I have found Google translate does a pretty good job on translating manuals - and it is free Michael
On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 6:40 AM, Richard Parrish <[email protected]> wrote: > The seller of the 'Russian' equipment said that the CCHB-74 frequency > standard is a rubidium unit. Manual is in Russian but he can translate > part > of the manual into English for an additional fee. > > Thanks, > Richard Parrish > Cal Center Inc > 1622 Griffith Ave > Terrell, Texas 75160-4905 > [email protected] > 214-577-3515 > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of David Kirkby > Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 3:18 AM > To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement > Subject: [time-nuts] Is this a cesium frequency standard? > > There's a seller on ebay by the name of > "electro-radio-device-high-precision", which have some odd things. > Some seem as if they would be 19th century items, but are sold as "new". > > > http://stores.ebay.co.uk/electro-radio-device-high-precision?_trksid=p4340.l > 2563 > > I suspect his stuff was desgned for the Russian military. Everything he > sells is described as > > "analog of Lutron, Advantest, Avtech, HP Agilent, NoiseCom, General Radio, > Boonton, Anritsu, Fluke and general Electric, but has the same or better > characteristics." > > I thought this one was interesting though > > > http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5MHz-1MHz-100kHz-Frequency-standard-CCHB-74-an-g-A > gilent-HP-/330758945645?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4d02c4fb6d > > It has lots of knobs to twiddle, so it might be a cesium, though the specs > don't seem good enough for a cesium, with a relativa e error of > +/- 2 x 10^-11 at shipping. That seems more like a rubidium spec. > > He has some bizzare stuff, like a power meter which works to 53 GHz, but > has > banana plugs on it. I guess the sensor is connected to the banana plugs, > though he does not mention it needing an external sensor. > > > http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/0-03GHz-53GHz-1mkWatt-10mWatt-Power-meter-M3-22-an > > -g-Agilent-HP-Marconi-GenRad-/230821610924?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35 > be0a45ac > > Some of his stuff seems very over priced, like a 400-1200 MHz sig gen with > an error of 1% for $1580, but other things seem quite reasonable. > If you need a sig gen at 70 GHz, he has them. > > Anyway, its worth checking out his auctions, as he has some test equipment > which is very different from what one normally sees - and it some cases to > what one would want to see! > > Dave > > _______________________________________________ > 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.
