[time-nuts] tcxo

[Tom Miller]

Bob, if you are like me, you probably don't know where they all are, even if 
you wanted to count them. :)


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Camp" <kb8tq at n1k.org>
To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" 
<time-nuts at febo.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2014 8:51 PM
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] tcxo


> Hi
>
>
>> On Dec 7, 2014, at 8:14 PM, Hal Murray <hmurray at megapathdsl.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>> albertson.chris at gmail.com said:
>>> The very first thing you need to do is figure out what your requirements
>>> are.
>>
>> Except that this is time-nuts, so the only requirement for some of us is
>> having fun.
>>
>
> The original post really gave no information about what the objective is. 
> In the context of that post (Arduino’s etc), it’s a bit hard to guess what 
> is being attempted. With OCXO’s on the surplus market at < $20 sort of 
> prices, fiddling with a TCXO may not make much sense. That goes double if 
> there is also a lack of measurement capability. Buying a $150 GPSDO and a 
> $500 counter only to check your “I saved $15” TCXO is probably not a 
> bargain, or a good use of time. Even a cheap OCXO is likely to blow away a 
> “worked over” TCXO for stability.
>
> No don’t ask how many counters and GPSDO’s I have …. it would take *far* 
> to long to count all of them…Then there’s all the TCXO’s and OCXO’s ….
>
> Bob
>
>
>
>> But yes, you are correct in that thinking about the big picture is a good
>> idea.
>>
>>
>> -- 
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>>
>>
>>
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