[Premium-Rx] Racal Rubidium Frequency Standard

[Ed Tanton]

Hi Nigel... I have an FRS myself. Bought separately. Keep in mind that 
Rubidium standards have to be calibrated-preferably to 60kHz WWVB /or 
equivalent. You need a charting 60kHz receiver to run a frequency 
comparison test that takes about 72 hours. I'll see what I can find about 
mine... mostly, what I have is a loose set of instructions for hooking up 
the FRS, and some comments on the calibration procedure. And no, I don't 
understand why an atomic frequency standard could ever need calibrating-but 
that's what I had sort-of explained to me. The guy also sold cesium beam 
standards-which do NOT need calibration-but DO burn out. That's why I chose 
rubidium-and a Tracor 900S WWVB receiver. I'll look for my papers.

P.S. I have my serious doubts about your WWVB capabilities from there, but 
perhaps there's something similar?



73 Ed Tanton N4XY <n4xy at earthlink.net>

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