[time-nuts] Re: Materials for a Rubidium Standard

[paul swed]

Leo the best place to get parts is from a Rb reference. That gets you the
RF components and such and would be the most economical starting point. In
your last response you suggest laser. To excite the RB lamp??
Regards
Paul
WB8TSL

On Sun, Sep 3, 2023 at 9:38 AM Leo Ahluwalia via time-nuts <
time-nuts at lists.febo.com> wrote:

> Hi, I've been looking online at the parts to build a rubidium standard and
> I've noticed that there are a lot of standards which are much cheaper than
> buying the parts individually from different sellers (for example, a
> rubidium vapor cell can be found for around 50 bucks while I can also find
> a standard for 300$). I understand that these companies have specialized
> equipment and procedures for the production of these clocks, but I was
> wondering if someone knew where I might be able to get my hands on cheaper
> parts for building a standard (such as the microwave oscillator or rubidium
> lamp/laser)
>
> Thanks, Leo
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