[time-nuts] video of CSAC GPSDO

John C. Westmoreland, P.E. john at westmorelandengineering.com
Mon Nov 4 22:01:44 EST 2013


Said,

Really - meaning - I knew something was up over at Symmetricon but I didn't
know what you just told us.

Hmmm, I hope the transition goes smoothly and you are able to keep making
progress with the folks at Microsemi.

Best Regards,
John Westmoreland



On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 6:51 PM, <SAIDJACK at aol.com> wrote:

> Hi John,
>
> well, I think he must have meant a new car back in 1971 :) That would be
> about right. It's not quite THAT expensive.
>
> Symmetricom seized to exist as an independent company a couple of days ago,
>  they were bought out by MicroSemi..
>
> They do make great products, for sure. Please note that I do not think that
>  the NIST CSAC effort had much to do with the commercialized Symmetricom
> product.  Same funding, but competing groups I think. NIST never took it to
> commercial  grade.
>
> bye,
> Said
>
>
>
>
>
> In a message dated 11/4/2013 18:20:24 Pacific Standard Time,
> john at westmorelandengineering.com writes:
>
> Said,
>
> Yes - Ha!  In the video, KF5OBS does say  something like the price of a new
> car.  I have a very wide variance  for what that could be - a Scion xB,
> Viper, Rolls Royce Bentley...,  Ha!
>
> Great video - and thanks for letting us know about it.  I  actually went to
> the NIST chip scale site the other day - very interesting  stuff.  And, I
> am
> glad you guys are taking on such
> a technically  ambitious project.  It would appear Symmetricon is a great
> company to  work with.
>
> Best Regards,
> John W.
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at  6:06 PM, Said Jackson <saidjack at aol.com> wrote:
>
> >  John,
> >
> > Too much to post here publicly :)
> >
> > About  one tenth of the price of the next higher available Cesium
> reference
> >  though, and not much more than some used decades-old functional FTS
> Cesiums
> > selling on Ebay. Please call the office for quotes on CSAC  units.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Said
> >
> > On Nov 4, 2013, at  17:27, "John C. Westmoreland, P.E." <
> >  john at westmorelandengineering.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Said,
> >  >
> > > How much do the CSAC's run?
> > >
> > >  Thanks,
> > > John Westmoreland
> > >
> > >
> >  >
> > > On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 5:14 PM, <SAIDJACK at aol.com>  wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hello,
> > >>
> > >>  fyi KF5OBS did a  nice video review of the CSAC GPSDO (and Lecroy
> high
> > end
> > >> scope) that's posted on  Youtube  now:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> >
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CogN630jUSs&feature=c4-overview&list=UU_XdpUc
> >  >> sSigyf4JrrPtI5eA
> > >>
> > >> bye,
> >  >> Said
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