[time-nuts] Totally unrelated, but..

[Richard (Rick) Karlquist]

On 12/7/2016 12:16 PM, Clint Jay wrote:
> I was looking for a low noise regulator to power a log amp/detector earlier
> this year and was rather surprised to find the 78xx regulators were
> considerably better than many of the "low noise" devices.
>

Are you kidding me?  Check out the Linear Technology LT3042 and
LT3045 with 2 (yes, TWO) NANOVOLTS/root-Hz spot noise.  Orders of 
magnitude better than the 78XX introduced 45 years ago.

Rick N6RK