[time-nuts] is there a cheap and simple way to measure OCXOs?

[Jim Lux]

On 5/30/12 6:11 AM, Attila Kinali wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I recently bought some Oscilloquartz 8663 from ebay and am now wondering
> how to check whether they are working correctly or whether they are
> out of specs.
>
> Unfortunately, although i have a reasonable park of measurement instruments,
> none of them are in the precision range that i'd need to characterize
> the 8663's.
>
> I have three oscilloscopes (analog 20MHz, digital 200MHz and 1GHz),
> a cheap handheld frequency counter and a couple of multimeters of
> various quality. I also have a FE-5680A at hand as frequency reference.
>

Got a mixer around, so you can beat them against each other (or against 
your 5680)?


> Any ideas what i could do to measure phase noise and frequency without
> buying a lot of stuff? Soldering is not a problem though.
>
> 			Attila Kinali
>