[time-nuts] HP/Agilent 5065A Rubidium Vapour frequency standard problem - fixed
Roy Phillips
phill.r1 at btinternet.com
Sun May 11 17:08:31 UTC 2008
----- Original Message -----
From: "Palfreyman, Jim L" <Jim.Palfreyman at team.telstra.com>
To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement"
<time-nuts at febo.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2008 1:18 PM
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] HP/Agilent 5065A Rubidium Vapour frequency standard
problem - fixed
> Thanks folks for all your efforts.
>
> It turns out I was right about the 10811. My replacement 10811 fixed the
> fault but as Chuck pointed out I was being to much of a cowboy with the
> course adjustment. Instead I tuned the course control of the 10811 to a
> reference 5 MHz on the bench and then plugged it all in. This time it
> worked and it stayed working well too! I've been calibrating the C field
> over the last 12 hours.
>
> Now of course I'm turning my attention to the 10811. I would like to fix
> that!
>
> With the heater off, the oscillator behaves well with the course
> adjustment providing the appropriate control (haven't check the EFC yet at
> this temperature). It is of course below 10 MHz. When the heater is
> powered it does the right thing (0.5 amp for a few minutes then drops
> back). The frequency rises to a bit over 10.0000 MHz. However the course
> control no longer has any effect whatsoever.
>
> I'm guessing there are some components in the oscillator circuit that are
> heat damaged after two and a half decades of being in an 82 degree oven.
> I'm going to follow through the manual and see what I can find.
>
> However, if anyone has experienced this pattern before - please let me
> know.
>
> Thanks again for all your help!
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Jim Palfreyman
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: service at frequencystandards.com
> [mailto:service at frequencystandards.com]
> Sent: Friday, 9 May 2008 4:00 AM
> To: time-nuts at febo.com
> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] HP/Agilent 5065A Rubidium Vapour frequency
> standard problem
>
> You didn't really say in your description but you really need to have the
> loop open using the front panel switch before you try to adjust the
> oscillator. Unless you are very familiar with how tiny of a turn it takes
> to make it too far off to lock, you will have it out of range very
> quickly. Open the loop and connect the 5Mhz output to a good frequency
> counter, preferably one that is synched to another rubidium, GPS locked
> crystal or cesium. Once connected, adjust your crystal coarse adjust for
> as close to 5Mhz as possible. If you can't get it below a 0.1 hz error,
> you are going to have trouble getting the unit to lock. Make sure you
> allow a good warm up time for the crystal in the 5065 before you do any
> adjusting.
> If you can get the crystal to that small of an error, then close your loop
> and watch the control meter setting. Typical is that the meter will move a
> small amount but not peg. If it pegs, you have another problem with the
> unit. If it moves a small amount and stops, you can then adjust the coarse
> or fine and bring the meter back to zero. If you use the coarse adjust, at
> this point, you are going to be making VERY tiny adjustments of it.
> Let us know what you find from this and we can move you to the next step.
> Chuck Norton
>
>
>
>
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