Re: [time-nuts] FE-5680A thermal management

2009-06-15 Thread Leigh L. Klotz, Jr WA5ZNU
For reference, Ridge Equipment has a photo of one of this year's crop of FE-5680A mounted to a large aluminum plate. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=330233071735 http://i43.tinypic.com/126cpcp.jpg Leigh/WA5ZNU Almost all rubidium standards DO specify the use of some form of a

Re: [time-nuts] FE-5680A thermal management

2009-06-15 Thread Hal Murray
le...@wa5znu.org said: For reference, Ridge Equipment has a photo of one of this year's crop of FE-5680A mounted to a large aluminum plate. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=330233071735 http://i43.tinypic.com/126cpcp.jpg Is that an aluminum plate or the top side of a PCB

Re: [time-nuts] FE-5680A thermal management

2009-06-15 Thread Rex
Hal Murray wrote: le...@wa5znu.org said: For reference, Ridge Equipment has a photo of one of this year's crop of FE-5680A mounted to a large aluminum plate. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=330233071735 http://i43.tinypic.com/126cpcp.jpg Is that an aluminum plate

Re: [time-nuts] FE-5680A thermal management

2009-06-15 Thread J. L. Trantham
They look like Torx Screws. Not so? Thanks, Joe -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Rex Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 2:33 AM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] FE-5680A

Re: [time-nuts] FE-5680A thermal management

2009-06-15 Thread Ed Palmer
Of Rex Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 2:33 AM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] FE-5680A thermal management Hal Murray wrote: le...@wa5znu.org said: For reference, Ridge Equipment has a photo of one of this year's crop of FE-5680A mounted

Re: [time-nuts] FE-5680A thermal management

2009-06-15 Thread Rex
and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] FE-5680A thermal management Hal Murray wrote: le...@wa5znu.org said: For reference, Ridge Equipment has a photo of one of this year's crop of FE-5680A mounted to a large aluminum plate. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem

Re: [time-nuts] FE-5680A thermal management

2009-06-09 Thread Geoff Powell
In article 2ed501c9e87a$a7a4a850$7900a...@athlon1200, Dave Brown tract...@ihug.co.nz writes Murray et al, The package of both units is clearly meant to be mounted on something-the real question is how much heat sinking would that something have provided? Changing the external heatsinking to

[time-nuts] FE-5680A thermal management

2009-06-08 Thread Murray Greenman
Leigh, I agree with Chuck. I have both an FE-5650A and an FE-5680A. With the former I was concerned about the heat, and so ran it only for short periods, until I understood what was going on. I had the impression from the data sheet that there were different heatsink options for different

Re: [time-nuts] FE-5680A thermal management

2009-06-08 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message be50c3a72eba61449c804b2c8b4ae38101ebb...@neptune.rakon.net, Murra y Greenman writes: With the FE-5680A I had the opportunity to study things in more detail. The PRS10 manual has some good info. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 p...@freebsd.org | TCP/IP

Re: [time-nuts] FE-5680A thermal management

2009-06-08 Thread bg
In message be50c3a72eba61449c804b2c8b4ae38101ebb...@neptune.rakon.net, Murray Greenman writes: With the FE-5680A I had the opportunity to study things in more detail. The PRS10 manual has some good info. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 p...@freebsd.org |

Re: [time-nuts] FE-5680A thermal management

2009-06-08 Thread Dave Brown
- Original Message - From: Murray Greenman murray.green...@rakon.com To: time-nuts@febo.com Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 6:42 AM Subject: [time-nuts] FE-5680A thermal management Leigh, I agree with Chuck. I have both an FE-5650A and an FE-5680A. With the former I was concerned

[time-nuts] FE-5680A thermal management

2009-06-08 Thread Mark Sims
Almost all rubidium standards DO specify the use of some form of a heat sink. For the FRK and M100 units this can be a heat sink with around 1 fins or just bolted to a metal plate or chassis. The military freq standard that had M100's in them had the unit mounted to a 5x5x.2 aluminum plate