[time-nuts] Advice on Austron 1250A

Tom Knox actast at hotmail.com
Sun Aug 19 04:57:24 UTC 2012


Hi Dave;
The ext VCO input is nice, what I was referring to was something that would sync directly to an ext ref of 5-10MHz
Best Wishes;
Thomas Knox



> From: dgminala at mediacombb.net
> To: time-nuts at febo.com
> Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2012 23:00:24 -0500
> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Advice on Austron 1250A
> 
> The unit I've been offered has new batteries, and is able to be disciplined, 
> as I mentioned to Tom.  The seller indicates that the unit is checked out 
> and is fully operational, so I have a degree of confidence that I wouldn't 
> otherwise have if buying from Ebay.  As I said in my first post, the seller 
> is local, and has given me his address, so I do have a chance at 
> satisfaction should things go wrong.
> 
> Note to Tom:  it's the 1250 that can't be disciplined; the 1250A can be.
> 
> Cheers,
> Dave M
> 
> 
> Majdi S. Abbas wrote:
> > On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 08:23:45PM -0500, Dave M wrote:
> >> Does anyone in the group have any experience or advice on the
> >> Austron 1250A Crystal Frequency Standard?  I have a chance to buy
> >> one for $250 tomorrow at a local hamfest, but can't find anything in
> >> the archives on them.  It's very clean, and the seller says that it
> >> is in perfect working order.  He's local to the area, so I can
> >> easily get back with him in case of troubles.
> >
> > For comparison purposes, I paid $106 + $30 shipping for one last
> > August.  They're great standards, but I'm not sure I'd pay $250 for
> > one. $200 maybe.  But some might call me cheap.  :)
> >
> > As for advice?  If you do buy it, budget for a dozen D cell
> > tabbed NiCd rechargables ($60ish).  You'll probably need to replace
> > the internal battery pack.
> >
> > If they haven't been replaced, you might be able to beat a
> > concession out of the seller on that basis.
> >
> > --msa
> 
> 
> 
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