[time-nuts] YIG oscillators

[Daniel Mendes]

Thanks for this great information cache!

Daniel

Em 04/01/2013 17:34, Ed Palmer escreveu:
> They are neat toys, aren't they?  :-)  I discovered them a couple of 
> years ago.  Since then I've collected a few from ebay to play with. 
> They're oddball units with no documentation, but they weren't too hard 
> to decipher.  I even cobbled together a phase-lock system for one.  It 
> worked, but it was too noisy for my needs.  It seems like YIGs have 
> been superseded by VCOs for most applications - but I'm by no means an 
> expert.
>
> I've collected some random PDFs and other files about YIGs.  I zipped 
> them and put them on Mediafire.  Help yourself.
>
> http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?6v0db7crbkbb943
>
> Ed
>
> On 1/4/2013 8:19 AM, Daniel Mendes wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hi, maybe this topic is a bit boundary for this list, but i´ll just 
>> ask for general directions....
>>
>> I´ve discovered these wonderfull bits of hardware called YIG (Yttrium 
>> iron garnet) Oscillators (and filters!) in Ebay. If someone doesn´t 
>> know what i´m talking about, they are very broadband tunnable 
>> oscillators and filters. Now, the questions:
>>
>> 1) Does someone has some good references about them?
>>
>> 2) Can I get them new from somewere in decent prices or just collect 
>> the trash from ebay? (as most of our Rubudium, OCXOs, Thunderbolts, etc)
>>
>> Thank you for any help...
>>
>> Daniel
>>
>
>
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