Hi there
I don't have much experience with the HP5065A, but one I did this very
same issue on my Efratom FRK-L. Turns out the thermistor controlling the
resonator cavity temperature was broken and the cavity temperature was
off. This caused loss of resonance lock, and by definition, loss of the
2nd harmonic.
Reaffirming what Bob says, there a number of other factors that might
cause the issue.
Cheers,
German
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On 2021-11-19 10:47, Bob kb8tq wrote:
Hi
Well backing up a bit, why does a 5065 have a second harmonic?
Very quickly:
The stuff in the physics package creates an absorption notch. You
interrogate this notch with a phase modulated locally generated
microwave
signal. When the signal is at the right frequency it dumps photons and
you get a signal in the photo diode. That signal has the (audio) second
harmonic in it when you are doing everything just right.
Yes, there’s a lot of hand waving in there, but that’s the really fast
version.
Since a lot of “stuff” is involved, there are a number of ways to loose
the
second harmonic.
Bob
On Nov 18, 2021, at 7:48 PM, Jared Cabot via time-nuts
<[email protected]> wrote:
Hi,
Your help is appreciated. We can keep this on-list for now I guess, on
the chance it helps someone in the future.
Jared.
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On Friday, November 19th, 2021 at 08:25, paul swed
<[email protected]> wrote:
Jared I would be happy to see if I can help remotely. We may want to
take this offline or not. Others may find it interesting.
Regards
Paul
WB8TSL
On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 12:56 PM Jared Cabot via time-nuts
<[email protected]> wrote:
Hi all,
I have a 5065A Rubidium Standard that was working ok, but has lost
the 2nd harmonic.
My voltages are all ok, the physics package hasn't overheated and I
have replaced the usual resistors on the lamp assembly (and it was
running fine afterward for a while), the lamp illuminates, and I've
done the procedure to remove cell flooding.
All readings on the 'circuit check' switch are nominal, apart from
the 2nd harmonic position. No matter what I do, I can no longer get
it to raise above 0.
However, when I first turn the unit on, the needle drops to 0 and
flicks a little before settling on 0 and staying there.
Can someone help me get this unit up and running again?
Thanks!
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