[time-nuts] GPS and Rubidium frequency standards and noise question (newbie).

[Chris Wilson]

03/06/2012 19:09

Thanks for the great replies! My immediate need is to check some used
test equipment I have bought, a Racal dana 9908 counter and a Marconi
2019A signal generator. They don't agree with one another! I was going
to get a Thunderbolt unit and PS, but my friend mentioning noise got
me worried. I may have a play with some SDR gear and I know they can
be locked to a standard i you have one. Longer term my aim is to have
a play with microwaves, which is what this friend is into, and maybe
he has a particular issue with noise with sort of multiplication he is
using? The fact that a GPS reference can be always on and locked to a
reference that someone else maintains, if I understand things correctly,
if simplistically, appeals. I am happy to be guided though, and I
suppose I could always get a different type later if the specific need
arose, although I am not made of money ;)

Thanks!



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       Best Regards,
                   Chris Wilson.