[time-nuts] Housing LPRO and Thunderbolt together

[WB6BNQ]

Magnus,

I just cannot believe you are disagreeing with me !

However, I still stand behind my statement.  Considering the two mechanisms, the quartz
blank seldom fail in a proper design.  Whereas the Rubidium is guaranteed to fail as you
have admitted.  But you do have a point that the Rubidium can be revived with a good
degree of success.  The quartz blank, if fractured, is no more period.

And of course we are ignoring all the standard electronic parts, etc., and only talking
about the primary mechanisms.

73....Bill....WB6BNQ

Magnus Danielson wrote:

> I do not agree here. The main failure mechanism I've seen beyond normal
> electronic faults due to rubidium lamp, and it doesn't take much time
> effort and skills to solve that particular issue. It's not a wear
> mechanism as such, more a unfortunate displacement issue, which can be
> sufficiently reversed. It is a problem inherent to a popular lamp
> design, which is not to say it is true for all rubidium lamps either...
>
> Cheers,
> Magnus