[time-nuts] Re: FTS1050A data
Bob Camp
kb8tq at n1k.org
Sat Apr 29 17:26:11 UTC 2023
Hi
Typically with this sort of stuff, one starts looking at the raw phase data
to see whatâs happening. Things like xDEV data are a bit âhigh levelâ when
you start to troubleshoot this or that.
Abrupt steps suggest one thing, gradual changes might suggest something else.
Goes up and then comes back hints at a different sort of issue than âalways goes
the same wayâ.
Once you have a guess, there could be reason to monitor current drain or even
output level to narrow things down.
Bob
> On Apr 28, 2023, at 10:29 PM, Jim Schatzman via time-nuts <time-nuts at lists.febo.com> wrote:
>
> As I mentioned previously, in some 3-day tests one particular FTS1050A (FTS1050AB7 in the plots) performs well (bottom curves) and in other tests it performs somwhat poorly (upper curves). All the comparators in this MADEV plot perform similarly, so there is no obvious reason why there is split into good and bad cases. I have never before seen this behavior.
>
> I will open up the case and do some power supply testing. Another suggestion a reader made was that it could be a solder problem in the oscillator assembly. The control circuits may also have a problem. I will pull out all the PC boards, clean off the edge connector contacts, and reseat them.
>
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