Could be but as a timenut not real magical to me either. Regards Paul On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 5:06 PM, Javier Herrero <[email protected]>wrote:
> I'm begin getting curious... having already received that OCXO, and with a > 2nd unit arriving... I've googled the frequency and there are about a > zillion cristals and oscillators for that frequency from a ton of different > manufacturers, and seems that the frequency is patented: US patent 6282184 > (well, I suppose that not exactly the frequency is what it is patented, > but...): > > " The digitizing rate of the A-D converter 41 preferably set for this > example to 63.8976 MHz is carefully selected, as described in detail below, > to eliminate the need for additional expensive and complex signal filtering > and shielding that would otherwise be required in the RX channelizer banks > 7, 8, 9 for simultaneously processing the digitized signal received by the > A-D converter 41 at the common digitizing rate based on their respective > CDMA, TDMA and GSM requirements " > > So... this seems to be the magic about this frequency (and the reason that > these sellers has enough of them for sameless give them away) > > Regards, > > Javier > > > El 14/12/2011 22:41, Pete Lancashire escribió: > >> I'd agree. If you google the frequency there is a lot of surplus out >> there and unless >> you building your own cell system I can't think of any use .. yet :-) >> >> On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 11:53 AM, Chuck Harris<[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> I would say that he has a gadzillion of the OCXO's, recognizes that the >>> frequency >>> is useless, and would rather give them away, generating a little >>> synthetic >>> good will, >>> than scrap them. >>> >>> -Chuck Harris >>> >>> >>> Joe Leikhim wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> I have been watching this thread and may have missed something. My >>>> questions: What is >>>> the purpose of the outboard OCXO VECTRON 63.8976Mhz? What model number >>>> does this RB >>>> most closely resemble? >>>> >>>> >>> ______________________________**_________________ >>> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe, go to >>> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/**mailman/listinfo/time-nuts<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<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<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.
