Hi Nigel, >May be, but does not sound to be very logic to select OCXOs for low noise >and then stick the 'low noise' label to the bad parts...
>------------ >Hi Arnold > >Many thanks for the photos, which confirmed what I understood from your >previous comments, that the label doesn't say "low noise", it says "phase >noise". > >Whilst my comment was meant to be somewhat tongue in cheek, and I agree >it's very unlikely they'd use noisier parts in the T'bolt and then advertise >the fact, that label as it stands still reminds me more of a fault label >than one indicating an attribute. > >If you were given a box of these oscillators, some with and some without >that label, could you be sure, without further information or testing, which >ones might have lower phase noise? > I understood you very well (I sat about 6 years with my good friend Michael from Portsmouth in our office - practising best british humor... ;-) ) So the next step I will do, open my next TB, but I think it is time now to verify these boxes by real comparative measurements. Unfortunately I do have no characterized OCXO for reference. But there are many Thunderbolts around already, and there are many hi Q references around as well... regards Arnold _______________________________________________ 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.
