[time-nuts] Z3801A performance plots

[Hal Murray]

> Here I put the two runs in color on the same plot:
> http://www.leapsecond.com/museum/z3801a/z3801a-free-lock.gif

That's an interesting graph.

I find it strange that the free-running system is better than the locked 
system in the range from 50 to 5000 seconds.

Does that mean the filter needs a longer time constant?  Or is there 
something fundamental about systems like this that makes graphs with that 
sort of pattern?

How much did they understand about things like this graph when the Z3801A was 
shipped?




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