[Premium-Rx] Racal Rubidium Frequency Standard

[GandalfG8 at aol.com]

Hi Ed
WWVB is certainly a bit dubious from here....
some 5000 Miles from Boulder:-)
However, we do have an equivalent which is the MSF 60KHz signal from Rugby in 
the UK.
I bought a Spectracom WWVB receiver a while ago, with charting facilities, 
but haven't tried it yet on MSF.
I didn't realise either that the rubidium standard would need calibrating, 
rather assumed it would be an absolute reference, but glad to hear it's not 
destined to burn out.
That's quite a bonus...
especially as replacement costs might be a bit unpleasant:-)
I've got a working HP Z3801A, and another GPS standard on the way, so 
hopefully calibration won't prove too difficult even if the Spectracom doesn't want 
to play.
Any info on the Racal would be very much appreciated.
And, just in case anybody should ask...
no, I don't know why I should need more than one frequency/time standard 
either!!
But, then, I guess one radio should always be enough too:-)
regards
Nigel
G8PZR




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