Jim In my comments I kind of thought the comparison would be obvious. New with warranty old/gamble. Said mentioned the 58503s are available for about $550. Thats indeed a nice unit. Last comment for me. This ain't no solder the pieces together gadget. Regards to everyone. Paul WB8TSL
On Sat, Apr 5, 2014 at 8:58 AM, Tim Shoppa <[email protected]> wrote: > Holdover requirement of 2 days I'm sure made sense for the Telco-purchased > GPSDO's intended to be on 24x7x365 at cell base stations e.g. Z3801A. I'm > guessing 2 days would be how long it would take them to get a crew there to > replace a broken GPS antenna and they figured the extra cost of the OCXO > was worth it. > > The USB-powered TCXO GPSDO's are clearly not aimed at that market. They > seem to me, to be pocket-portable units that travel with a crew and are > designed to come on quickly, acquire and lock to an antenna maybe just > stuck to a window, and deliver accurate pps or 10MHz as references for > non-telco uses. > > > On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 7:50 PM, Dr. David Kirkby <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > On 4 Apr 2014 23:39, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Hello everyone, > > > > > > sorry for the plug, but we just announced a new $568 complete GPSDO > > > reference kit. > > > > Given the low power consumption I assume that this doesn't use an oven. > > That means if it does lose GPS lock, the frequency is going to drift much > > faster than other units. Or does it stop producing 10 MHz if it loses > > lock? > > _______________________________________________ > > 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.
