From: "Robert Lutwak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Question for the cesium nuts. Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 18:09:43 -0400 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Robert, > There's no reason that you shouldn't see just as many CsIIIs, Cs4000s, and > 5071s on the used market tomorrow as you see 4040s and 506Xs today, just as > soon as they trickle down through the same channels as the older units did. Good point! > So far, of the modern cesium standards, I've only seen a few 5071s on the > used market, and they're still priced pretty high, but I'm certain the > others will trickle down before long. Most seems to be left-overs from closed labs etc. as far as I have seen. > Eventually, they'll be dirt cheap, because a new CsIII costs half of what a > 4040 did when new. They'll be more accurate, for reasons that you can read > about in 15 years of FCS proceedings, and they'll be more reliable because > of 15 years of electronics evolution and manufacturing improvements. Good points. Very good points. Thanks for pointing it out. Kind of obvious, but you need to recall the obvious at times. > Oh, and they'll be more fun, because you'll be able to run Monitor3. :-) Indeed. I enjoy doing that. Hmm, which reminds me, I should do something about setting up a continous logging from my Linux box. Hmm... there is alot of continous loggings I should be setting up. Time, time... so much to do and so little time to do it on. Sigh! Cheers, Magnus _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list [email protected] https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
