[time-nuts] Re: Custom Wenzel OXCO with unusual output

[paul swed]

Walt, try terminating it in 50 ohms. See if that helps.
Paul
WB8TSL

On Sun, Apr 6, 2025 at 12:32 PM Walt via time-nuts <time-nuts at lists.febo.com>
wrote:

> I picked up a custom Wenzel 500-13248B quartz oscillator and upon measuring
> it, I'm not sure if it is working as designed or what.
>
> The RF Out is a raggedy 10MHz sine wave at 4.4Vpp, and a spectrum analyzer
> shows peaks at 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 and 70 MHz.  There may be more but
> I'm
> not sure how to acquire them.
>
> There is nothing coming out of the second unmarked SMA.
>
> Assuming this is not broken, what kind of oscillator is this, and what
> would
> it be used for?
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