same conclusion I made that it was a heater and insulation. But at least it was a good video Regards Paul
On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 12:50 PM, Bob Camp <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > Interesting videos. > > Answers to a couple of the questions he asks in the tear down video: > > The foam is there as thermal insulation. It's not for mechanical support. > > The gizmo on top of the crystal is a rapid transition thermistor. The > Russians came up with them for use in OCXO's back in the 1970's. It's there > to heat the VCXO crystal, sort of an OCXO. > > Bob > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of lists > Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 4:09 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [time-nuts] FE-5680A tear down on Youtube > > Hi, > > This is my first post to the list, but I have been a long time reader and > found it extremely interesting and informative. > > I think you guys might find this interesting.. Its a video of a FE-5680A > being dissembled on Youtube. > I had noticed that within hours of the video being published 14 of the > cheaper 5680A's were sold! as the producer of the video (not me) has over > 14,800 subscribers, > my thoughts are that this may have some effect on the used FE-5680A price > or > even advanced depletion of the stock.. I'm glad mines on the boat already. > > The tear down: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRdGsSu5Nec > > The "theory" of operation: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I55uLRRvLCU > > Sam. > > _______________________________________________ > 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.
