[time-nuts] DIY FE-5680A lobotomy (disable temp compensation)

Brian Lloyd brian at lloyd.com
Sat Jun 28 09:43:59 EDT 2014


On Sat, Jun 28, 2014 at 4:32 AM, wb6bnq <wb6bnq at cox.net> wrote:

> wicking surface.  The final question is how much, if any, external oil
> cooling would be necessary.  That would have to be experimentally
> determined.  The mineral oil, by the way, has a higher flash point then the
> container and is electrically NON-conductive.
>

But it does have a dielectric constant different from air. How much effect
would it have at microwave frequencies? Also, what would its effect be on
the optical path from the Rb lamp and through the Rb cell?

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