Re: [time-nuts] R XSRM Rubidium Standard

I second Clint’s statement, most of the test equipment I’ve brought have worked on switch on. I did buy a R CRTU with no LCD display and paid £400 for something which didn’t work I had a lot of deep thoughts. It turns out CRTU was only nine years old and two months out of calibration, the

Re: [time-nuts] Z3801A and Z38XX Issues

Not according to the manual, but then that could be my problem !! 73, Dick, W1KSZ Sent from Outlook From: time-nuts on behalf of Bill Hawkins Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2017 8:16:17

Re: [time-nuts] R XSRM Rubidium Standard

Precisely my point, But when purchasing i expect to pay for a calibration at a minimum. Helps to make friends with the local cal lab though as frequently far better pricing can be negotiated if you can get your instruments done on a non-critical basis as most of the business of a lab is

Re: [time-nuts] R XSRM Rubidium Standard

Experience has shown me that you can reasonably purchase good, working test equipment that's well within calibration tolerances if you are buying the more 'common' equipment, 6.5 digit meters, frequency counters, even a Stanford SR620... I've been very lucky with those, two spectrum analysers and