[time-nuts] Confirm Operation Problem Found

Brooke Clarke brooke at pacific.net
Fri Jan 7 14:27:15 EST 2005


Hi:

I found the problem just prior to midnight.  My GPS receiver DC power 
cord was unplugged for some time, maybe a month or so and the Rb source 
was just freewheeling. 

Also found a really neat way to make a time interval measurement in 
Appendix A of the PRS10 manual.  The setup is:
PRS10 feeds the External Reference input to the SR 620 counter and the 
"A" TI input.
The Device Under Test 10 MHz feeds the "B" input.
Both of these are set for 50 Ohms and AC coupling with auto trigger 
level setting (full CCW on the knob).
A coax between the 1 kHz TTL Reference output and the external Arm input 
set for positive TTL triggering.
Mode = Time Interval
Start trigger source = A
Sample size = 1,000
Display = Mean

Now every second the time interval is displayed and looks like 31.143 
nano seconds (i.e. LSD is 1 pico second).
Based on a 14 minute observation the FTS4060 may be off 3E-12.

Any inputs on how to setup the PRS10 for best performance for this type 
of use?

Having Fun,

Brooke

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