[Milsurplus] Crystals new and old

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On 8/8/2024 08:07, CL in NC via Milsurplus wrote:
> When ICM went out of biz, I was pretty ticked, but I guess the technology evolved making the need for a lot of crystals and their sales fall off greatly.  But, what happened to all the equipment ICM used, did someone buy it to scrap it?  I had hoped a cottage industry would have opened up.

There has been some chatter in the forums about a European country still 
making new crystals, through a new company to fill the void, but the 
specs are a bit more sloppy than they claim on their website, for 
example, 10ppm comes out more like 30ppm.  If interested, I can scour my 
messages, I'm pretty sure I saved the post.

If original isn't need, there are solid state replacements with a 
programmable range of a few hundred MHz, and they are small enough to 
fit within many crystal cases.  Here is an example:

https://www.qrp-labs.com/progrock2.html

I haven't tried the device, but it looks promising, and so far all I've 
heard are good things.

Kurt