[time-nuts] time-nuts Digest, Vol 193, Issue 36

[Bob kb8tq]

Hi

Normally the parts I am looking at are the run of the mill eBay parts. 
They are < 10 years old, but have been on boards. It is rare that they
will not tune to frequency (if they have output ….). My guess is that the
typical modern OCXO is good for 20+ years before they age out of spec.

Bob

> On Aug 24, 2020, at 4:47 AM, Dave B via time-nuts <time-nuts at lists.febo.com> wrote:
> 
> Of course, they may be pushed out to the surplus market, because they
> have aged/drifted out of spec, before they were removed (however that
> was done) from their original host equipment.
> 
> But junk box storage is often "less than optimum" for lots of stuff, not
> just oscillators and crystals.
> 
> 73.
> 
> Dave B.
> 
> 
> On 23/08/2020 17:00, time-nuts-request at lists.febo.com wrote:
>> I?ve tested a lot (like hundreds) of surplus OCXO?s. Well under 10% of them met their original 
>> performance specs. That?s just for the stuff I can test in the basement, with better test systems, 
>> the total would be lower. 
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