[time-nuts] VHF-UHF Frequency Calibrator

[Brooke Clarke]

Hi Ed:

I'm trying to buy a connector in order to make a line cord.  Once it gets here I'll do operational tests.

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Brooke Clarke
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-------- Original Message --------
> Brooke wrote:
>
> "I checked optically, using an Ohmmeter and using the Diode Test function of a Fluke 87 DMM.  It's an inductor.
>
> I share your concern as to how 11 GHz signals come from tube equipment with point to point wiring."
>
> OK, so much for that idea. The appearance of the part threw me off track - I thought it was a glass body with metal 
> ends, like an old-style diode. I saved and enlarged the picture, and now I can see it looks like an iron powder or 
> ferrite core, and the wire winding around it is evident. So, it looks like it's all about getting enough harmonics 
> from the tube plate signal. I'd imagine it's driven pretty hard, to make narrow plate current pulses. I'm curious 
> about how much comb power and uniformity it has. Can you fire it up yet, and see what it looks like on an SA?
>
> Ed
>
>
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