On Aug 17, 2016 09:04, "Peter Reilley" <preilley_...@comcast.net> wrote: > > As a neophyte, I was wondering: rather that trying to discipline an external > oscillator to create a GPSDO and produce a precise 10 MHz why not discipline the oscillator > of the GPS receiver itself? This could be done with a varactor diode across crystal of the > receiver's oscillator. Of course there are the same problems with trying to servo this > oscillator as there are trying to servo an external oscillator but there are fewer parts.
It's a very good idea, and is precisely what the Trimble Thunderbolt does with its 10MHz OCXO that it uses both as a system clock and a 10MHz output. Cheers! -Pete _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.