Julien Yes you could stabilize the temperature at some level. But your really adding complexity that will tend to interact. You have the natural TCXO behavior and then the oven behavior. Hard to say how it all will behave.
But I suspect your suggesting warming the TCXO to something in its best stability range. (Center) Not the typical oven range. It would indeed help. But then even putting the TCXO in a insulated box would also. Depends on what you are trying to get to. I use a GPSDO with a TCXO from Jackson lab and simply insulated it. It was appropriate for instant on testing and radio references without wasting power all day long. If I am more serious I flip to an external GPDO through the same distribution system after its warmed up. Typically a TBolt or Z380. Hope that helps. Regards Paul WB8TSL On Sat, May 12, 2018 at 12:55 PM, Julien Goodwin <time-n...@studio442.com.au > wrote: > Does anyone know if there's anyone who sells essentially just the oven & > casing for an OCXO on its own? > > I have a project for which I'm currently using a VCTCXO, but I'm > wondering if enclosing a plain VCXO, plus the control DAC & voltage > reference in a single small oven would end up more stable, and possibly > not even much more expensive. > _______________________________________________ > 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.