[time-nuts] Symmetricom 5071A

[Magnus Danielson]

From: "Dave Carlson" <dgcarlson at sprynet.com>
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Symmetricom 5071A 
Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 19:56:36 -0700
Message-ID: <001901c57ac3$d7428740$dcda5142 at cos.agilent.com>

> Hello Magnus,

Hi Dave,

> Your question:
> 
> "Or, to put it in another form, do you know where the HP/Agilent tubes are
> actually made (I.he. not the total clock assembly)?"
> 
> Since the early 1970s made in Santa Clara CA, corner of Stevens Creek Blvd
> and Lawrence Expressway, at the site once owned by HP and later by Agilent.
> Before that they were made by HP in Palo Alto, Ca.
> 
> Never has Symmetricom or any other CBT manufacturer made CBTs for HP or
> Agilent. HP/Agilent always made
> their own.
> 
> Other CBT manufacturers have made a CBT that could be retrofitted into a
> 5061A/B Cesium Beam Frequency Standard, but not the 5071a.

OK. Great. Thanks for the effort.

I will talk to my friend today and ask what he has to say about it. He was
probably missinformed, but he sounded quite certain. He probably missed out on
that detail.

Cheers,
Magnus