[time-nuts] Question about ADEV for tau < 1000s

James Spottiswoode james.spottiswoode at gmail.com
Fri Aug 16 21:00:16 UTC 2024


Hi Time-nuts Experts,

I’ve found the time-nuts archive to be incredibly useful over the last year - thank you all!  I have an unusual question.  

I’m interested in getting the lowest possible ADEV at tau’s ~< 1000s and am not concerned about longer term drifts.  The protocol I’m using is based on comparing phase or frequency between two 10 MHz frequency standards a few meters apart in the lab.   Currently I am comparing a pair of OSC5A2BO2 OXCOs using an Agilent 53230A running with a 1 sec gate time and using the undocumented RCON command.  I am seeing a short term ADEV of 3e-11 at tau = 100s. I would like to get an order of magnitude or more better than this if possible without breaking the bank!



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