[time-nuts] Typical HP 5370B resolution ?

Poul-Henning Kamp phk at phk.freebsd.dk
Mon Mar 4 05:02:38 EST 2013


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In message <4056222B698D4625893194A1E3AD4144 at athlon>, "Ulrich Bangert" writes:

>given the fact that the measurement results of a 5370 are integer multiples
>of 20 ps [...]

Once you get to this level of detail, it is important to know that the
actual number is not 20ps but 19.5763ps

See page 8-19 in the manual.

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