Of course, they may be pushed out to the surplus market, because they have aged/drifted out of spec, before they were removed (however that was done) from their original host equipment.
But junk box storage is often "less than optimum" for lots of stuff, not just oscillators and crystals. 73. Dave B. On 23/08/2020 17:00, time-nuts-requ...@lists.febo.com wrote: > I?ve tested a lot (like hundreds) of surplus OCXO?s. Well under 10% of them > met their original > performance specs. That?s just for the stuff I can test in the basement, with > better test systems, > the total would be lower. -- Created on and sent from a Unix like PC running and using free and open source software: _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com and follow the instructions there.
