As you suspected.. nope it won't go there. I did give that a try.... PauLC
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mark Spencer Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2011 1:01 PM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] FTS 1050A What to do?? Any chance you can trim the frequency to 6 Mhz with the thumb wheels ? (Probably not but I'd be inclined to try.) If you can get 6Mhz then dividing down to 1 Mhz should be easy. On a side note I've been very pleased with the FTS 1050 I picked up from an auction site several months ago. It's stability seems to be getting better and better every month. --- On Tue, 8/9/11, Paul A. Cianciolo <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Paul A. Cianciolo <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] FTS 1050A What to do?? > To: "'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement'" > <[email protected]> > Received: Tuesday, August 9, 2011, 12:46 PM 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. > _______________________________________________ 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.
