Hi What you bought is a really cool “clock trip” style time transfer standard. You sync it up to the “reference clock” and hop in the car. Drive off to the remote site and use it to adjust the “remote clock” to the correct time.
Very useful back in those days, if you needed to keep a bunch of remote data loggers all grabbing data at the same time. Similar approaches (clock trips) were used to keep the various national clock chains aligned with each other. There also were applications where you didn’t want the “bad guys” getting involved with your sync process and a hand carried standard was the preferred way to go. Lots of fun. As with any OCXO, best performance will be if you keep it on power all the time. As with any pice of “fine old stuff” it will probably live longer if it’s powered off …. Bob > On May 24, 2015, at 5:35 PM, Dan Watson <watsondani...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > I just picked up an Austron 1210D-03 on eBay. It was an impulse purchase > based on the apparent condition and the fact that it seems like a nice old > clock/reference. I searched for old posts about this unit, found mostly > discussion about the manual and battery pack. Hopefully the price I paid is > ok. > > Can anyone tell me about these units? > > Also, there's one left: > > http://www.ebay.com/itm/AUSTRON-MODEL-1210D-03-CRYSTAL-CLOCK-/261899740547 > > > Thanks! > > Dan > _______________________________________________ > 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.
