Hi It’s a pretty small difference. The normal “tuning” (mag field) adjustments may be a bigger deal. A whole lot depends on the tube design. I *think* they are a measure of the transit time in the tube. It’s been about 30 years since I dug into that, so I could easily be a bit confused there ….
Bob > On Dec 6, 2014, at 10:15 AM, paul swed <[email protected]> wrote: > > Bob > Thanks but can you actually see that on the frequency out at 5 Mhz. > If on the wrong transition or peak shouldn't that translate into an offset > also. > > On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 10:04 AM, Bob Camp <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi >> >> Sure you can set them on the wrong peak. If you really get confused, you >> can also set them on the wrong transition … (gulp). >> >> Peak wise, the one you want is the highest Q / best SNR. Set it to one of >> the others and your ADEV degrades. >> >> Transition wise … not a good idea at all. >> >> Bob >> >>> On Dec 6, 2014, at 9:11 AM, paul swed <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I have a curious question that really applies to all Cs references. >>> Its possible to set them on to the wrong peak. >>> Typically in the literature it will speak to at least 3 peaks and you >> want >>> to select the highest central peak. >>> However if you select the wrong peak, how much would the output frequency >>> be off? >>> I had read a tech note for the airforce that seems to indicate its pretty >>> easy to get on to the wrong peak. >>> Regards >>> Paul >>> WB8TSL >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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. _______________________________________________ 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.
