sorry, what do you mean by "complete oscillator" have outnumbered loose crystals?
-=Bryan=- ________________________________ From: time-nuts <time-nuts-boun...@febo.com> on behalf of Richard (Rick) Karlquist <rich...@karlquist.com> Sent: March 12, 2017 4:38 PM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Bye-Bye Crystals I got a job in 1975 to design Konel's first synthesized radio, which was to obsolete their crystal controlled radios. That's over 40 years ago. The other trend (not mentioned) is that since 20 years ago or so, complete oscillator sales have vastly outnumbered sales of loose crystals. Rick N6RK On 3/11/2017 8:51 PM, Bob Camp wrote: > Hi > > International’s main business was re-channeling non-synthesized radios and > replacing > broken crystals in various pieces of com gear. It’s been a *lot* of years > since the last of the > non-synthesized radios came out. The business probably has been dropping off > pretty steadily > for many years … > > Bob > >> On Mar 11, 2017, at 10:39 PM, jimlux <jim...@earthlink.net> wrote: >> >> On 3/11/17 4:30 PM, Scott McGrath wrote: >>> From the tone of the letter it sounds like the bank cancelled line of >>> credit, >> >> Or, he wants to retire and nobody wants to carry it on. His dad started it >> in 1950, the son picked it up in 1970. It's 47 years later. >> >>> >>> Which is stupid given that much of their line is military which is getting >>> a huge boost in spending >> >> Plenty of other crystal and oscillator manufacturers around. >> >> There's also a change in what kinds of crystals are needed. I suspect most >> things being built and designed today use the crystal as a "master >> oscillator" that is used to drive some sort of synthesis chain. The need for >> "I have to have a 12.345,324 Hz crystal" is going away. >> >> >>> >>>> On Mar 11, 2017, at 4:56 PM, Bryan _ <bpl...@outlook.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Disappearing or manufacturing just moving overseas?. Video at the bottom >>>> is interesting, classic. >>>> >>>> >>>> http://hackaday.com/2017/03/11/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-crystals/ [https://www.bing.com/th?id=OVF.LElrlkkbByR3K%2f6qfaeHjg&pid=Api]<http://hackaday.com/2017/03/11/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-crystals/> So Long, and Thanks for all the Crystals<http://hackaday.com/2017/03/11/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-crystals/> hackaday.com There was a time when anyone involved with radio transmitting -- ham operators, CB'ers, scanner enthusiasts, or remote control model fans -- had a collection of ... >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -=Bryan=- >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com >>>> To unsubscribe, go to >>>> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts time-nuts Info Page - American Febo Enterprises<https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts> www.febo.com time-nuts is a low volume, high SNR list for the discussion of precise time and frequency measurement and related topics. To see the collection of prior postings to ... >>>> 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 time-nuts Info Page - American Febo Enterprises<https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts> www.febo.com time-nuts is a low volume, high SNR list for the discussion of precise time and frequency measurement and related topics. To see the collection of prior postings to ... >>> 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 time-nuts Info Page - American Febo Enterprises<https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts> www.febo.com time-nuts is a low volume, high SNR list for the discussion of precise time and frequency measurement and related topics. To see the collection of prior postings to ... >> 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 time-nuts Info Page - American Febo Enterprises<https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts> www.febo.com time-nuts is a low volume, high SNR list for the discussion of precise time and frequency measurement and related topics. To see the collection of prior postings to ... > 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.
