[time-nuts] FE-5680A Results so far

Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R caf at omen.com
Thu Dec 29 19:05:09 UTC 2011


I gave my 5680a several firm whacks with a backscratcher and it did not 
seem to flinch.
On the other hand I've used taps with a jeweler's screwdriver to fine 
tune my counter's timebase.

On 12/29/2011 10:37 AM, Said Jackson wrote:
> Hello Mike,
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> We measured a couple of these 5680As on a tsc5125a analyzer. With different quality supplies.
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> Very noisy buggers, huge number of spurs and very high noise floor -130dBc or so if I recall correctly. Thats probably the jitter you are seeing. Probably due to the dds generating the output not a crystal.
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> ADEV was parts in E-011 while good, not very good.
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> Frequency accuracy was +5E-010 then tap the box hard and it goes to -1ppb.
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> Good enough as a portable frequency counter reference, as the offset can be compensated, and the output is fairly stable...
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> These units could really use gps disciplining and a crystal post filter.
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> Great stuff for $40, new they must have been over $1000.
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> Bye,
> Said
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> On Dec 29, 2011, at 1:14, mike cook<michael.cook at sfr.fr>  wrote:
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>> Hi,
>> Just got my cheapo 5680A.  It was accompanied by a little teddy bear clutching a L7805CV !
>>
>> Got a couple of questions.
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>> 1) What is the expected 10MHz peak to peak voltage.  FEI doc seems to indicate 0,5V but I am getting only 200mv.
>> 2) What is the sensitivity to 15V input level. I am only measuring 14,722 (stable) on Pin1.
>> 3) Could this low input voltage affect output voltage?
>>
>> The box locks after a couple of minutes but my TDS 210 is showing a very jittery  ( 9,98-10,02 MHz ) but well formed sine wave for 8 hours of being powered on.  Could this also be an artefact of low main power?
>>
>> rega
>> Mike
>>
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