Magnus Danielson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I haven't really made any real logs. I have checked the EFC values and it does > move around.
EFC is supposed to move around. Usually it moves around in a nice smooth fashion, it's the jumps that cause attention! > > During an EFC jump the TI can go to very large values for short periods > > of time. > > Mine goes into holdover on a regular basis. During holdover it reaches 1.5 us. > After holdover it tracks in and has TI around 0 (+/- 6-7 ns) but then it > starts > to drift out. It does that with a wobbely walk. It really looks like there is > too much noise going on so it won't maintain steady lock. > > I'm pondering if it may not be something wrong with the running state of the > SmartClock stuff. Maybe reset that so it has to relearn. I had the same > problem > as I am having now last time I had it powered, and then it didn't sort itself > out either. It could also be a bad OCXO. It might be that it needs time to > heal itself. I didn't have this problem initially thought. A "virgin" OCXO or one that has been powered up for a long while might jump around a bit as it outgasses. But there are "bad" OCXO's that never settle down, and there are "good" ones that after a few years "go bad". Tim. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list [email protected] https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
