[time-nuts] Rubidium Cells for Sale ?!

[Bob kb8tq]

Hi

Back a while ago it was in the “over a million dollars” range.  Like anything that
is designed for space use, the price is meaningless until you sort through what
kind of paperwork this or that program requires.

Bob

> On May 6, 2019, at 5:37 PM, William H. Fite <omniryx at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Anyone know the price of the Excelitas device? No, I'm not interested in
> purchasing one, just curious. I assume it is hair-curling expensive.
> 
> 
> On Monday, May 6, 2019, Bob kb8tq <kb8tq at n1k.org> wrote:
> 
>> Hi
>> 
>> Ummm ….. errrr ….. the Efratom Rb’s use an integrated lamp plus one cell.
>> 
>> http://www.wriley.com/A%20Modern%20MIL%20Rubidium%
>> 20Frequency%20Standard.pdf <http://www.wriley.com/A%
>> 20Modern%20MIL%20Rubidium%20Frequency%20Standard.pdf>
>> 
>> There still are a lot of people doing the lamp plus two approach. One of
>> many:
>> 
>> http://www.excelitas.com/Downloads/DTS_Frequency_Standards_RAFS.pdf <
>> http://www.excelitas.com/Downloads/DTS_Frequency_Standards_RAFS.pdf>
>> 
>> Bob
>> 
>>> On May 6, 2019, at 3:23 PM, Ed Palmer <ed_palmer at sasktel.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 2019-05-06 10:00 AM,  Bob kb8tq <kb8tq at n1k.org>wrote:
>>>> Hi
>>>> 
>>>> I?m sure they are good cells. The gotcha is ?which one is it??. A
>> normal Rb has multiple
>>>> cells doing different things. You ? umm? errr ? need a set of cells ?.
>>> 
>>> Why do you think I posed the question "Anybody feeling lucky (or
>> desperate!)?"?  Don't forget that all(?) newer Rb standards use an
>> integrated cell so it's a 'set' of one.  Whether that's the case here is
>> unknown, but not likely given the size of this cell.
>>> 
>>> The only Russian Rb company I've heard of is Kvarz.  Has anyone seen a
>> cell from one of their old units?
>>> 
>>> Ed
>>> 
>>> 
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