[time-nuts] Noisy Sulzer 2.5 - Suggestions?
Bob Camp
kb8tq at n1k.org
Wed Aug 17 22:20:49 UTC 2016
Hi
Let it run for a month before you worry much about measuring what it is doing ….
Some (but not all) of those old crystals took a while to settle in.
Bob
> On Aug 17, 2016, at 4:25 PM, Ed Palmer <ed_palmer at sasktel.net> wrote:
>
> I picked up a Sulzer 2.5 (not 2.5A or 2.5B or 2.5C) oscillator and 5P power supply. It's working, but the AlDev at low tau is poor. After a few days of operation the AlDev @ 1sec. is only 1e-10. It's not the power supply. I'm running under 'AC fail' conditions with a lab power supply standing in for the batteries. This bypasses almost everything in the power supply. Eventually, I plan to replace the batteries with lead-acid and replace the circuit board with an improved circuit.
>
> So, I'll be opening up the oscillator to see what's what. My first 'usual suspect' will be the Ta capacitors, but I'm wondering about all those carbon composition resistors. Should I be looking at a wholesale replacement with metal film? Maybe just in the oscillator and AVC areas? Are there any other known trouble spots with these oscillators?
>
> I haven't been able to find any info on the 2.5. The manuals and schematics for the 5A and the 2.5B/C are some help, but the 2.5 is very different from the 2.5B/C. Any info would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ed
>
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