[time-nuts] Measurement of frequency of HP 8720D option 1D5oscillator after switch on

Dr. David Kirkby (Kirkby Microwave Ltd) drkirkby at kirkbymicrowave.co.uk
Sun Oct 5 02:33:54 EDT 2014


On 5 Oct 2014 03:26, "Tom Van Baak" <tvb at leapsecond.com> wrote:

>
> Again, either one is fine for time nut use. One of these days I should do
a detailed performance comparison among a large set of both counters.
>
> /tvb

I was actually going to suggest that it would be really nice to see a
comparison of the various time interval counters.

If I am not mistaken,  one I looked at had options to allow its use to
15:GHz, which might be nice for me as I do a lot of microwave stuff. But I
suspect such options are expensive and I would be better buying a microwave
frequency counter and a lower frequently TI counter.

I have an old HP microwave counter, but

* It doesn't have the GPIB option or any other options for that matter.
* It has a fault
* It is nowhere near as sensitive as a modern unit

So I can't really be bothered to try to fix it.

Dave


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