[time-nuts] GPS and Rubidium frequency standards and noise question (newbie).

[Mark Spencer]

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On 2012-06-03, at 2:19 PM, Chris Wilson <chris at chriswilson.tv> wrote:

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> 03/06/2012 19:09
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> Thanks for the great replies! My immediate need is to check some used
> test equipment I have bought, a Racal dana 9908 counter and a Marconi
> 2019A signal generator. They don't agree with one another! I was going
> to get a Thunderbolt unit and PS, but my friend mentioning noise got
> me worried. I may have a play with some SDR gear and I know they can
> be locked to a standard i you have one. Longer term my aim is to have
> a play with microwaves, which is what this friend is into, and maybe
> he has a particular issue with noise with sort of multiplication he is
> using? The fact that a GPS reference can be always on and locked to a
> reference that someone else maintains, if I understand things correctly,
> if simplistically, appeals. I am happy to be guided though, and I
> suppose I could always get a different type later if the specific need
> arose, although I am not made of money ;)
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> Thanks!
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>       Best Regards,
>                   Chris Wilson.
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