[time-nuts] Re: Vectron 380 teardown

2022-01-15 Thread Lux, Jim
On 1/15/22 8:30 AM, Bob kb8tq wrote: Hi Ummm ….. e ….. somebody … errr … got you a deal on those parts … errr …. Bob Indeed.  But they were also, I think, some of the first 100MHz versions.  $400 each, in 2015.  They worked just fine. Same mission we had the CSAC on (one goal was to

[time-nuts] Re: Vectron 380 teardown

2022-01-15 Thread Bob kb8tq
Hi Ummm ….. e ….. somebody … errr … got you a deal on those parts … errr …. Bob > On Jan 15, 2022, at 10:01 AM, Lux, Jim wrote: > > On 1/14/22 3:40 PM, Bob kb8tq wrote: >> Hi >> >> The design traces back to the Efratom “EMXO” from the 1980’s. >> Vectron bought the rights to that design

[time-nuts] Re: Vectron 380 teardown

2022-01-15 Thread Stewart Cobb
I built some prototypes using those OCXOs, a decade ago. The warmup time is extremely fast, because the resonator is in vacuum and IIRC is heated by a resistor printed on the quartz. We needed that fast warmup. Yes, they were expensive. Cheers! --Stu On Sat, Jan 15, 2022, 02:49 wrote: > Send