[time-nuts] Warning: HP oscillators on eBay from todoelmondo(Ray
Mahoney)
David Kirkby
david.kirkby at onetel.net
Mon May 9 17:10:22 EDT 2005
Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> In message <427FCB39.3030702 at onetel.net>, David Kirkby writes:
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>>I assumed (perhaps incorrectly) that there would be a higher probability
>>of a randomly chosen 10811A being better today than a randomly chosen
>>10811-60111. I guess the only way to know this is to test a sufficient
>>number to get statically valid data - something that I doubt few would
>>have sufficient oscillators to be able to do, and even fewer could be
>>bothered to do.
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> I seriously doubt you will ever get a better and more researched
> answer than:
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>>Tom has said he has tested bad 10811A's and good 10811-60111's.
But Tom has not said (to me anyway) if the peformance of the oscillators
tested is randomly distributed.
I don't currently have the facilities to test the oscillator (as I lack
sufficient oscillators), so the most obvious thing to do is something I
am unable to do.
--
David Kirkby,
G8WRB
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