We sound like we could be cousins, Scott. When we bought our current house, I discovered that the previous owner had built a Faraday cage in a small room off the basement. I put all my stuff in there. I also have a generator with magneto ignition so I should be good to go when the end-of-the-world arrives. On Saturday, September 8, 2018, Scott McGrath <scmcgrath@gmail.com> wrote: > Actually > > I do have much of my equipment inside a shield room, not for tinfoil hat > reasons but to keep experimental systems from causing interference and to > eliminate existing RF sources in the 800 Mhz to 8 Ghz range as error > sources in measurements. > > If one is concerned there are lots of old screen rooms coming up for sale > on e-bay as WiFi manufacturers prepare to dip their toes into bands above > 10 Ghz and many of the old ones were only good to 6-8 Ghz. > > As to backup generators I have a modern one and an ‘old school’ > mechanically governed one with magneto ignition. I keep that one mainly > because i like its Art Deco design. Sometimes bring it to local Ag Fair > to display among the gear from that era. > > Content by Scott > Typos by Siri > > On Sep 8, 2018, at 8:11 PM, William H. Fite <omniryx@gmail.com> wrote: > > <Donning asbestos underwear> > > Gentlemen, I've found this discussion interesting and informative. This > household works on quantum information theory rather than engineering so > there is much for us to learn. > > I must observe that if an event takes out the entire GPS system (which a > Carrington event would not do) we will have issues a great deal more > immediate and pressing than getting hyper-precise timing systems restored. > > And speaking of Carrington events, how many of us have our equipment > surrounded by Faraday cages and supplied with off-grid power? Because > without those, we won't have instruments to measure T&F at home or even in > a great many labs and businesses. > > Just a thought..... > > > > > > On Saturday, September 8, 2018, Dana Whitlow <k8yumdoober@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > I argue that when the "big one" happens, getting back to where we are > > technologically > > will be in large part a bootstrapping kind of affair. And I believe that > > starting off with > > WWV* will be a far better starting point than starting with sun clocks > and > > dripping > > water. > > > > Dana > > > > > > On Sat, Sep 8, 2018 at 5:54 PM, Ruslan Nabioullin <rnabioullin@gmail.com > > > > wrote: > > > >>> On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 8:32 PM Bob kb8tq <kb8tq@n1k.org> wrote: > >>> > >>> This is Time Nuts, not end of the world nuts ….. > >>> ... > >>> I think we’ve all heard plenty of “the world is ending” stuff. > >>> > >> > >> But the availability of a T&F service under adverse conditions and the > >> ability of a system which consumes a T&F reference to gracefully degrade > >> its functionality upon degradation or absence of reference input(s) are > >> features/figures of merit---I do not see how discussion of that aspect > > can > >> be considered to be offtopic. > >> > >> -Ruslan > >> > >> -- > >> Ruslan Nabioullin > >> Wittgenstein Laboratories > >> rnabioullin@gmail.com > >> (508) 523-8535 > >> 50 Louise Dr. > >> Hollis, NH 03049 > >> _______________________________________________ > >> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com > >> To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/ > >> listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com > >> and follow the instructions there. > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com > > To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/ > > listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com > > and follow the instructions there. > > > > > -- > Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government > when it deserves it. > --Mark Twain > > We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot > for sinners. His standards are quite low. > --Desmond Tutu > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/ > listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com > and follow the instructions there. > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/ > listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com > and follow the instructions there. > -- Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it. --Mark Twain We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low. --Desmond Tutu

My company paid for my shield room the real trick was getting the door in which weighed 600-800 pounds. As to the old generator I restore old machinery as another hobby for the times I want to disengage brain. But photoetched brass id plates show so much more thought than thermal printed labels Content by Scott Typos by Siri On Sep 8, 2018, at 9:48 PM, William H. Fite <omniryx@gmail.com> wrote: We sound like we could be cousins, Scott. When we bought our current house, I discovered that the previous owner had built a Faraday cage in a small room off the basement. I put all my stuff in there. I also have a generator with magneto ignition so I should be good to go when the end-of-the-world arrives. > On Saturday, September 8, 2018, Scott McGrath <scmcgrath@gmail.com> wrote: > > Actually > > I do have much of my equipment inside a shield room, not for tinfoil hat > reasons but to keep experimental systems from causing interference and to > eliminate existing RF sources in the 800 Mhz to 8 Ghz range as error > sources in measurements. > > If one is concerned there are lots of old screen rooms coming up for sale > on e-bay as WiFi manufacturers prepare to dip their toes into bands above > 10 Ghz and many of the old ones were only good to 6-8 Ghz. > > As to backup generators I have a modern one and an ‘old school’ > mechanically governed one with magneto ignition. I keep that one mainly > because i like its Art Deco design. Sometimes bring it to local Ag Fair > to display among the gear from that era. > > Content by Scott > Typos by Siri > > On Sep 8, 2018, at 8:11 PM, William H. Fite <omniryx@gmail.com> wrote: > > <Donning asbestos underwear> > > Gentlemen, I've found this discussion interesting and informative. This > household works on quantum information theory rather than engineering so > there is much for us to learn. > > I must observe that if an event takes out the entire GPS system (which a > Carrington event would not do) we will have issues a great deal more > immediate and pressing than getting hyper-precise timing systems restored. > > And speaking of Carrington events, how many of us have our equipment > surrounded by Faraday cages and supplied with off-grid power? Because > without those, we won't have instruments to measure T&F at home or even in > a great many labs and businesses. > > Just a thought..... > > > > >> On Saturday, September 8, 2018, Dana Whitlow <k8yumdoober@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> I argue that when the "big one" happens, getting back to where we are >> technologically >> will be in large part a bootstrapping kind of affair. And I believe that >> starting off with >> WWV* will be a far better starting point than starting with sun clocks > and >> dripping >> water. >> >> Dana >> >> >> On Sat, Sep 8, 2018 at 5:54 PM, Ruslan Nabioullin <rnabioullin@gmail.com >> >> wrote: >> >>>> On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 8:32 PM Bob kb8tq <kb8tq@n1k.org> wrote: >>>> >>>> This is Time Nuts, not end of the world nuts ….. >>>> ... >>>> I think we’ve all heard plenty of “the world is ending” stuff. >>>> >>> >>> But the availability of a T&F service under adverse conditions and the >>> ability of a system which consumes a T&F reference to gracefully degrade >>> its functionality upon degradation or absence of reference input(s) are >>> features/figures of merit---I do not see how discussion of that aspect >> can >>> be considered to be offtopic. >>> >>> -Ruslan >>> >>> -- >>> Ruslan Nabioullin >>> Wittgenstein Laboratories >>> rnabioullin@gmail.com >>> (508) 523-8535 >>> 50 Louise Dr. >>> Hollis, NH 03049 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com >>> To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/ >>> listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com >>> and follow the instructions there. >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com >> To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/ >> listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com >> and follow the instructions there. >> > > > -- > Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government > when it deserves it. > --Mark Twain > > We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot > for sinners. His standards are quite low. > --Desmond Tutu > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/ > listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com > and follow the instructions there. > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/ > listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com > and follow the instructions there. > -- Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it. --Mark Twain We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. 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