Hi ….. except that having done this for many decades on hundreds of designs, , a single data set from a real OCXO is likely to show you things that millions of simulations from a formula will somehow miss ….
Bob > On May 2, 2022, at 5:13 PM, Greg Maxwell <gmaxw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Mon, May 2, 2022 at 10:01 PM Bob kb8tq <kb...@n1k.org> wrote: >> By far the best approach is to use actual data. Grab a pair of OCXO’s and >> compare them. A single mixer setup is one easy ( = cheap ) way to do it. You >> will get the sum of the two devices, but for simulation purposes, it will be >> *much* >> closer to reality than anything you can brew up with a formula. > > But a programmatic way of generating plausible OCXO noise lets you > generally millions of times more data, over a much larger spectrum of > plausible operating conditions-- so that you can test the stability of > an algorithm over a wider collection of conditions. > > It's not a complete replacement for using real data-- you should do > that too. But it can be a much more comprehensive test. > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com -- To unsubscribe send an > email to time-nuts-le...@lists.febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com -- To unsubscribe send an email to time-nuts-le...@lists.febo.com To unsubscribe, go to and follow the instructions there.