[time-nuts] Question about SoundCard stability?

Magnus Danielson magnus at rubidium.dyndns.org
Wed Oct 13 01:09:42 UTC 2010


Hi Bob and Dave,

On 10/13/2010 02:57 AM, Bob Camp wrote:
> Hi
>
> Yes it is a reasonable expectation as long as you don't have a lot of drafts. A good TCXO can get down to sub 0.1 ppb over that period.

This is why I like ADEV plots in datasheets. I rarely get to see them. 
TDEV plots is a nice complement naturally.

Cheers,
Magnus

> Bob
>
>
> On Oct 12, 2010, at 8:21 PM, David McClain wrote:
>
>> Okay, perhaps I should rephrase the question... Is is reasonable to expect a TCXO to perform at 4e-9 over the FFT window period of about 87 sec? I can only imagine that the enormous (87 s) averaging period is making my measurements look so good.
>>
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>>
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