[time-nuts] Re: Best frequency to start for GHz synth ?

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

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Lux, Jim writes:

>SAW devices were all the rage in the 80s for signal processing. 

Also certain CPUs:  Some of the DEC Alpha's had a SAW oscillator
next to the CPU chip to get a sufficiently pure clock-signal.

They had a tempco from hell and were nearly impossible to wrangle with NTP.

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