I wonder what could have caused this? Other than the xtals, what could be shock sensitive I wonder!
At 08-01-2011, you wrote: > Hello, Time Nutters.... > Last week I was rearranging gear > on a shelf over my workbench. I managed > to knock my T-bolt off the shelf and onto > the top of the workbench, about a 20-inch > fall. After I finished calling myself a > $...@$%&*#@ idiot, I hooked it back up and, > just as I feared, there was a "BAD OSCILLATOR" > warning and something about an "OSCILLATOR > AGE" warning. There was no oscillator > output. AAAARRRRggghhhh.... > Taking it apart to see what I could find, I > noted that the OCXO WAS running, but apparently > so far off that no lock occurred. > Thinking I had nothing to lose, I considered > removing the access screw over the oscillator > tweaking adjustment and seeing if I could > resurrect it, but decided I had done enough > damage for the day and went back into the house > whimpering over the demise of my T-bolt. > However, the next day, it had recovered all on its > own, at least enough that there was normal > output, although the steering voltage was nearly > at its limit. Over the following week, it > slowly recovered and appears now to be back to > normal with all parameters right where they > used to be. No permanent damage seems to have > been done.... > Mike Baker -- Raj, VU2ZAP Bangalore, India. _______________________________________________ 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.
