Ulrich Bangert wrote: > just in order to prevent anybody into believing that > >> Variation of +/- one count in the last digit is normal for >> any counter. It >> is caused by a slight shift between the counter gate and the >> input signal. >> The longer the time between digit changes, the more stable >> the phase between >> the unknown and the counter gate. > > were some kind of universal truth: This resembles the counter technology > of some 30-40 years ago and you will not find any counter model of any > serious manufacturer that uses "gate times" (if this term should be > allowed at all today) which are uncorrelated to the input signal.
Remember that I am using a counter that is probably of that sort of vintage... It would not have been 'cutting edge' even when I bourght it over 20 years ago, and it does have diferent gate setting times of 0.01, 0.1 and 1 second. As a general purpose counter, it works OK. At least, for the majority of Amateur Radio use where precision and accuracy are not necessarily required to really close limits anyway. Dave (G0DJA) _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
