[time-nuts] Re: Why do have OCXO a Vref output? (was: help reviving Trimble UCCM-LPS GPSDO)

[paul swed]

Plus it was temperature stabilised since it was in the oven area.
Regards
Paul
WB8TSL

On Thu, Dec 23, 2021 at 2:16 PM ed breya <eb at telight.com> wrote:

> Many of the older VTOCXOs have the internal reference voltage accessible
> simply to use them stand-alone. A remote adjustment pot could be fed
> from the reference, and set the fine tuning voltage, without needing any
> other support from the system. Nowadays we typically tune from PLLs, and
> such, and providing a stable reference is nearly trivial, but way back,
> having a good reference right from the unit itself was (and still is) a
> handy feature.
>
> Ed
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