Re: [time-nuts] OT: Practical PLL low noise?

2010-02-02 Thread Christophe Huygens
Hello Francesco: you can use my xlock, http://www.qslnet.de/member/on4iy/xlock/xlock.html You will have to add a varicap to make the XO into a VCXO. There should not be any noticable noise increase due to the PLL - make sure you use a good reference 10MHz in yr GPSDO! 73 xtof on4iy On 02/02/10

Re: [time-nuts] OT: Practical PLL low noise?

2010-02-02 Thread Bob Camp
Hi The first issue - your oscillator may be drifting quite a lot. If so, that's the first thing to check and possibly fix. A reasonable oscillator should be able to hold less than 100 Hz at 42 MHz under normal room conditions. Fixes range from circuit improvements, to a better crystal, to simply

Re: [time-nuts] OT: Practical PLL low noise?

2010-02-02 Thread francesco messineo
Hi Bob, On 2/2/10, Bob Camp li...@cq.nu wrote: Hi The first issue - your oscillator may be drifting quite a lot. If so, that's the first thing to check and possibly fix. A reasonable oscillator should be able to hold less than 100 Hz at 42 MHz under normal room conditions. Fixes range

Re: [time-nuts] OT: Practical PLL low noise?

2010-02-02 Thread Bob Camp
-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of francesco messineo Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 12:58 PM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] OT: Practical PLL low noise? Hi Bob, On 2/2/10, Bob Camp li...@cq.nu wrote: Hi

Re: [time-nuts] OT: Practical PLL low noise?

2010-02-02 Thread Luis Cupido
Frank, You might want to take a look in here also. Hardly gets any simpler than this ;-) http://w3ref.cfn.ist.utl.pt/cupido/reflock.html Luis Cupido ct1dmk. On 02/02/10 16:50, francesco messineo wrote: Hello all, sorry for the OT, but I know there're many real electronic artists here. As