> > Does anyone have any suggestions as a replacement OCXO with excellent phase > noise approaching -160 dBc @ 1 kHz? Are there any special precautions or > other alignments required when dropping in a replacement OCXO? Thanks! >
Paul, It is very likely that the close-in phase noise of the ICOM is determined more by the dividers in the PLL than by the phase noise of the reference oscillator, especially at such low levels. Assuming that the ICOM divides the 10 MHz down to at least 100 kHz, the phase noise of the OCXO would be divided down to -200 dBc, which is well below the internal divider noise of the PLL. Thus even an OCXO with absolutely no phase noise would not improve things. Matt _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list [email protected] https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
