[time-nuts] Best Rubidium Frequency Standard

Charles Steinmetz csteinmetz at yandex.com
Sat Mar 12 01:23:01 EST 2016


Mike wrote:

>    4. The PRS-10 can handle the GPS synchronization simply by feeding the
>       GPS 1 pps signal to it. That eliminates a lot of secondary 
> effort needed to
>       get the disciplining up and running. That would minimize both the cost
>       and effort. Control of both the PRS-10 and an LEA U-Blox can 
> be done via
>       an USB to RS-232 adapter (or two). This feature is something that none
>       of the alternative rubidiums appear to have.

NOTE if you are buying a used PRS10:  Like many oscillator products, 
the PRS10 has been sold in numerous "special" versions (with specific 
features as ordered by the OEM customers).  Many of these special 
versions do NOT have the PPS sync input feature.

Best regards,

Charles




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