[time-nuts] The 5MHz Sweet Spot

[Tom Knox]

I am not the right person to explain, So anyone with more knowledge please feel free to jump in. I think basically the reasoning is as a single clock the system at some point it would need mantainance or repair. So time is maintained with an algorithm that monitors all the clocks and oscillators that make up the system in which each part contributes and if any part deviates or fails it can be removed. This system is then characterized periodically by F1 as required to keep the system at F! accuracy. 

Thomas Knox



> Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2013 13:33:29 +0100
> From: attila at kinali.ch
> To: time-nuts at febo.com
> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] The 5MHz Sweet Spot
> 
> Hi Tom,
> 
> On Sat, 2 Nov 2013 16:06:06 -0600
> Tom Knox <actast at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Our house standard F1 a cesium fountain is used roughly one month every
> > few months to characterize roughly 12 5071A cesium standards steering
> > about 5 MHM 2010 cleaned up with a number of 8607 option 08 oscillator. 
> 
> What is the reason that the F1 isn't running continously?
> I can understand the use of 12 Cs-beams for averaging, but i would
> have thought that you would run your most accurate clock in parallel
> as well.
> 
> Is there a publication that explains your setup and why you've done
> it this way and not another?
> 
> 			Attila Kinali
> 
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