Bill so thats what happened to Sulzer they became a part of austron. I have 2 sulzers older and good units. Regards Paul WB8TSL
On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 10:06 PM, WB6BNQ <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Dave, > > The Austron 1250 is a very close look alike to the hp-105 Quartz standard. > A > decent quartz oscillator is certainly worth having besides the usual Tbolt > GPS or > Rb type references. The Austron will certainly be a "quieter" signal then > the > Tbolt or Rb oscillators for short (<1 to 10 seconds) averaging times. > > Of course we all would like the lowest price. If the unit is truly working > properly, I don't think the price is too terribly high. The only major > drawback > is the actual oscillator "can" inside the unit is a sealed device which I > believe > is the Austron 1150A Sulzer unit. It makes repairing it, should it fail, > harder > to do. However, it can be replaced with a hp-10811 type oscillator unit, > having > similar characteristics, without too much trouble. > > Consider that a hp-10811 oscillator can be had for between $50 and upwards > to > $150, the $250 is not a bad price. Especially when you consider that the > hp-10811 is just the oscillator and would need the inclusion of a cabinet, > power > supply and other supporting harware, etc., to achieve the same versitility > of the > Austron. > > Bill....WB6BNQ > > Dave M wrote: > > > Does anyone in the group have any experience or advice on the Austron > 1250A > > Crystal Frequency Standard? I have a chance to buy one for $250 > tomorrow at > > a local hamfest, but can't find anything in the archives on them. It's > very > > clean, and the seller says that it is in perfect working order. He's > local > > to the area, so I can easily get back with him in case of troubles. > > I have a PDF of the manual, so maintenance shouldn't be a problem > (barring > > parts unavailability). > > Good deal, or pass it up for a lower priced unit? Or recommendations > for a > > different mfr/model? Price is a consideration; that's one of the reason > I'm > > interested in this unit. > > > > Manual states long-term stability of <5x10e-11 per day after 90 days. > > > > Thanks for advice, > > Dave M > > _______________________________________________ > > 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.
