[time-nuts] 10 MHz over optical fiber?
Neon John
jgd at johngsbbq.com
Fri Dec 5 11:48:46 UTC 2008
On Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:33:25 -0800, "Tom Van Baak" <tvb at LeapSecond.com> wrote:
>> Yes. I know of several commecial systems. If you only need to do a short
>> jump, then using fairly basic E/O-O/E equipment should work well
>> enought. It all depends if you want/can to roll your own or need to buy
>> a finished product (aka "buy this, and you will be fine!").
>
>Magnus, what's the typical noise floor, tempco or drift of cheap
>(i.e., non JPL-level) fiber distribution systems like this? Is it less
>than regular coax, or phase stabilized heliax? At 100 m lengths?
OK, tom, you got me with another one. WTF is phase stabilized heliax? Is
that a hunk of ordinary heliax that has been characterized or is it made
special in some way?
re: original problem
check out B&B Electronics
http://www.bandbelectronics.com/
sorry, I'm off-line right now and can't browse but they specialize in really
inexpensive implementations of stuff like this.
John
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