[time-nuts] Timenoob - Cheap and simple 10MHz reference

[WB6BNQ]

Hi Giuseppe,

I think you would be better served with the Thunderbolt as it is both a GPS and an oscillator, that is it is a GPSDO.

Last I remember, an eBay user "Flukel" (the last character is a lower case "L") was spoken of, on this list, as being a reliable Chinese
vendor.  He had oscillators, Rubidiums and Thunderbolts.

That said, a power supply is easy to construct from many other dead chasis parts and if needed the regulator chips are pretty cheap
(well here in the USA anyway).  If you do go that way and have trouble scrounging some parts for the power suppply, perhaps some of us
here can help with that.

Bill....WB6BNQ


Giuseppe Marullo wrote:

> Thanks a lot to all for your quick answer.
>
> Rubinium should be good for my needs, but buying it surplus makes me
> think I could get something very used (and abused) and it does not have
> the self correcting thing thunderbolt has.
> GPSDO gives me also the time, maybe with a supercool LCD display.
>
> >A Thunderbolt needs a triple supply (+12, -12, and +5) to operate. It also needs a GPS antenna of some sort.
> Do you know exactly the power requirement? On Ebay I read 15W then few mA on each branch (board only). Something is not clear to me.
>
> The dark side of the noon already embraced I have....
>
> Giuseppe
>
> PS: I am experiencing mail problems for the first time in many years,
> please anyone willing to contact me directly do cc copy also this other
> email address: giuseppe.marullo at iname.com while my ISP gathers back all
> the bits they lost (2 days of emails vanished from my IMAP account under
> my eyes, literally)
>
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