[time-nuts] Re: 5071B announced

[Bob Camp]

Hi

The 5071 has two tube options. You can get a high performance tube. That one lasts 6 to 7 years running full time. You can opt for the standard tube with lower specs,  but a lifetime out in the > 15 years range. 

When the high performance tube goes out, you send the entire box back to the factory. They look it over and decide if it can be re-tubed. If so they charge you something > $40K for the new tube and installation / alignment . 

Best guess is that the standard tube version is > $70K. The high performance tube likely adds > $20K to that number. Again, only guesses, and assuming we’re talking about 1 piece. What the price does at 100 or 1,000 pieces …. who knows ….

The whole “qualify the customer before the quote” is not all that unusual. 

Bob

> On Jun 13, 2023, at 12:28 PM, djl via time-nuts <time-nuts at lists.febo.com> wrote:
> 
> Two questions from the announcements: 1) what is the "lifetime of the product"? and 2) what's the price?  I'm assuming the answer to the latter is if you have to ask, you can't afford one :-)
> 
> 
> On 2023-06-13 07:59, Eric Garner via time-nuts wrote:
>> It looks like the 5071B is official. Microchip put out a press release and
>> video.
>> Release video:
>> https://youtu.be/1wlOkcCk2gU
>> Press release:
>> https://www.google.com/amp/s/finance.yahoo.com/amphtml/news/cesium-atomic-clock-provides-autonomous-120000702.html
>> Press coverage so far (mostly parroting the Press release)
>> https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/products/rf-microwave-optoelectronics/cesium-atomic-clock-100ns-hold-over-can-run-5g-for-months-2023-06/
>> https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/cesium-clock-synchronizes-telecoms-systems-precisely-for-months/
>> -Eric
>> KI7LTT
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