Re: [time-nuts] Commercially available empty ovens for oscillator testing?

2018-05-12 Thread Bob kb8tq
Hi There are places that sell them. Most are looking for a couple thousand dollars for one. If that is inside your budget you might get in touch with them. Far cheaper to get an eBay scrap OCXO and use its parts. An OCXO depends on the combination of two things to make it stable: 1) The oven

Re: [time-nuts] Commercially available empty ovens for oscillator testing?

2018-05-12 Thread paul swed
Julien Yes you could stabilize the temperature at some level. But your really adding complexity that will tend to interact. You have the natural TCXO behavior and then the oven behavior. Hard to say how it all will behave. But I suspect your suggesting warming the TCXO to something in its best sta

[time-nuts] Commercially available empty ovens for oscillator testing?

2018-05-12 Thread Julien Goodwin
Does anyone know if there's anyone who sells essentially just the oven & casing for an OCXO on its own? I have a project for which I'm currently using a VCTCXO, but I'm wondering if enclosing a plain VCXO, plus the control DAC & voltage reference in a single small oven would end up more stable, an