is, parts without a division to lay claim to the design. Maybe the EG&G frequency source is really a rebadged or custom Tracor for instance. 
------Original Message------
From: Bob Camp
To: lists at lazygranch.com
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Looking for information on EG&GTS-RFSRubidiumOscillator
Sent: Sep 8, 2011 9:12 AM

Hi

They ran the tests for the vast majority of the US atomic testing.

Bob

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On Sep 8, 2011, at 12:00 PM, lists at lazygranch.com wrote:

> I'm not sure EG&G ever pushed the button on any nuke. They made the neutron generator and handled the instrumentation. 
> ------Original Message------
> From: Poul-Henning Kamp
> To: lists at lazygranch.com
> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Looking for information on EG&GTS-RFSRubidiumOscillator
> Sent: Sep 8, 2011 8:25 AM
> 
> In message <492361790-1315494968-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-10287
> 56060- at b12.c1.bise6.blackberry>, lists at lazygranch.com writes:
> 
> EG&G pop-quiz:
> 
> Which three US above ground detonations did EG&G not "push the button" on ?
> 
> 
> Answer can be found in this damn funny & interesting book:
> 
> http://www.amazon.com/NUCLEAR-HOSTAGES-Bernard-J-OKeefe/dp/0395340721
> 
> 
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