Hi Magnus, The idea of not having to wonder if I can trust the source, i.e. a GPSDO, is appealing for sure, and one more antenna isn't going to hurt :-) Thanks for your reply.
Russ On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 1:45 PM, <time-nuts-requ...@febo.com> wrote: > Message: 5 > Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2013 20:17:01 +0100 > From: Magnus Danielson <mag...@rubidium.dyndns.org> > To: time-nuts@febo.com > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Least costly 10 MHz reference solution > Message-ID: <5100372d.30...@rubidium.dyndns.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Russ, > > Welcome! > > A rubidium or GPSDO such as Thunderbolt can be found fairly cheaply. > If you go for a Thunderbolt, get one with antenna as a kit, mostly > because it is a handy way to get started. For better stability you can > get a better antenna later, if the need would occur. > > The rubidium should give you the precision you need straight out of the > box, unless it has "issues". In order to control if it has issues, > having the ability to at least compare to GPS becomes obvious, so you > end up wanting that GPSDO anyway. You can get both for reachable money > anyway, if you look around long enough. > > Doing a home-cooked GPSDO is fun naturally, and there is an art in > low-budget designs giving fair amount of performance. > > Cheers, > Magnus > _______________________________________________ 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.
