[time-nuts] Differences / Jitter Between Frequency Standard Sources

2011-11-24 Thread Frederick Bray
I have what would probably be considered to be a newbie question, so please excuse my likely ignorance. I have a HP 5385A frequency counter, which I am using with an external standard. If I try to compare one 10 MHz standard against another, using one as the external standard and the other

Re: [time-nuts] Differences / Jitter Between Frequency Standard Sources

2011-11-24 Thread Robin Kimberley
Of Frederick Bray Sent: 24 November 2011 17:56 To: time-nuts@febo.com Subject: [time-nuts] Differences / Jitter Between Frequency Standard Sources I have what would probably be considered to be a newbie question, so please excuse my likely ignorance. I have a HP 5385A frequency counter, which I am using

Re: [time-nuts] Differences / Jitter Between Frequency Standard Sources

2011-11-24 Thread Randy D. Hunt
[mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Frederick Bray Sent: 24 November 2011 17:56 To: time-nuts@febo.com Subject: [time-nuts] Differences / Jitter Between Frequency Standard Sources I have what would probably be considered to be a newbie question, so please excuse my likely ignorance. I

Re: [time-nuts] Differences / Jitter Between Frequency Standard Sources

2011-11-24 Thread David Bobbett
...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Frederick Bray Sent: 24 November 2011 17:56 To: time-nuts@febo.com Subject: [time-nuts] Differences / Jitter Between Frequency Standard Sources I have what would probably be considered to be a newbie question, so please excuse my likely ignorance. I have a HP 5385A

Re: [time-nuts] Differences / Jitter Between Frequency Standard Sources

2011-11-24 Thread Azelio Boriani
To: time-nuts@febo.com Subject: [time-nuts] Differences / Jitter Between Frequency Standard Sources I have what would probably be considered to be a newbie question, so please excuse my likely ignorance. I have a HP 5385A frequency counter, which I am using with an external standard. If I

Re: [time-nuts] Differences / Jitter Between Frequency Standard Sources

2011-11-24 Thread Frederick Bray
Thanks to all who replied. I thought that it was a counter artifact, but I didn't know why. Any suggestions for a reasonably priced good frequency counter that uses the reciprocal method? I saw there were a couple TF830's on ebay, but they were outside the U.S. The HP 5340A looks like it

Re: [time-nuts] Differences / Jitter Between Frequency Standard Sources

2011-11-24 Thread cfo
On Thu, 24 Nov 2011 12:54:12 -0800, Frederick Bray wrote: Thanks to all who replied. I thought that it was a counter artifact, but I didn't know why. Any suggestions for a reasonably priced good frequency counter that uses the reciprocal method? I saw there were a couple TF830's on ebay,

Re: [time-nuts] Differences / Jitter Between Frequency Standard Sources

2011-11-24 Thread Frederick Bray
Looks like my counter is reciprocal. Thanks for the info. Fred Bray W6WAW ___ 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.

Re: [time-nuts] Differences / Jitter Between Frequency Standard Sources

2011-11-24 Thread Tom Van Baak
I have a HP 5385A frequency counter, which I am using with an external standard. If I try to compare one 10 MHz standard against another, using one as the external standard and the other as the device being measured, the readout fluctuates between 10.000 and 9.999. This happens when