[time-nuts] Re: Vectron 380 teardown

[Bob kb8tq]

Hi

Ummm ….. errrr ….. somebody … errr … got you a deal on
those parts … errr ….

Bob

> On Jan 15, 2022, at 10:01 AM, Lux, Jim <jim at luxfamily.com> wrote:
> 
> On 1/14/22 3:40 PM, Bob kb8tq wrote:
>> Hi
>> 
>> The design traces back to the Efratom “EMXO” from the 1980’s.
>> Vectron bought the rights to that design and produced examples
>> of it for about a decade or so.
>> 
>> Bob
> 
> 
> I flew a 100MHz EX-421 in space on a cubesat - same series of tiny OCXOs - except the EX421 is a bit smaller foot print and taller. it's about the size of a US sugar cube (13x13 mm and 10mm tall). Low power for an OCXO, and small, both of which were important. And the phase noise was decent. They weren't too expensive (a few hundred $ each, as I recall - non space grade).
> <EX-421.pdf><PNoise_EX-421-100MHz.pdf>_______________________________________________
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