Re: [time-nuts] TAPR TIC Upgrade?

2019-08-15 Thread Taka Kamiya via time-nuts
I've almost done that, except not with pi, but a whole PC (Lenovo Tiny windows 10 box) and a touch screen display.  Heck, throw in Rubidium, too.  Then re-thought about it.  I could end up with a giant headache to sort out packing all that noise and heat generating component into one case. 

[time-nuts] Keysight N5511A - phase noise measurements down to theoretical-177 dBm/Hz

2019-08-15 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
This seems quite an impressive bit of kit, which in the standard configuration boasts RF INPUT 50 kHz to 40 GHz OFFSET 10 mHz to 160 MHz NOISE FLOOR kT https://www.keysight.com/en/pd-2998258-pn-N5511A/phase-noise-test-system-50-khz-to-40-ghz Despite setting my country to the USA, where it is

Re: [time-nuts] Keysight N5511A - phase noise measurements down to theoretical-177 dBm/Hz

2019-08-15 Thread William H. Fite
The thought of what it must cost is frightening. A colleague just acquired a *used* 5503 for a bit under $50K. On Friday, August 16, 2019, Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote: > OMG, you need two PSG's AND a PXI cage with lots of cards. > Another doomsday machine (it replaces the E5505A which I >