David, That's a good question, and I wouldn't be able to say, without seeing the spec sheet on the oscillator itself. Out of lock would be out of tolernace, but what the maximum allowable deviation is, on the unit in question, I wouldn't know. If it does finally lock, it should be within tolerance, but what that tolernaces maximum deviation is, it's untelling, without seeing some literature on it.
I did have a sheet on the one I bought, and if I can find it, I'll see what it says. Best, Will *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 7/13/2011 at 10:15 PM Dr. David Kirkby wrote: >If an old random 10 MHz Rubidium oscillator is working (i.e. powers up, and >eventually locks), what is the maximum possible frequency error it could have? > >Could it remained locked with an error of 1 part in 10^7, 10^8, 10^9, 10^10 etc? > >I assume there are physical limits which would simply stop it functioning too >far from the correct frequency, but don't have much clue what they are. > >-- >A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. >Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? >A: Top-posting. >Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? > >_______________________________________________ >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. > >__________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 5851 (20110206) __________ > >The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > >http://www.eset.com _______________________________________________ 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.
