Well, sure, it's more accurate than the undisciplined OCXO in the counter, that's the idea behind the Thunderbolt. :)
-- john, KE5FX > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]on > Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 12:07 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [time-nuts] Agilent 53148A, thunderbolt and my 10 Ghz LO > > > I'm borrowing a power meter and frequency county from work, an > Agilent 53148A. While it's slow at work I wanted to make some > measurements and align my ham radio stuff. > > It's last calibration was in May 08. I let it warm up for several > hours, and it has the oven option. > > My 10 Ghz LO is 10,224 Mhz and it was 70 hz off. Not a big deal > for my application. > > I found the manual and figured out how to choose an external > reference on the 53148. I just wanted to ask the group if the > Thunderbolt would be more accurate than the internal reference? I > want to think it is but my link to the thunderbolt spec sheet is > no longer valid. > > This weekend I'll measure it again using the tBolt as a reference. > _______________________________________________ > 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. > _______________________________________________ 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.
