> Message: 3 > Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 11:10:02 -0600 > From: Ed Palmer <[email protected]> > To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] FE-5680A no 10MHz RF output? > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed > > I have a similar unit that I picked up a few years ago. It only has a 1 > PPS output. That's the way it was designed. There are so many > different versions of this stupid model that it's impossible to be sure > what you're buying until you get it on your bench. > > If yours is like mine, the DDS is putting out 2^23 Hz (~8.39 MHz) which > then goes through a fixed divider to 1 Hz. You can access the 8 MHz > signal via a tiny socket on the DDS board. There is info online on how > to modify the unit to bring that signal out to a connector and program > it for other frequencies. If you change the frequency, the 1 PPS also > changes frequency. > > Ed >
Ugh... Hopefully he'll let me return it. This is the first time I've bought an $80 item from China and I've been burned :( JP -- *Integrity is a binary state - either you have it or you don’t.* - John Doerr _______________________________________________ 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.
