[Premium-Rx] Racal Rubidium Frequency Standard

[John Wilson]

Why do you need more than one standard? Because you are at heart a real
engineer!! I don't need a standard at all but have a Racal 9475 rubidium
which I check against MSF using a Tracor 900A receiver, and I don't know why
I do it but it's better than slumping in an armchair watching mindless awful
TV programmes.
John
  -----Original Message-----
  From: premium-rx-bounces at ml.skirrow.org
[mailto:premium-rx-bounces at ml.skirrow.org]On Behalf Of GandalfG8 at aol.com
  Sent: 05 July 2003 04:09
  To: n4xy at earthlink.net; premium-rx at ml.skirrow.org
  Subject: Re: [Premium-Rx] Racal Rubidium Frequency Standard


  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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