Hi I’m not suggesting that there is no issue. If this had been known to the original designers or users, routine shutdowns and restarts would have been a show stopper.
I’ve run 3801’s for years and years without ever power cycling them. Other than power supply failure, they never had a problem. They did get detailed monitoring pretty much all the time. Bob > On Oct 12, 2021, at 10:26 AM, CFO <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 12/10/2021 14.53, Bob kb8tq wrote: >> Hi >> >> You can be pretty sure that in their original installations >> as a reference for a cell tower, shutting the whole thing >> down every couple months was not part of the spec. >> >> Bob > I read over on the Z3801A site (forum) , that it seems like that GPS receiver > oscillator would drift , wo. these shutdown/calibrate steps. > That would make the receiver drift and be more and more insensitive over time > , and eventually loose sync. > > This oscillator is not to be confused with the HP DOCXO. > > CFO > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] -- To unsubscribe send an > email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] -- To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to and follow the instructions there.
