I haven't measured the video amps, but here are plots of an HP 5087A, TADD-1, and Spectracom 8140 tap unit for a baseline:

http://febo.com/pages/amplifier_phase_noise/

John
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Tom Knox said the following on 03/25/2012 03:48 PM:

Has anyone measured Phase Noise on any of these distribution amps? By looking 
at how widely the PN specs vary on the application specific Symmetricom and HP 
DA's it would be interesting to see how well these video da's perform in 
comparison.
Thomas Knox



Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2012 12:28:56 -0700
From: p...@petelancashire.com
To: time-nuts@febo.com
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Distribution amp - Use a video amp unit ?

Sounds like Paul and I have similar DA's or will soon when a Leitch gets to the
front porch next week. Its bandwidth is spec'd at 30 MHz.

The only question I have on using DA's is the effect of them being designed to
work in a 75 ohm environment.

One thing to watch out for is what cards they have in them.

-pete



On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 11:39 AM, paul swed<paulsw...@gmail.com>  wrote:
Well the easy answer.
The older 1984 video amps would roll off above 6 MC or so.
However as the IC technology took over they easily could do 30 Mhz.
I have used Grass valley 8500 series for at least 10-15 years and the work
very well.
I also have sets of Leitch DAs that are fine.
Picked up the whole tray for some silly amount of $ 20 I think.
I prefer the simple 8601 DAs but have 8604 delay days and they can all be
made into simple DAs with a few jumpers that are on the boards.
I have also used a rgb da 6 output for each channel. No issue at all.
One comment you would want to insure the amps are ac coupled and clamping
turned off since there is no sync signal to establish the clamp level.
Regards
Paul
WB8TSL

On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 2:14 PM, Bruce Griffiths<bruce.griffi...@xtra.co.nz
wrote:

cfo wrote:

I need a distribution amp for my Tbolt , with 6..8+ outputs

The TAPR-1 is NA , and the successor status is ???.

I need it for distributing 10Mhz ref-clock to Counters
(HP,Racal,Phillips), a Rigol Sig-gen&   maybe Oscilloscopes etc.


It's for "better than ocxo/hobby use" , and not Tnut (ps accuracy).

I have seen suggestions for using a video distributiution unit.
But in my part of the world (EU) , there isn't a lot on "eby".
I have seen some RGB amps , and was wondering if i could use those ?

Could i use a 1:6 RGB unit for : Tbolt on R , FEI-5680A on G  - and ?? on
B ?

I'm not experienced (yet) in the analog domain.

If i go (simple diy) Would this one work  (also wo. the trafo's) ?
http://www.oz9fw.dk/PDF%**20files/rubidium.pdf<http://www.oz9fw.dk/PDF%20files/rubidium.pdf>

I do have some trafo's on an old 10Mhz 8-chan Hub , that i might be able
to salvage if needed.

Thanx for any input/hints

CFo - T-Nut beginner Denmark.



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Winding your own transformers isnt particularly difficult if you have
suitable (binocular) cores.
The discrete amplifier shown has a class AB output stage, lower distortion
is possible if a class A output stage is used (requires an extra resistor
between the output stage emitters and an additional diode in series with
the LED).
With a Class A output stage the 39 ohm resistors should be replaced by a a
pair of 100 ohm resistors to match the load.
Significantly lower distortion is possible if feedback from the output to
the input stage is used.
If the feedback gain is unity (or less) at dc higher AC gains won't
significantly degrade the close in phase noise.
A different amplifier topology using the same number of transistors will
allow a higher reverse isolation to be achieved.

One problem with video distribution units (aside from the relatively high
phase noise floor) is the limited output drive available. For some purposes
16-20dBm outputs are desirable.

Bruce


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