I also doubt that there could be something wrong with emitter follower so I also did some tests with "capacitive coupler" build on bottom PCB of the HP10544: http://www.amigazone.fi/files/gpsdo/544coupler.jpg (1 kohm. terminaton is not visible on the picture)
Generally it's just a wire going over 10 MHz trace on the PCB and then it's connected to the spectrum. By this way it's possible to measure the output without loading it with any galvanic connection. Of course there is almost 30 dB of loss but it's not any trouble with spectrum analyzer having over -145 dBm noise floor. But with that kind of measure the output specrum looks like this: http://www.amigazone.fi/files/gpsdo/544-5.png So there's less harmonics but 2nd and 3rd are still high if compared with other OCXO's. Hard to say anything of higher harmonics because that kind of coupler takes in all background noise like FM broadcasts etc. so I wouldn't trust these measurements too much (and because of that I didn't even mention them at first). -- 73s! Esa OH4KJU _______________________________________________ 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.
