[time-nuts] Beginner's time reference

John Miles jmiles at pop.net
Fri Dec 11 02:11:48 UTC 2009


>
> but you may not be comparing apples to apples.
>
> Tom's plots are actual performance of probably a very good sample  unit.
> The 5071A spec lines you drew are worst-case specs.
>
> In reality, the 5071A probably performs much better than it's
> spec  limits?
>
> Also, I think the 5071A "just" has a good 10811 OCXO in it as
> well, so the
> short term performance of the 5071A is probably limited by that OCXO.

All very true, but meeting the minimum specs is what it takes to earn the
bragging rights. :)

-- john, KE5FX





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