I was thinking the same as Azelio, I had a Racal 04B OCXO which refused to start until I reseated the crystal in the socket. After that, well, it's in almost daily use as a reference in a 1992 counter and has never stopped since.
On 17 Oct 2017 07:18, "Azelio Boriani" <[email protected]> wrote: > The crystal is socketed: the problem might be the socket. > > On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 1:56 AM, Bob kb8tq <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi > > > > Welcome to the 1990’s … that’s an *old* design. Since Vectron kept > building same / same > > (if you ordered it that way) who knows when it was built. > > > > Bob > > > >> On Oct 16, 2017, at 4:10 PM, Vlad <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> > >> Hello, > >> > >> I am wandering if anybody observe the behavior for OCXO, when its stop > to reproduce the signal, and the only way to return it back to business is > little mechanical stress. > >> > >> I have TWO of such OCXO. One of them is Austron 11.2 Mhz. And another > one is Vectron model 218Y4442 9.8304Mhz > >> > >> In case with Vectron, I even disassemble it (to whom who brave here is > a pictures): > >> > >> http://www.patoka.ca/Vectron-218Y44442/ > >> > >> Then as I connect it to the PS, I realize it start to reproduce the > signal again ! Before this it was nothing ! I tried different PS before to > open this "can" as a last resort. > >> > >> For the Austron - I didn't disassemble it. Instead I just kick it a > little bit. And immediately after that, it start to produce the signal ! > >> > >> > >> -- > >> WBW, > >> > >> V.P. > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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.
