I could be wrong but I thought when I priced these for work the BVA 8600 AT cut was substantially cheaper then that. I think the $11,000 is more in line with a BVA 8607 SC cut with an option. But from my point of view the close in Phase Noise on this particular oscillator is what dictates it's value. These BVA 8600's typically range from 110 to better then 120 dB @ 1Hz which is a big difference. If this BVA is at the low phase noise end of the range it could be a real bargain at $3000. Another option in the $3000 range is the Wenzel Blue Top ULPN oscillators. It may not match a good BVA inside 1Hz but will have at least a 20dB better noise floor from about 10KHz out. The other plus with a BVA is the the Quartz is capacitive coupled where most other oscillators have metal deposited directly on the Quartz which will interact over time and potentially diminish performance. As Tom and other explained prices go up exponentially for ULPN oscillators. Thomas Knox
> Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 12:53:47 -0400 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] B.V.A. 8600 for sale > > OK but like a new car the value drops 50% off the lot. > Anyway you slice it as nice as this might be I will stick with the $100 and > less 10544/1081s 105s and sulzers. I may be a time-nut. But I am not > time-Nutz. > Perhaps for the lab that need it that is a darned good price. > Regards > Paul > WB8TSL/1 > > > On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 11:39 AM, Said Jackson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Yup, I heard price goes up from there... > > > > Sent From iPhone > > > > On Aug 29, 2013, at 8:37, "Poul-Henning Kamp" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > In message <[email protected]>, Said Jackson > > writes: > > > > > >> These are about $11,000 or so new if I am not mistaken. > > > > > > Depends what options it has... > > > > > > -- > > > Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 > > > [email protected] | TCP/IP since RFC 956 > > > FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe > > > Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by > > incompetence. > > _______________________________________________ > > 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.
