Re: [time-nuts] Microsonics TCXO

2016-03-20 Thread Gary Woods
On Sun, 20 Mar 2016 08:47:01 -0500, you wrote: >An even better solution would have been to put them on the 'exact' same >frequency and phase, but the digital electronics and GPS frequency/timing >systems that could enable that, had not been deployed yet. Which gets you major nulls, assuming the

Re: [time-nuts] Microsonics TCXO

2016-03-20 Thread Graham / KE9H
Joe: In that time frame, there were a lot of "simulcast" analog radio, police, pager, and TV systems, where different broadcast transmitter locations transmitted the same information on the same frequencies. The goal was to have strong signals across a large (overlapping) combined coverage area.

Re: [time-nuts] Microsonics TCXO

2016-03-20 Thread Bob Camp
HI The parts would have been set to the offset marked on the can. In the case of the one in the picture that would have been dead on frequency. The offset is used to center up the frequency vs temperature curve. Since they are a TCXO, that curve may be as high as a 6th or 8th order curve.

[time-nuts] Microsonics TCXO

2016-03-20 Thread Joseph Gray
I got my hands on some of these. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/19599147/TCXO%20Top.jpg https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/19599147/TCXO%20Bottom.jpg A search finds other Microsonics units, but not this one. I can't find any information on what voltage to feed this. Does anyone know? I