Hello all, My FRS-C showed up today. I carefully wired it up and powered it on. I got a nearly 10MHz signal out. The frequency counter is dancing around a bit and I get a 0.02 V on the lock indicator line after about an hour warm up. Specs show this should happen in under 10 minutes and it looks like it is not locking. Dead unit?
I obtained it from this ad: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290262243079 The unit that I received does not show TTL after the frequency and the scope output looks like a cross between a sinewave and a ringing square wave. I have about 13 feet of RG174 between the FRS and the measurement equipment so who knows. This is the "*Rubidium and GPS DO From China<http://stores.ebay.com/Rubidium-and-GPS-DO-From-China>" *eBay store, which I thought was pretty reputable so I want to make sure I'm not doing anything wrong before I contact the seller, PayPal, etc.* *There was also a big white sticker covering the whole top of the unit. I had to remove it to verify the pinouts and the model information. Hoepfully that didn't void my warranty on the $100 paperweight. Should I let it sit overnight? Any suggestions would greatly be appreciated. Thanks, Bob, N3XKB _______________________________________________ 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.
