Re: [time-nuts] Corby Dawson Super 5065a work can I use a miniature Rubidium

2016-11-06 Thread paul swed
Anton, Not sure your email suggested a bad lamp. I think it was just the question on the filter. If there is a lamp issue happy to suggest ways of perhaps getting it going again that I have used. Maybe best off line since this has been communicated before. Regards Paul WB8TSL On Sun, Nov 6, 2016 a

Re: [time-nuts] Corby Dawson Super 5065a work can I use a miniature Rubidium

2016-11-06 Thread Robert Watson via time-nuts
Actually some commercial rubidium clocks do use lasers. Check out the Microsemi SA.3Xm family. Nonetheless the point about the wavelength stability requirement is absolutely the case. There are some papers published about the SA.3X clocks. I can't post links to them, but a quick web search for "A

[time-nuts] Corby Dawson Super 5065a work can I use a miniature Rubidium

2016-11-05 Thread cdelect
Anton, To answer both questions: You can use a Laser in place of the Rubidium lamp, however assuming the problem is the lamp it would be cheaper to buy several LPRO units to scavenge for a replacement lamp. How did you determine it's the lamp that is dead? Using a Laser is more complicated t