Shhh, I was hoping he'd succeed in his apparent attempt to drive 5065A prices down, so I can round up a few more for myself!
$78 is a great price for an LPRO-101, certainly, but you can't compare them to the HP rubidiums. The latter's specs (as well as its "secs") are vastly better. Edgardo, I don't know if you've seen the relative performance that can be expected from various Rb standards, but if not, check out http://www.ke5fx.com/rb.htm and N8UR's plots at http://febo.com/pages/oscillators/rubes/ (which were taken with a 5065A as the reference.) This is why it's worth the effort to bring an HP 5065A back from the dead, even if the cost is higher than an LPRO or PRS10. The real problem with the 5065A is that it represents the end of the line for most noncommercial users. There are no further upgrade possibilities for taus out to several hours -- not even the best commercial cesium standards -- until you get into masers. -- john, KE5FX www.miles.io > Chris, > > The HP 5065A is one of the best Rb ever made. > > /tvb (iPhone4) > > On Jul 1, 2012, at 21:12, Chris Albertson <albertson.ch...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 8:39 AM, Edgardo Molina <xe1...@amsat.org> wrote: > > > >> Dear Chris, > >> > >> One of my needs: A dependable Rb source. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.