[time-nuts] 10811 foam enclosure

Don Latham djl at montana.com
Sun Jan 9 21:18:49 UTC 2011


Try suspending the tbolt mounted on block from string in a small cooler
chest (6-pack size will do nicely). It should come into balance with the
interior walls. Strings can be adjusted for best gravity response. use
very fine wire for connections.
Don

> A simple box is fine for many Tbolt applications.
>
> Much depends on the TBolt Osc and what setting you have, especially the TC
> and damping.
> With the factory default setting you can pretty much put the thing in an
> outside unsheltered shed and have it work OK,
> But it will not be the best it can be.
> The object is to slow the frequency control loop down as much as possible
> so
> it does not transfer the short term GPS noise to the osc.
> The slower the temperature changes the less the loop has to work and the
> higher the TC can be set.
>
> Do the same test with the Tbolt's TC set to 1000 seconds, damping to 1.2
> and watch the phase error using Lady Heater.
> You'll see BIG BIG differences based on the rate of change of the
> temperature.
>
> ws
>
> *****************
>
> Mark Spencer mspencer12345 at yahoo.ca  wrote:
>
> My experiences placing my thunderbolt board in various insulated
> containers
> show little or no improvement over simply putting a cardboard box over it
> to
> keep drafts away.   As time allows I'm going to re run some of the tests
> using my 5370 and an external standard vs relying on the data from the
> thunderbolt itself but I'm not expecting to see any significant changes.
>
> I've also started to run some tests with disciplining turned off on the
> thunderbolt and the drift of the ocxo is quite apparent.
>
> I'll likely get a heavy die cast box for my thunderbolt at some point.
>
>
>
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