Chess PMEL style

[flamy78]

Everybody check this out!

http://www.leapsecond.com/pages/chess/

[Thraxas]

I wonder if that guy actually bought all those connectors, or were his pockets really full when he left work one day? 

[Thraxas]

The most expensive chess set in America..................okay maybe not, but a guy with much time, and sticky fingers........................... Thieving bas**rd, our tax dollars at work..............

Did you notice that he used the high quality connectors, and not the el cheapo brass looking ones? You're not kidding. That's a high price chess set.

[Hoopty]

But at least they are SMA and not the uber-expensive 3.5 mm...

[Thraxas]

I'm surprised he didn't use a large oscilloscope shield with graticules for the chessboard.

[Hoopty]

Has anybody else looked at the rest of his site?  He has quite an expensive hobby... he owns his own atomic clock. 

Excluding national government laboratories, my home time lab now has the most accurate clock in the world.

Take a look at his time lab:  http://www.leapsecond.com/images/Aug2000v.jpg

So the RF connector chess set is probably cheap in comparison.

BTW, anybody ever see one of these??  Nixie Tube Wristwatch  I want one!

[flamy78]

Sheite i think i see 3 3450 series dmms and a 8160 series pulse gen plus a newer agilent design device. plus some time and frequency stuff to the right.

Gotta be ex PMEL. Wonder how many retirees from PMEL are like this.

[Thraxas]

BTW, anybody ever see one of these??  Nixie Tube Wristwatch  I want one!

I want one too! Although with my luck, I'd break the nixie tubes on the first day.

[cobychuck]

Just thought I'd kick this one back in front for anyone who may have missed this in their search through the topics.