Re: [time-nuts] uncertainty calculations

2017-04-14 Thread jimlux
On 4/14/17 8:37 AM, jimlux wrote: If one is counting an unknown 1pps source with a counter that runs at 10 MHz (e.g. the error in any one measurement is uniformly distributed over 1 ppm) and you collect 100 samples, is the (1 sigma) measurement uncertainty 0.1ppm * sqrt(100)/sqrt(12) (standard

Re: [time-nuts] OCXO Soft-Start

2017-04-14 Thread David
On Wed, 12 Apr 2017 20:18:38 -0700, you wrote: >On 4/12/17 7:14 PM, Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote: >> 10.9 MHz is likely the B-mode of the SC cut. >> (It's a different mode, not a different overtone). >> This mode has a tempco of 20 ppm and is used >> to do thermometry. >> >> IMHO, there is NO

[time-nuts] OCXO Soft-Start

2017-04-14 Thread Iwa2008 via time-nuts
I recognize that unusual start upcharacteristic. I will guess with a rather high confidence that thatoscillator is made by C-mac / Rakon. I have some C-Mac CFP04-A1oscillators, and they all exhibit that characteristic. These are newin the box, actually I wish there was a way to remove the