Hi,

 

Last year I acquired one of these from ebay โ€“ and it seems to be working fine.

 

Having found this list while searching for something other โ€“ I thought this 
might be the place to ask ๐Ÿ˜‰

 

The oscillator log on the Spectracom shows this (and always have while in my 
possesion):

 

Jun 28 16:18:10 chronos spectracom: [system] FREQ ERROR= 0.00E+00 FREQ CNT= 
1,000,000,000
Jun 28 16:19:50 chronos spectracom: [system] FREQ ERROR= 0.00E+00 FREQ CNT= 
1,000,000,000
Jun 28 16:21:30 chronos spectracom: [system] FREQ ERROR= 0.00E+00 FREQ CNT= 
1,000,000,000
Jun 28 16:23:10 chronos spectracom: [system] FREQ ERROR= 3.33E-10 FREQ CNT= 
1,000,000,000
Jun 28 16:24:50 chronos spectracom: [system] FREQ ERROR= 0.00E+00 FREQ CNT= 
1,000,000,000
Jun 28 16:26:30 chronos spectracom: [system] FREQ ERROR= 3.33E-10 FREQ CNT= 
1,000,000,000
Jun 28 16:28:10 chronos spectracom: [system] FREQ ERROR= 0.00E+00 FREQ CNT= 
1,000,000,000
Jun 28 16:29:50 chronos spectracom: [system] FREQ ERROR= 0.00E+00 FREQ CNT= 
1,000,000,000
Jun 28 16:31:30 chronos spectracom: [system] FREQ ERROR= -3.33E-10 FREQ CNT= 
999,999,999
Jun 28 16:33:10 chronos spectracom: [system] FREQ ERROR= 0.00E+00 FREQ CNT= 
1,000,000,000
Jun 28 16:34:50 chronos spectracom: [system] FREQ ERROR= 3.33E-10 FREQ CNT= 
1,000,000,000
Jun 28 16:36:30 chronos spectracom: [system] FREQ ERROR= 0.00E+00 FREQ CNT= 
1,000,000,000
Jun 28 16:38:10 chronos spectracom: [system] FREQ ERROR= 0.00E+00 FREQ CNT= 
1,000,000,000
Jun 28 16:39:50 chronos spectracom: [system] FREQ ERROR= -3.33E-10 FREQ CNT= 
999,999,999
Jun 28 16:41:30 chronos spectracom: [system] FREQ ERROR= 3.33E-10 FREQ CNT= 
1,000,000,000
Jun 28 16:43:10 chronos spectracom: [system] FREQ ERROR= 0.00E+00 FREQ CNT= 
1,000,000,000
Jun 28 16:43:11 chronos spectracom: [system] AUTOMATIC D/A ADJUSTMENT. D/A= 
B08E MATCH CNT= 2755
Jun 28 16:44:50 chronos spectracom: [system] FREQ ERROR= 0.00E+00 FREQ CNT= 
1,000,000,000
Jun 28 16:46:30 chronos spectracom: [system] FREQ ERROR= 0.00E+00 FREQ CNT= 
1,000,000,000
Jun 28 16:48:10 chronos spectracom: [system] FREQ ERROR= 3.33E-10 FREQ CNT= 
1,000,000,000
Jun 28 16:49:50 chronos spectracom: [system] FREQ ERROR= -3.33E-10 FREQ CNT= 
999,999,999
Jun 28 16:51:30 chronos spectracom: [system] FREQ ERROR= 0.00E+00 FREQ CNT= 
1,000,000,000
Jun 28 16:53:10 chronos spectracom: [system] FREQ ERROR= 0.00E+00 FREQ CNT= 
1,000,000,000
Jun 28 16:54:50 chronos spectracom: [system] FREQ ERROR= 3.33E-10 FREQ CNT= 
1,000,000,000
Jun 28 16:56:30 chronos spectracom: [system] FREQ ERROR= -3.33E-10 FREQ CNT= 
999,999,999
Jun 28 16:58:10 chronos spectracom: [system] FREQ ERROR= 0.00E+00 FREQ CNT= 
1,000,000,000
Jun 28 16:59:50 chronos spectracom: [system] FREQ ERROR= -3.33E-10 FREQ CNT= 
999,999,999
Jun 28 17:01:30 chronos spectracom: [system] FREQ ERROR= 3.33E-10 FREQ CNT= 
1,000,000,000
Jun 28 17:03:10 chronos spectracom: [system] FREQ ERROR= -3.33E-10 FREQ CNT= 
999,999,999
Jun 28 17:04:50 chronos spectracom: [system] FREQ ERROR= 3.33E-10 FREQ CNT= 
1,000,000,000
Jun 28 17:06:30 chronos spectracom: [system] FREQ ERROR= -3.33E-10 FREQ CNT= 
999,999,999
Jun 28 17:08:10 chronos spectracom: [system] FREQ ERROR= 3.33E-10 FREQ CNT= 
1,000,000,000
Jun 28 17:09:50 chronos spectracom: [system] FREQ ERROR= -3.33E-10 FREQ CNT= 
999,999,999
Jun 28 17:11:30 chronos spectracom: [system] FREQ ERROR= 0.00E+00 FREQ CNT= 
1,000,000,000
Jun 28 17:13:10 chronos spectracom: [system] FREQ ERROR= 0.00E+00 FREQ CNT= 
1,000,000,000
Jun 28 17:14:50 chronos spectracom: [system] FREQ ERROR= 0.00E+00 FREQ CNT= 
1,000,000,000
Jun 28 17:16:30 chronos spectracom: [system] FREQ ERROR= 0.00E+00 FREQ CNT= 
1,000,000,000
Jun 28 17:18:10 chronos spectracom: [system] FREQ ERROR= -3.33E-10 FREQ CNT= 
999,999,999
Jun 28 17:19:50 chronos spectracom: [system] FREQ ERROR= 3.33E-10 FREQ CNT= 
1,000,000,000
Jun 28 17:21:30 chronos spectracom: [system] FREQ ERROR= -3.33E-10 FREQ CNT= 
999,999,999

I donโ€™t like the FREQ ERROR part โ€“ but seeing FREQ ERROR= 0.00E+00 FREQ CNT= 
1,000,000,000 makes me believe itโ€™s just rather informational?

Or is this a case for concern?

 

Kim Sindalsen

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