Welcome to the group Wolfgang My thinking would be go with the T bolt at a fraction of the cost of the oven. See if that takes care of your needs. If not add the oscillator later?
Regards Paul. On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 8:59 PM, Wolfgang <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm new on this list. > > Right now, I'm planning to buy a brand new Agilent 53230A frequency > counter (350 MHz, 20 ps, 12 digits/s, 2500 EUR). > > I'm wondering whether it is worth investing into a built-in OXCO timebase > option when ordering the 53230A since that adds 950 EUR. > > The alternative would be to go with the standard timebase and connect > a GPSDO like the TBolt or a Rb-based oscillator to the 10MHz reference > clock input. Or, to use the both OCXO option AND the GPSDO/Rb clock. > > Opinions needed based on experience with other devices: Would you think > buying the 53230A with a built-in OXCO timebase gives better performance > for any measurement than using the standard clock with an accurate external > reference? > Or, how would "OCXO option + GPDSO" compare to "standard osc + GPDSO"? > (Especially for usual gate times 10ms to 10s.) > > Regards, > Wolfgang, DL1SKY > > > > Known specs are: > > Standard oscillator: > ??? / day > 0.2 ppm / month > 1 ppm / year > > OCXO option: > 0.3 ppb / day > 10 ppb / month > 50 ppb / year > > _______________________________________________ > 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.
