We really need a group buy of 5071A tubes for a couple hundred each. Thomas Knox
> Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2012 15:10:11 -0400 > From: paulsw...@gmail.com > To: time-nuts@febo.com > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] 5071A Cs Oven > > Learn something every day here. How to really extend the old dead C life a > bit longer. > > On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 3:04 PM, Richard (Rick) Karlquist < > rich...@karlquist.com> wrote: > > > > > > > On 10/4/2012 9:45 AM, Tom Van Baak wrote: > > > >> Bob, > >> > >> Right, not good. There should be a fault message associated with it. > >> Check the internal log. > >> > >> OTOH, to conserve cesium, I've heard that some people run 5071A in > >> standby mode most of the time and only turn on the cesium for a fraction of > >> an hour a day or a week (to recal the quartz). Running in this standby mode > >> is also advisable if one wants the best short-term performance out of a > >> 5071A, without the loop noise. In this respect it's just like a GPSDO - you > >> get the best short-term performance if you turn off disciplining. > >> > >> /tvb > >> > >> Hi > >>> > >>> Is "Cs oven: 0.0V" a good thing on a 5071A? > >>> > >>> I suspect not, since either it or GPS is off frequency. > >>> > >>> Bob > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> ______________________________**_________________ > >> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > >> To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/** > >> mailman/listinfo/time-nuts<https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts> > >> and follow the instructions there. > >> > >> > >> > > ______________________________**_________________ > > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/** > > mailman/listinfo/time-nuts<https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts> > > and follow the instructions there. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. _______________________________________________ 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.