Re: [time-nuts] GPS and Rubidium frequency standards and noise question (new...

2012-06-06 Thread Tim

On 5/06/2012 4:52 PM, Jerry Mulchin wrote:

Tim,

Can you describe your test setup used to measure the Phase Noise Plots
you show in the links provided.

Are you using the 8566B to measure the Phase Noise directly, or are you using
a Phase Noise test set to make the measurements?



Hi Jerry,

I'm using the 8566B to do the tests with the GPIB tool kit 
http://www.ke5fx.com/gpib/readme.htm


regards

Tim

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Re: [time-nuts] GPS and Rubidium frequency standards and noise question (new...

2012-06-05 Thread Jerry Mulchin
Tim,

Can you describe your test setup used to measure the Phase Noise Plots
you show in the links provided.

Are you using the 8566B to measure the Phase Noise directly, or are you using 
a Phase Noise test set to make the measurements?

Thanks
Jerry

At 08:33 PM 6/4/2012, you wrote:
On 3/06/2012 7:19 PM, Javier Herrero wrote:

[snip]


I don't remember if someone did a comparison in PN performance between the 
two FE-5680A flavours.

Hi Javier,

I've recently done precisily that. See enclosed graph.

As for using RB's and Tbolts for LO locking of mwave synths, a lot of 
discussion and testing is occurring on our VK logger, specifically at URL

http://www.vklogger.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=40t=10180

and

http://www.vklogger.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=40t=10229

regards

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Re: [time-nuts] GPS and Rubidium frequency standards and noise question (new...

2012-06-05 Thread EWKehren
Most Rb's can be improved when it comes to phase noise even a FRK-H, some  
by replacing the internal oscillators, some by adding an external analog 
loop.  How ever multiplying to 10 GHz and you have to contend with the 60 db  
deterioration. One way around is higher frequency XTAL or SAW oscillator, but 
 that is an off list discussion.
Bert Kehren
 
 
In a message dated 6/4/2012 11:35:15 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
t...@skybase.net writes:

On  3/06/2012 7:19 PM, Javier Herrero wrote:

[snip]


 I  don't remember if someone did a comparison in PN performance between 
  the two FE-5680A flavours.


Hi Javier,

I've recently done  precisily that. See enclosed graph.

As for using RB's and Tbolts for LO  locking of mwave synths, a lot of 
discussion and testing is occurring on  our VK logger, specifically at  
URL

http://www.vklogger.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=40t=10180

and

http://www.vklogger.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=40t=10229

regards

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Re: [time-nuts] GPS and Rubidium frequency standards and noise question (new...

2012-06-05 Thread Jerry Mulchin
Tim,

Can you describe your test setup used to measure the Phase Noise Plots
you show in the links provided.

Are you using the 8566B to measure the Phase Noise directly, or are you using 
a Phase Noise test set to make the measurements?

Thanks
Jerry

At 08:33 PM 6/4/2012, you wrote:
On 3/06/2012 7:19 PM, Javier Herrero wrote:

[snip]


I don't remember if someone did a comparison in PN performance between the 
two FE-5680A flavours.

Hi Javier,

I've recently done precisily that. See enclosed graph.

As for using RB's and Tbolts for LO locking of mwave synths, a lot of 
discussion and testing is occurring on our VK logger, specifically at URL

http://www.vklogger.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=40t=10180

and

http://www.vklogger.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=40t=10229

regards

Tim

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[time-nuts] GPS and Rubidium frequency standards and noise question (new...

2012-06-03 Thread SAIDJACK
Jerry, Chris,
 
it's all relative, while the Lpro may be a good Rb standard, it's phase  
noise is not that good really. You list:
 
   -96dBc/Hz @ 10Hz, -138dBc/Hz @ 100Hz, -152dBc/Hz @ 1KHz  offsets
 
For the Lpro. The new Jackson Labs Technologies LN CSAC GPSDO with SC-cut  
phase noise and ADEV filter achieves the following:
 
   -138dBc/Hz @ 10Hz, -148dBc/Hz @ 100Hz, -152dBc/Hz @ 1KHz  offsets.
 
At 1Hz offset we see -105dBc/Hz and better on that unit.
 
The FEI-5680A Rubidium that we discussed here some time ago has a much  
worse phase noise plot of course, because the 10MHz is generated digitally  
through a DDS, not a 10MHz crystal oscillator..
 
It all depends on your requirements, and your budget.. I think the Z3801A  
(or it's brother the 58503A) is still one of the lowest phase noise and  
best ADEV GPSDO on the surplus market if you get a typical unit, and if you can 
 locate one.
 
bye,
Said
 
From: Jerry Mulchin _jmulchin@cox.net_ (mailto:jmulc...@cox.net) 
Date: June 2,  2012 16:44:14 PDT
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency  measurement 
_time-nuts@febo.com_ (mailto:time-nuts@febo.com) 
Subject:  Re: [time-nuts] GPS and Rubidium frequency standards and noise 
question  (newbie).
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_time-nuts@febo.com_ (mailto:time-nuts@febo.com) 





Chris,

To answer your question  regarding using a Rubidium standard as a frequency 
 reference
for your  Transverters.

GPS really has nothing to do  the main requirement regarding Phase Noise 
and  your
Transceivers. But the 10MHz oscillator inside the  Rubidium standard is the 
item
that will be the Phase Noise  problem if you get the wrong Rubidium 
standard. There
are  cheap Rubidiums and there are good Rubidium standards to  consider.

An LPRO-101 is actually a very  good Rubidium standard, and exhibits Phase 
Noise
values of  -96dBc/Hz @ 10Hz, -138dBc/Hz @ 100Hz, -152dBc/Hz @ 1KHz  offsets
from carrier. This is what I use for my 10GHz  Transverter reference, but I 
don't lock it
to GPS when in  the field. LPRO-101's can be gotten pretty  reasonably.

Locking the LPRO-101 to a GPS  will require more support circuitry, and 
most of the
folks  on this list can help you with that.

Also,  Thunderbolt GPS disciplined units are nice, but I do not know the 
Phase  Noise
numbers of a typical Thunderbolt unit. Others here  probably know the 
answer to that.

The  important thing to remember is you don't what to use 10MHz oscillators 
that  have
poor Phase Noise performance as it will effect your  weak signal capability 
if you use
a poor Phase Noise  oscillator.

Jerry

At  03:05 PM 6/2/2012, you wrote:

If you want a frequency reference.  There is nothing better than GPS.  In


fact it you bought a Rubidium you would  still need the GPS so you could


calibrate its  frequency.





Some GPSes might be noisy but then you can  lock a good double oven crystal


oscillator to it and have what they call a  GPS disciplined crystal


oscillator or GPSDO.











On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 2:57 PM, Chris Wilson  _chris@chriswilson.tv_ 
(mailto:ch...@chriswilson.tv)   wrote:
















I am looking to get a frequency standard  for my amateur radio shack,




initially for verifying test gear  readings, but later as a standard




to lock receiver and transmitter  oscillators to. I was going to buy




a GPS frequency standard but a friend  warned me these may have noise




issues when I come to use it with an  oscillator in RX / TX




applications. It's not something I had  considered, so what's the




score here please? Should I not buy a GPS  standard? Thanks. Any




links to known safe suitable purchase  sources from personal




experience welcome, either here or by PM  or e-mail. I am in the UK.









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Re: [time-nuts] GPS and Rubidium frequency standards and noise question (new...

2012-06-03 Thread Javier Herrero

Hello,

El 03/06/2012 10:46, saidj...@aol.com escribió:


The FEI-5680A Rubidium that we discussed here some time ago has a much
worse phase noise plot of course, because the 10MHz is generated digitally
through a DDS, not a 10MHz crystal oscillator..

There is a version that generates 10MHz directly through DDS, but the 
particular version we recently discussed a lot about generates the 10MHz 
signal from a 60MHz oscillator, and the DDS is used for generating the 
~5.3125MHz signal for mixing with the 114th harmonic of the 60MHz to 
obtain the Rb resonance frequency.


I don't remember if someone did a comparison in PN performance between 
the two FE-5680A flavours.


Regards,

Javier



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Re: [time-nuts] GPS and Rubidium frequency standards and noise question (new...

2012-06-03 Thread Rex

Said,

Thanks for the info and congrats on the stats from the Jackson Labs stuff.

You mentioned the older HP Z3801. I wonder if you (or others) happen to 
have comparison numbers on the Z3816A with the MTI 260 oscillator or the 
Z3805 with (I think) the same oscillator. I thought I heard the MTI 260 
might be slightly better than the 10811 but can't recall if anyone here 
actually made measurements,


Not to say that any of the HP Z stuff is seen for sale often these 
days. But I have one of each of the above mentioned.


Guess it may be close to the *time* where I should take the *time* to 
build or set up a system where I could get trustworthy measurements of 
these *timing* quality things myself. I keep reading but never seem to 
find the time to actually do it.


-Rex


On 6/3/2012 1:46 AM, saidj...@aol.com wrote:

Jerry, Chris,

it's all relative, while the Lpro may be a good Rb standard, it's phase
noise is not that good really. You list:

-96dBc/Hz @ 10Hz, -138dBc/Hz @ 100Hz, -152dBc/Hz @ 1KHz  offsets

For the Lpro. The new Jackson Labs Technologies LN CSAC GPSDO with SC-cut
phase noise and ADEV filter achieves the following:

-138dBc/Hz @ 10Hz, -148dBc/Hz @ 100Hz, -152dBc/Hz @ 1KHz  offsets.

At 1Hz offset we see -105dBc/Hz and better on that unit.

The FEI-5680A Rubidium that we discussed here some time ago has a much
worse phase noise plot of course, because the 10MHz is generated digitally
through a DDS, not a 10MHz crystal oscillator..

It all depends on your requirements, and your budget.. I think the Z3801A
(or it's brother the 58503A) is still one of the lowest phase noise and
best ADEV GPSDO on the surplus market if you get a typical unit, and if you can
  locate one.

bye,
Said

From: Jerry Mulchin_jmulchin@cox.net_ (mailto:jmulc...@cox.net)
Date: June 2,  2012 16:44:14 PDT
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency  measurement
_time-nuts@febo.com_ (mailto:time-nuts@febo.com)
Subject:  Re: [time-nuts] GPS and Rubidium frequency standards and noise
question  (newbie).
Reply-To: Discussion of precise time and frequency  measurement
_time-nuts@febo.com_ (mailto:time-nuts@febo.com)





Chris,

To answer your question  regarding using a Rubidium standard as a frequency
  reference
for your  Transverters.

GPS really has nothing to do  the main requirement regarding Phase Noise
and  your
Transceivers. But the 10MHz oscillator inside the  Rubidium standard is the
item
that will be the Phase Noise  problem if you get the wrong Rubidium
standard. There
are  cheap Rubidiums and there are good Rubidium standards to  consider.

An LPRO-101 is actually a very  good Rubidium standard, and exhibits Phase
Noise
values of  -96dBc/Hz @ 10Hz, -138dBc/Hz @ 100Hz, -152dBc/Hz @ 1KHz  offsets
from carrier. This is what I use for my 10GHz  Transverter reference, but I
don't lock it
to GPS when in  the field. LPRO-101's can be gotten pretty  reasonably.

Locking the LPRO-101 to a GPS  will require more support circuitry, and
most of the
folks  on this list can help you with that.

Also,  Thunderbolt GPS disciplined units are nice, but I do not know the
Phase  Noise
numbers of a typical Thunderbolt unit. Others here  probably know the
answer to that.

The  important thing to remember is you don't what to use 10MHz oscillators
that  have
poor Phase Noise performance as it will effect your  weak signal capability
if you use
a poor Phase Noise  oscillator.

Jerry

At  03:05 PM 6/2/2012, you wrote:

If you want a frequency reference.  There is nothing better than GPS.  In


fact it you bought a Rubidium you would  still need the GPS so you could


calibrate its  frequency.





Some GPSes might be noisy but then you can  lock a good double oven crystal


oscillator to it and have what they call a  GPS disciplined crystal


oscillator or GPSDO.











On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 2:57 PM, Chris Wilson_chris@chriswilson.tv_
(mailto:ch...@chriswilson.tv)   wrote:
















I am looking to get a frequency standard  for my amateur radio shack,




initially for verifying test gear  readings, but later as a standard




to lock receiver and transmitter  oscillators to. I was going to buy




a GPS frequency standard but a friend  warned me these may have noise




issues when I come to use it with an  oscillator in RX / TX




applications. It's not something I had  considered, so what's the




score here please? Should I not buy a GPS  standard? Thanks. Any




links to known safe suitable purchase  sources from personal




experience welcome, either here or by PM  or e-mail. I am in the UK.









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Chris Wilson  _mailto:chris@chriswilson.tv_ (mailto:ch...@chriswilson.tv)














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Re: [time-nuts] GPS and Rubidium frequency standards and noise question (new...

2012-06-03 Thread Said Jackson
hello Rex,

from what I have seen the lowest noise is available on the Z3801 with 10811. I 
also have a Z3815 with E1938A oscillator, but the 3801 is much less noisy and 
more stable. Don't have a 3816 or 3805 to test against.

Keep in mind that there is  a large performance variation from unit to unit as 
can be seen in TVB's Z3801A performance plots..

there are a good number of Z3801As modified to be 58503As on Ebay now. Got one 
from Yinxh some time ago, and that unit took over one year to fully settle 
down! Now I am consistently getting xE-013 ADEV from 0.1s to a couple 100s out 
of it. PN is excellent on that unit too.

bye,
Said

Sent From iPhone

On Jun 3, 2012, at 2:21, Rex r...@sonic.net wrote:

 Said,
 
 Thanks for the info and congrats on the stats from the Jackson Labs stuff.
 
 You mentioned the older HP Z3801. I wonder if you (or others) happen to have 
 comparison numbers on the Z3816A with the MTI 260 oscillator or the Z3805 
 with (I think) the same oscillator. I thought I heard the MTI 260 might be 
 slightly better than the 10811 but can't recall if anyone here actually made 
 measurements,
 
 Not to say that any of the HP Z stuff is seen for sale often these days. 
 But I have one of each of the above mentioned.
 
 Guess it may be close to the *time* where I should take the *time* to build 
 or set up a system where I could get trustworthy measurements of these 
 *timing* quality things myself. I keep reading but never seem to find the 
 time to actually do it.
 
 -Rex
 
 
 On 6/3/2012 1:46 AM, saidj...@aol.com wrote:
 Jerry, Chris,
 
 it's all relative, while the Lpro may be a good Rb standard, it's phase
 noise is not that good really. You list:
 
-96dBc/Hz @ 10Hz, -138dBc/Hz @ 100Hz, -152dBc/Hz @ 1KHz  offsets
 
 For the Lpro. The new Jackson Labs Technologies LN CSAC GPSDO with SC-cut
 phase noise and ADEV filter achieves the following:
 
-138dBc/Hz @ 10Hz, -148dBc/Hz @ 100Hz, -152dBc/Hz @ 1KHz  offsets.
 
 At 1Hz offset we see -105dBc/Hz and better on that unit.
 
 The FEI-5680A Rubidium that we discussed here some time ago has a much
 worse phase noise plot of course, because the 10MHz is generated digitally
 through a DDS, not a 10MHz crystal oscillator..
 
 It all depends on your requirements, and your budget.. I think the Z3801A
 (or it's brother the 58503A) is still one of the lowest phase noise and
 best ADEV GPSDO on the surplus market if you get a typical unit, and if you 
 can
  locate one.
 
 bye,
 Said
 
 From: Jerry Mulchin_jmulchin@cox.net_ (mailto:jmulc...@cox.net)
 Date: June 2,  2012 16:44:14 PDT
 To: Discussion of precise time and frequency  measurement
 _time-nuts@febo.com_ (mailto:time-nuts@febo.com)
 Subject:  Re: [time-nuts] GPS and Rubidium frequency standards and noise
 question  (newbie).
 Reply-To: Discussion of precise time and frequency  measurement
 _time-nuts@febo.com_ (mailto:time-nuts@febo.com)
 
 
 
 
 
 Chris,
 
 To answer your question  regarding using a Rubidium standard as a frequency
  reference
 for your  Transverters.
 
 GPS really has nothing to do  the main requirement regarding Phase Noise
 and  your
 Transceivers. But the 10MHz oscillator inside the  Rubidium standard is the
 item
 that will be the Phase Noise  problem if you get the wrong Rubidium
 standard. There
 are  cheap Rubidiums and there are good Rubidium standards to  consider.
 
 An LPRO-101 is actually a very  good Rubidium standard, and exhibits Phase
 Noise
 values of  -96dBc/Hz @ 10Hz, -138dBc/Hz @ 100Hz, -152dBc/Hz @ 1KHz  offsets
 from carrier. This is what I use for my 10GHz  Transverter reference, but I
 don't lock it
 to GPS when in  the field. LPRO-101's can be gotten pretty  reasonably.
 
 Locking the LPRO-101 to a GPS  will require more support circuitry, and
 most of the
 folks  on this list can help you with that.
 
 Also,  Thunderbolt GPS disciplined units are nice, but I do not know the
 Phase  Noise
 numbers of a typical Thunderbolt unit. Others here  probably know the
 answer to that.
 
 The  important thing to remember is you don't what to use 10MHz oscillators
 that  have
 poor Phase Noise performance as it will effect your  weak signal capability
 if you use
 a poor Phase Noise  oscillator.
 
 Jerry
 
 At  03:05 PM 6/2/2012, you wrote:
 
 If you want a frequency reference.  There is nothing better than GPS.  In
 
 
 fact it you bought a Rubidium you would  still need the GPS so you could
 
 
 calibrate its  frequency.
 
 
 
 
 
 Some GPSes might be noisy but then you can  lock a good double oven crystal
 
 
 oscillator to it and have what they call a  GPS disciplined crystal
 
 
 oscillator or GPSDO.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 2:57 PM, Chris Wilson_chris@chriswilson.tv_
 (mailto:ch...@chriswilson.tv)   wrote:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 I am looking to get a frequency standard  for my amateur radio shack,
 
 
 
 
 initially for verifying test gear  readings, but later as a standard
 
 
 
 
 to lock receiver and 

Re: [time-nuts] GPS and Rubidium frequency standards and noise question (new...

2012-06-03 Thread Said Jackson
Hello Javier,

I have a couple from that last Ebay lot , and the phase noise/spurs are so bad 
on these that I figured the 10MHz must have been generated by a DDS. I posted 
the phase noise and ADEV plots of this unit to this list earlier this year.

bye,
Said

Sent From iPhone

On Jun 3, 2012, at 2:19, Javier Herrero jherr...@hvsistemas.es wrote:

 Hello,
 
 El 03/06/2012 10:46, saidj...@aol.com escribió:
 
 The FEI-5680A Rubidium that we discussed here some time ago has a much
 worse phase noise plot of course, because the 10MHz is generated digitally
 through a DDS, not a 10MHz crystal oscillator..
 
 There is a version that generates 10MHz directly through DDS, but the 
 particular version we recently discussed a lot about generates the 10MHz 
 signal from a 60MHz oscillator, and the DDS is used for generating the 
 ~5.3125MHz signal for mixing with the 114th harmonic of the 60MHz to obtain 
 the Rb resonance frequency.
 
 I don't remember if someone did a comparison in PN performance between the 
 two FE-5680A flavours.
 
 Regards,
 
 Javier
 
 
 
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Re: [time-nuts] GPS and Rubidium frequency standards and noise question (new...

2012-06-03 Thread Javier Herrero

Hi, Said,

I think that all of the last cheap ebay lot are of the second variety 
(60MHz osc + 5.3125MHz DDS, very narrow tuning range through serial port 
message). I remember your phase noise and adev plots on them. But I 
don't know if the first variety (the ones with a 55MHz or so crystal 
oscillator and 10MHz DDS-derived output, with wide range of frequency 
settability through the serial port) are better or worse in the phase 
noise, spurious and adev sections compared with the second one.


Regards,

Javier

El 03/06/2012 21:35, Said Jackson escribió:

Hello Javier,

I have a couple from that last Ebay lot , and the phase noise/spurs are so bad 
on these that I figured the 10MHz must have been generated by a DDS. I posted 
the phase noise and ADEV plots of this unit to this list earlier this year.

bye,
Said

Sent From iPhone

On Jun 3, 2012, at 2:19, Javier Herrerojherr...@hvsistemas.es  wrote:


Hello,

El 03/06/2012 10:46, saidj...@aol.com escribió:


The FEI-5680A Rubidium that we discussed here some time ago has a much
worse phase noise plot of course, because the 10MHz is generated digitally
through a DDS, not a 10MHz crystal oscillator..


There is a version that generates 10MHz directly through DDS, but the 
particular version we recently discussed a lot about generates the 10MHz signal 
from a 60MHz oscillator, and the DDS is used for generating the ~5.3125MHz 
signal for mixing with the 114th harmonic of the 60MHz to obtain the Rb 
resonance frequency.

I don't remember if someone did a comparison in PN performance between the two 
FE-5680A flavours.

Regards,

Javier



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Re: [time-nuts] GPS and Rubidium frequency standards and noise question (new...

2012-06-03 Thread Bob Camp
Hi

I think that if you switch to an averaging of a few seconds from per pixel 
the plot of frequency difference will look a bit different. The phase 
perturbations from DDS will still be there, and they are an issue. They just 
many not be as dramatic as that plot implies.

Bob

On Jun 3, 2012, at 8:14 PM, ewkeh...@aol.com wrote:

 The  FEI 5680A we recently discussed uses the DDS to generate  part of the 
 excitation to the filter. Fine stepping the excitation  frequency.  The 
 output is taken off the 60 MHz and divided by 6. I noticed  the changes when 
 doing my aging tests but some disagreed. The attached I think  it is from 
 John 
 Miles shows it very clearly and what is needed is a clean up  loop with some 
 thing like a MV89. I think the source is the control loop which  most 
 likely is digital. FRS and FRK are analog but will also improve with an  
 external 
 OCXO.
 Bert Kehren
 The FEI-5680A Rubidium that we discussed here  some time ago has a much
 worse phase noise plot of course, because  the 10MHz is generated 
 digitally
 through a DDS, not a 10MHz crystal  oscillator..
 
 There is a version that generates 10MHz  directly through DDS, but the 
 particular version we recently discussed a lot  about generates the 10MHz 
 signal from a 60MHz oscillator, and the DDS is used  for generating the 
 ~5.3125MHz signal for mixing with the 114th harmonic of the  60MHz to obtain 
 the Rb 
 resonance frequency.
 
 I don't remember if  someone did a comparison in PN performance between 
 the two FE-5680A  flavours.
 
 Regards,
 
 Javier
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