[time-nuts] Very stable synthesizer, alternative to PTS(Programmed Test Sources) x10 or 040?

[Bob Camp]

Hi

Having hooked up a 9854 and tried it with realistic settings - it's not that great. If you run it at "magic" frequencies (where it's essentially just a divider) it looks like a divider.

Bob

On Jul 9, 2013, at 5:03 AM, Anders Time <anderstime at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks a lot for the input.
> I have been looking at the Fluke 6160b, but I thought that there might be
> something as good out there that is not 40years old!
> I want to use the synthesizer as a flexible offset source for beat
> frequency measurements. So the frequency range is 5 to 30MHz approx.
> I read Rubiola et al. "Phase noise and amplitude noise in DDS" yesterday
> and thinks that it might be worth a try to test the AD9854 or AD9912 to see
> if it is good enough. If I understand the paper right they get really good
> results. Is there any one with experience?
> Thanks Anders
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