My FTS-1050A OCXO has thumbwheels to set the EFC, which makes it convenient to use this frequency standard to generate slightly offset frequencies. I measured the frequency with various EFC settings (compared to an HP 5061B-004 Cesium) and these plots show the results for future reference.
2016
Just finished the second piece of my multiplexed measuring system. This one isn’t too sexy, but is a necessary part — a pulse-per-second (“PPS”) distribution system. This enclosure contains 4 TADD-3 PPS distribution boards. Each board has 2 sets of 3 outputs, plus 2 RS-232 level outputs. So, there are
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The TASS switch system made a design compromise that means its RF performance has some variation depending on which combination of ports is selected. When using a port that’s not at the far end of the board from the common, there is a transmission line stub of varying length that
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Several of the design projects I’ve done for TAPR were part of a larger concept I’ve been working on for several years: a measurement system that will allow me to compare the pulse-per-second (PPS) outputs from a bunch of test devices against one of several reference clocks over long time
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