[time-nuts] Rubidium oscillators and heatsinks

2020-09-02 Thread Claude Houde
Hello Time Nuts. Where I work we had a small run of 15 phase analyzers made in the early '90 with Efraton FRK just bolted on the 3/16" thick aluminum plate that was also the left side of the chassis.  The plate was around 12" by 12" with a 1 inch hole for Rb lamp access and we applied  a thin

Re: [time-nuts] "Shaking" of magnetic shields in atomic clocks

2020-09-02 Thread Joseph Gwinn
On Wed, 02 Sep 2020 17:49:47 -0400, time-nuts-requ...@lists.febo.com wrote: > Send time-nuts mailing list submissions to > time-nuts@lists.febo.com > Re: time-nuts Digest, Vol 194, Issue 4 > > Message: 7 > Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2020 14:31:04 -0700 > From: "Richard (Rick) Karlquist" > To:

Re: [time-nuts] HP-10811AB-OCXO interface questions

2020-09-02 Thread Steve Longcor
Missing body of my previous message (I hope): As others have said, there are a number of versions of the 5328A oscillator support board.  Yours looks like it is from a MIL version of the 5328A with the 10811 OCXO.  Attached is the most-likely schematic, which is from the manual for the

[time-nuts] "Shaking" of magnetic shields in atomic clocks

2020-09-02 Thread Richard (Rick) Karlquist
In the NIST paper available at the URL below: http://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/47ac/742de238c0ece5e91ff7d12c515b9173eb60.pdf At the beginning of page 2 (4th line) the paper states: "Note that the shield permeability is a nonlinear function of the magnetization and increases to a maximum

[time-nuts] WD22UGRC

2020-09-02 Thread Gary Coulbourne
I have a WD22UGRC I would like to get hooked up. I want to use a header to connect to the 8-pin connector on it instead of wire wrapping. I'd like to find a connector that fits it. Any thoughts? I'm not experienced enough to know what I measurement I need, but thought someone here might

Re: [time-nuts] HP-10811AB-OCXO interface questions

2020-09-02 Thread Dan Rae via time-nuts
On 9/1/2020 10:24 PM, Manfred Bartz wrote: Hi all, I bought 2 x 10811 OCXOs for a 10MHz GPSDO project I am working on. The OCXOs came with an interface board HP 05328-20027, see attached Manfred, the -hp- system of numbering would indicate that this was from a 5328 counter.  There are two

Re: [time-nuts] HP-10811AB-OCXO interface questions

2020-09-02 Thread Charles Steinmetz
Manfred wrote: I bought 2 x 10811 OCXOs for a 10MHz GPSDO project I am working on. The OCXOs came with an interface board HP 05328-20027, see attached pictures. The 05328-20027 "Oscillator Support Assembly" (also, the 05328-60027 "Oscillator Support Assembly") was used to interface an HP

Re: [time-nuts] HP-10811AB-OCXO interface questions

2020-09-02 Thread DM
Manfred, The 05328-20027 part number is the HP part number for the bare PCB used in the A3 assembly 05328-60027 interface board. You can find the schematic for that assembly in the manual for the militarized version of the 5328A (AN/USM-459) at [

Re: [time-nuts] HP-10811AB-OCXO interface questions

2020-09-02 Thread ed breya
Look in the HP5328A counter manual for the circuit - that's what this came from, indicated by the board marking. Seems like an awful lot of extra circuitry to support the OCXO. The only thing I can think of offhand is it may be a PLL circuit to allow locking to an external reference. You'll

[time-nuts] Rubidium oscillators and heatsinks

2020-09-02 Thread Skip Withrow
Hello Time-Nuts, Just wanted to throw in my two cents worth on the rubidium oscillator heatsink discussion. My philosophy has always been - keep the rubidium oscillator mounting surface in the 40-45C range and that is about as good as you can do. My justification is as follows: The physics

Re: [time-nuts] HP-10811AB-OCXO interface questions

2020-09-02 Thread Bob kb8tq
Hi That interface board *may* use a biased transistor to convert sine to square. It’s been a while since I looked at it ….. Bob > On Sep 2, 2020, at 10:00 AM, Mike Feher wrote: > > I remember the days when we had to build our own discrete Schmitt trigger to > do this. 73 - Mike > > Mike B.

Re: [time-nuts] HP-10811AB-OCXO interface questions

2020-09-02 Thread Lester Veenstra via time-nuts
Ordered a bunch of these to test against the TAPR device https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4001231758949.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.151 84c4d1hMhZs TLV3501 Single Chan High Speed Comparator Frequency Meter Front Shaping Module DC 2.7-5V Frequency Counter SMA Specifications: Supply voltage: 2.7-5VDC

Re: [time-nuts] HP-10811AB-OCXO interface questions

2020-09-02 Thread Mike Feher
I remember the days when we had to build our own discrete Schmitt trigger to do this. 73 - Mike Mike B. Feher, N4FS 89 Arnold Blvd. Howell NJ 07731 848-245-9115 -Original Message- From: time-nuts On Behalf Of Bruce Griffiths Sent: Wednesday, September 2, 2020 1:46 AM To: Discussion of

Re: [time-nuts] HP-10811AB-OCXO interface questions

2020-09-02 Thread Bob kb8tq
Hi > On Sep 2, 2020, at 1:24 AM, Manfred Bartz wrote: > > Hi all, > > I bought 2 x 10811 OCXOs for a 10MHz GPSDO project I am working on. > The OCXOs came with an interface board HP 05328-20027, see attached > pictures. > > Questions: > 1. Is it worth keeping the interface board? They make

Re: [time-nuts] Quartzlock E10-MRX

2020-09-02 Thread Phil Parsons
I have the data for the E10-MRX taken from the 2012 online catalogue. The case temperature is specified as <45C (after 1 hour, Tamb +25C , no ventilation).The base plate temperature is rated from -30~+85C Operating temperature range -20~+50C. Typical figures -30~+65C. I have never had the

Re: [time-nuts] HP-10811AB-OCXO interface questions

2020-09-02 Thread Bruce Griffiths
For sine to square wave conversion use LTC6957 (select variant to suit following logic). Bruce > On 02 September 2020 at 17:24 Manfred Bartz mailto:vk3...@gmail.com > wrote: > > > Hi all, > > I bought 2 x 10811 OCXOs for a 10MHz GPSDO project I am working on. > The OCXOs came