Never heard of one before indeed interesting On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 9:23 PM, John Miles <[email protected]> wrote:
> Neat box. Pentek has some really interesting hardware. > > -- john, KE5FX > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]on > > Behalf Of Arthur Dent > > Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2010 6:14 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [time-nuts] I have a new toy > > > > > > I picked up an interesting item on Ebay that I think will > > > > be useful. It is a direct digital synthesizer where the > > > > leftmost knob changes the 4 MSDs from 4,998 , 4,999 , > > > > 5,000 , 5,001 , to 5,002 and the other nine knobs are > > > > decades with the LSD being a .000001Hz step. There is also > > > > a toggle switch on back to double the output to 10MHz but > > > > then the "decades" will go from 0 to 2.0 in .2 steps making > > > > the calculation of the output frequency a little tedious. > > > > > > Obviously you have to use an external standard to get the > > > > ultimate accuracy but there is a "crude" internal 10811 > > > > oscillator that can be used for a quick check. I got it > > > > for less than some people are selling the HP 10811 for on > > > > Ebay so I think it was a good deal. I've never seen one of > > > > these units before. It was made about 1987 but looks like new. > > > > > > I do love new toys. ;-) > > > > http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1354/5112059771_18197ae84d_b.jpg > > > > -Arthur > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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.
