I avoided the problem of drilling holes by simply routing the added cables out the back between the cover flange and base. For the RF output I used a short length of the tiniest audio screened cable I could find; for the RS232 I used flat ribbon cable of the smallest dimensions available.
73, Murray ZL1BPU Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2010 20:43:12 -0700 From: "Leigh L. Klotz, Jr WA5ZNU" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] FEI FE-5680A To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed On 03/24/2010 03:18 PM, Magnus Danielson wrote: > Fellow time-nuts, > ... > Second, anything I should keep in mind as I power one up? > > ... > Cheers, > Magnus There's a bit of discussion in the archives about the need for a heat sink, and also about the whether it's necessary to anneal the case in a 400C Hydrogen reducing oven after the SMA modification. (Although I do have access to one, it is over the threshold for things I'm willing to do.) Leigh. _______________________________________________ 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.
