[Lowfer] "WE" in QRSS-60 now and freq measurements...

[Jay Rusgrove]

Ed

I seem to recall 1 X 10 ^-15. Does that agree with what you saw?

Jay Rusgrove, W1VD

Ed Phillips wrote:

> Jay Rusgrove wrote:
> >
> > Bill/John
> >
> > I've heard rumors of development of a mercury electron frequency standard that
> > is several orders of magnitude better than cesium. When they get it running they
> > could always check it against WA for accuracy!
>
>         There was an article on the subject in Science magazine a few months
> back.  It's very complicated apparatus, and I don't remember what atomic
> state was sensed.  Apparently what the guys did was to end up phase
> locking an RF standard against the appropriate resonance, by multiplying
> its frequency all the way up to the optical region!  I don't think we'll
> see such gadgets on the market for a few years, but really a beautiful
> idea and experiment.
>
> Ed
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