I do not think so. Most telephone company stuff is engineered to last 20+ years - it takes them a few years to recoup there investments cost wise, and the electronics are usually close to mil specs.
Probably what happens, is they engineer a whole new system and all the old systems , racks and all go. Brian KD4FM Edwin B. Walker wrote: > I wonder if companies don't junk equipment because "electrolytic capacitors > last years not decades" Does this make sense? > > Ed > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rex" <[email protected]> > To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 5:42 PM > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Thunderbolt accuracy...?? > > >> Richard W. Solomon wrote: >>> ..."junk GPSDO"... . Are you sure of that statement ? >>> The Cal Lab where I retired from had one of those "junk GPSDO's" >>> that they used. The only difference between theirs and mine (that >>> I built) was the 3 orders of magnitude difference in price !! >>> >>> 73, Dick, W1KSZ >>> >>> >> He said, [a] "junk GPSDO that I salvaged from telco equipment." >> >> A poor choice of words, perhaps, but I think the intention may be that >> the telco took it out of service for some reason and "junked" it. Not >> necessarily an adjective denoting quality. More than 90 % of my >> high-tech equipment is "junk". >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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. > _______________________________________________ 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.
