so send a pix of the widget curious to see what it looks like. On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 12:26 PM, paul swed <[email protected]> wrote:
> Paul, > That is nice oscillator and as you noted semi-useless. > So with that in mind you could multiply by 6 and get to 36 Mhz. > Use that as a clock for a DDS to divide to something usable at 5 MC granted > some jitter but might be quite good. > > Ok now that's really not exciting but then again. You were just scratching > your head and said something like the following fun project. > Suppose you divide that by 100. Hmmm anything familiar? And its only 3hz > off at that point. Seems like you might have quite a useful widget after > all. > Its just math. > > Regards > Paul > WB8TSL > > > On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 12:06 PM, Paul A. Cianciolo <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello Folks, >> >> In my collection of stuff, I found an FTS 1050a in good condition. >> It has been sitting for 5 years, and I decided to fire it up last night. >> It works. >> Opened it up and took a look inside. The main reference is a large box >> which I assumed was filled with foam insulation. >> Everything is screw together, so I decided to take a look inside. >> A bunch of control electronics, all the normal foam, with the cylinder >> mounted in the middle of the foam. >> The cylinder slides out, and Lo and Behold..... The oscillator sits inside >> a >> little thermos bottle. >> A Dewar, I guess its called. I should point out that I am new to this >> area >> of electronics and had never seen one of these before. >> There is a rubber blanket all around the oscillator so it fits snugly into >> the Dewar. >> I reassembled it all, with breaking anything and fired it back up again. >> All is fine. >> >> So what the heck am I droning on about?? >> >> Well here is the deal; this is a special version of the 1050A made for >> cable >> television companies. >> The output is 6.0003 Mhz that fed a comb generator creating harmonics >> that >> were the local oscillator reference for each ascending cable TV channel. >> So as nice as this thing is and I would like to use it..... What do you do >> with a 6.0003 Mhz frequency Standard. >> Its not going to tune to 5. 00000 Mhz and its doubtful that the oven can >> be >> modified without great expense. >> Dividing the 6.0003 Mhz doesn't seem feasible. >> Any suggestions? >> >> It very nice to look at maybe I will put it in the rack for aesthetics >> alone? >> Bummed >> >> >> Paul A. Cianciolo >> W1VLF >> http://www.rescueelectronics.com/ >> Our business computer network is powered exclusively by solar and wind >> power. >> Converting Photons to Electrons for over 20 years >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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.
