[time-nuts] Bye-Bye Crystals

[Bryan _]

sorry, what do you mean by "complete oscillator" have outnumbered loose crystals?


-=Bryan=-


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From: time-nuts <time-nuts-bounces at febo.com> on behalf of Richard (Rick) Karlquist <richard at karlquist.com>
Sent: March 12, 2017 4:38 PM
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Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Bye-Bye Crystals

I got a job in 1975 to design Konel's first synthesized radio, which
was to obsolete their crystal controlled radios.  That's over 40 years
ago.  The other trend (not mentioned) is that since 20 years ago or
so, complete oscillator sales have vastly outnumbered sales of loose
crystals.

Rick N6RK

On 3/11/2017 8:51 PM, Bob Camp wrote:
> Hi
>
> International’s main business  was re-channeling non-synthesized radios and replacing
> broken crystals in various pieces of com gear. It’s been a *lot* of years since the last of the
> non-synthesized radios came out. The business probably has been dropping off pretty steadily
> for many years …
>
> Bob
>
>> On Mar 11, 2017, at 10:39 PM, jimlux <jimlux at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>> On 3/11/17 4:30 PM, Scott McGrath wrote:
>>> From the tone of the letter it sounds like the bank cancelled line of credit,
>>
>> Or, he wants to retire and nobody wants to carry it on.  His dad started it in 1950, the son picked it up in 1970.  It's 47 years later.
>>
>>>
>>> Which is stupid given that much of their line is military which is getting a huge boost in spending
>>
>> Plenty of other crystal and oscillator manufacturers around.
>>
>> There's also a change in what kinds of crystals are needed.   I suspect most things being built and designed today use the crystal as a "master oscillator" that is used to drive some sort of synthesis chain. The need for "I have to have a 12.345,324 Hz crystal" is going away.
>>
>>
>>>
>>>> On Mar 11, 2017, at 4:56 PM, Bryan _ <bpl521 at outlook.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Disappearing or manufacturing just moving overseas?. Video at the bottom is interesting, classic.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://hackaday.com/2017/03/11/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-crystals/
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