Hi Right now my main concern is if the gizmo is broken beyond repair. Setting trigger levels manually will be possible on the two main inputs. Not so much on the external arm input. Going through a full calibration on the interpolators - pretty major effort.
First up on the project list is getting the display rate pot set to something rational. The external arm pot seems to be set to somewhere I can trigger it. That moves it down the list. Fan wise the noise is nowhere near as bad as a 5335 I have sitting here. Maybe I got lucky on the fan. The 5370 is packed pretty loose by modern standards. Lots of room for the air to move around inside. OCXO is right in back by the fan so it can be kept nice and cool .... Is there anything special / unique about the 10811 in the 5370B? It's got a unique part number, but that may not mean much. Bob -----Original Message----- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Magnus Danielson Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 7:48 AM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] 5370A vs 5370B Bob Camp wrote: > Hi > > Yes indeed, the period was measured with the two channels in the com mode and the reference > into one of them. I hadn't considered the trigger offset issues and was expecting something > sub-100 ps rather than 500 ps. Obviously I need to spend some "quality time" with this beast. > Now I gotta figure out how to change the gate time :}...... If you do not fiddle with trigger levels, you _will_ loose accuracy. It is a systematic error. > It sounds like my oscillator buffer board is going to get butchered pretty soon. I hope you mean modified. Applying a short at the right point improves the situation, but you don't need that to get started. It is a refinement that could wait for a little while. Cheers, Magnus _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.