Paul.... I was hoping for the magic fix!!!! I don't suppose erasing the 0003 will change the frequency.
Here is the manual. http://www.symmetricom.com/media/files/support/ttm/product-manual/man-1050a. pdf What pix di you want to see? 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 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of paul swed Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2011 12:27 PM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] FTS 1050A What to do?? 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. _______________________________________________ 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.
