[time-nuts] time-nuts Digest, Vol 78, Issue 57

[Mark Sims]

>From working on a few dozen 5370's with the oven oscillator option I can tell you that an oscillator that had been powered off for a long time (months to years) takes at least a couple of months to settle in.  And 10544's behave quite a bit better than 10811's when it comes to aging.

----------------------------------------My experience with 10811's is that it didn't matter much whetherthey have been off for a week or a year as far as settling downwas concerned.  Also "on and off" effectively refers to the oven.Turning the oscillator on and off while keeping the oven oncontinuously has little effect.