[time-nuts] Are these PRS10's worth it ?

[paul swed]

$219 for a bad RB seems to be silly. Sorry I am not that much of a gambler.
Regards
Paul
WB8TSL

On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 8:17 AM, Didier Juges <shalimr9 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Check the difference between the LPRO and PRS-10 on John Miles' page:
> http://www.ke5fx.com/rb.htm
>
> Assuming these plots are representative of what you are likely to get from
> eBay parts (a pretty big assumption right there), the main advantage of the
> PRS-10 seems to be at high tau, where the performance of a GPSDRb is mostly
> driven by the GPS and PLL anyhow.
>
> Didier KO4BB
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 7:14 AM, Didier Juges <shalimr9 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > You can get a working LPRO for $150 with very reasonable shipping.
> > To me, that's a better deal unless you absolutely need the thrill of
> > trying to rescue something you knew was bad when you bought it :)
> >
> >
> >
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/Datum-Efratom-Symmetricom-LPRO-10MHz-Rubidium-Oscillator-Tested-5-93-Lamp-Volts-/231436344277?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35e2ae5bd5
> >
> > Didier KO4BB
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 3:15 AM, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk at phk.freebsd.dk>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> --------
> >> In message <54A20C7C.7040100 at skybase.net>, Tim writes:
> >>
> >> >Not knowing much about the PRS10, I'm just wondering if its worth the
> >> ri$k :)
> >>
> >> You need to hold that price up against the fact that a new PRS10 is
> $1600.
> >>
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