[time-nuts] Re: OSA-5400 power transistor

2022-05-09 Thread rfnuts via time-nuts
Hi Bob, as by the datasheet: - input power during warmup: 11W - 3.5W operating at 25°C - warmup time 2.5 hours typ. The actual heater consists of resistor wire wound along the entire length of the cylindrical aluminum case containing the oscillator. The power transistor, which is used to

Re: [time-nuts] OCXO retrace, how long is reasonable?

2020-09-04 Thread rfnuts
Hi, given it is a 10MHz OCXO, your drift is just 4E-11/hour or 9.6E-10/day, which isn't terribly bad, is it? A good modern OCXO is specified at +/- 0.2ppb/day (2E-10) after 30 days of continuous operation. Some ultra high performance stuff does <1E-10/day, and may improve down into the

Re: [time-nuts] Quartzlock E10-MRX

2020-09-01 Thread rfnuts
If it works, don't try to fix it. In the datasheet https://quartzlock.com/userfiles/downloads/datasheets/e10-mrx(2)(1).pdf there is no cooling requirement specified. I would assume that it is usually mounted on a PCB which adds some cooling though not terribly much. After 1 hour the case

[time-nuts] 100 MHz decade divider

2019-12-04 Thread rfnuts
Hi Perry, this kind of frequency difference multiplyer is great for frequency adjustments, but has limited ADEV measurement performence. If you're shooting for ADEV, symmetry of both channels, reference and DUT is inalienable. I have a Tracor 527 and Adret 4110. Both are way too noisy and

Re: [time-nuts] HP 5065A owners, a question!

2019-10-23 Thread rfnuts
Corby, I keep my No. 1 running all the time. Should be about 6 years since I installed the optical filter. Adrian Am 23.10.2019 um 17:34 schrieb cdel...@juno.com: Hi, How many of you leave your 5065A on all the time? Approximately how many years have you had it running without major

Re: [time-nuts] ADRAT 4110 Frequency difference multiplier

2019-09-07 Thread rfnuts
Paul, the Adret 4110 is great for frequency difference measurements and adjustments. For serious ADEV measurements, it's just too noisy on low tau's and has too much temperature drift / long term phase instability on high tau's. See the attched noise floor test. I have a 4110 with a paper op

Re: [time-nuts] Stable32 tau

2019-06-11 Thread rfnuts
Chris, selct 'Decade' in the bottom right corner of the 'Run' menu. Adrian Am 11.06.2019 um 03:45 schrieb Chris Burford: > I'm not sure if this post would be of sufficient SNR value to approve for > comment. Perhaps you may have a quick and easy answer. > > I'm using Stable32 to print ADEV,

Re: [time-nuts] Neat looking DMTD unit on eBay

2019-04-23 Thread rfnuts
A typical system noise floor in the mid to high E-13's isn't really exciting. It's just not good enough for measuring good crystal oscillators at tau=1s, not even to speak of BVA's. Ok for GPS frequency standards. A well built W. Riley Mini DMTD performs better by an order of magnitude.

Re: [time-nuts] Still looking for a schematic drawing for Oscilloquartz 8600-3 (945.860.011.03 S/N 422)

2018-10-25 Thread rfnuts
Hi Ulf, I will be happy to help you with the repair. I do have a B5400, which is a predecessor of the BVA series. I had it completely dismanteled some years ago. It has a significantly different design though. Nevertheless, I'm into OCXO stuff, and I might be able to help, probably only by having