[time-nuts] SC-cut crystals

Bruce Griffiths bruce.griffiths at xtra.co.nz
Fri Nov 12 19:23:48 UTC 2010


Magnus Danielson wrote:
> Dear time-nuts,
>
> If I want to play around with AT-cut crystals, it is trivial to pick 
> them up. I have bags of 20 MHz AT-cut crystals laying around.
>
> I do not feel comfortable like hacking away on the 10811s I have.
>
> So, where do I find some SC-cut crystals to play around with?
> I don't need stellar performance. Think crude lab-hacks at this point.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Cheers,
> Magnus
>
You could always dissect one of the cheap 5.000055MHz OCXOs that you 
have to get a 10.000110MHz SC cut crystal.
Note: The oscillator output is divided by 2 with a 74HC74A.

Bruce




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