Hi Everyone, ** NOTE NEW CALL-IN INFORMATION BELOW ** Our next weekly LQS meeting is at 2 PM Eastern time Thursday, September 16. We'll take round-table reports and discuss a topic that was motivated by last week's paper--Allan variance, a measure of the frequency stability of clocks and oscillators: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_variance Meeting info: Dial-in: SLAC is transitioning to a new conference system. Dial-in is now toll-free from both the U.S. and most countries. Instructions: Passcode: 3144955 From the U.S or Canada: toll-free 866-740-1260. Int'l dial-in (toll-free): visit http://www.readytalk.com/support/international-numbers.php If you are the first person to call in, it will give you an opportunity to enter a chair person code after the passcode. Until someone enters the chair code, everyone is kept on hold and we can't talk to each other. The chair code is 4585. Note that when the chair leaves the conference, the call ends, and everyone remaining on the line will be disconnected. Agenda: 1) Round-table reports. 2) Discussion of article on Allan variance http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_variance Thank you, --Ray