I understand that some crystals are still irradiated. The French division of the company I work for makes space-qualified crystals, and from what I have been told these are irradiated to reduce (or shall we say speed up?) the aging. Apparently they take a visit to the local hospital and use their Cobalt source.
It takes a year to make these space oscillators, what will all the careful testing and then ageing. I would imagine one of the reasons for the limited use of the gamma ray technique is cost. Murray Greenman ZL1BPU _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
