[time-nuts] Nuts and Phoolery

[bg at lysator.liu.se]

> On 07/ 4/10 08:48 AM, Steve Rooke wrote:
>> Maybe we are into the wrong sort of projects here, instead of knocking
>> together $10 "testers" we should get some cheap Rb units off fluke.l
>> and start turning out $15,000 audio equipment. Can you imagine how
>> much you could get for your ageing tube Cs unit in this phools market!
>> :)
>>
>> Steve
>
> Do the cheap fluke units allow locking to a 1 pps signal? If so, you could
> sell
> a GPS locked version for even more!

That is what the different GPSDO boards/designs do. Most oscillators does
not include this. There are exceptions, like the X72 rubidiums that
'flyingbest' has on the market. Apparently X72s have a very modern small
rubidium package - this came with some performance hit. Search the
archives for details.

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   Björn