Hi For most Rb's most of the time, the answer is a few ppb (like say +/-3 ppb). Unfortunately there's no guarantee that it will fail to lock even with low probability / crazy stuff wrong. That opens up the window a bit...
Bob On Jul 13, 2011, at 5:15 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. _______________________________________________ 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.
