[time-freq] Re: Febo.com's Z3801A Performance

[K&J Aggett]

Hi John,

I am curious about the regular, large jumps in offset shown in the 
Current Day graph.  These jumps are much larger than others that are 
present, suggesting that the minimum correction possible is of the order 
of 5 microseconds or so.  Now, assuming that the Z801A is performing 
well, we have a cosseted, high quality xtal oscillator which, apart from 
the relatively rare jump, should just drift gently along, requiring the 
occasional intervention of the controller to keep it on 
frequency/phase.  A further observation is that positive jumps are 
frequently followed by smaller negative jumps.  Over-correction 
somewhere perhaps?

Is there any indication as to what these jumps mean?  Are they 
representative of actual changes in the Z3801A output or are they 
introduced elsewhere else in the system?  I have been wondering about 
strange spikes on some of my monitoring, too, but as yet lack sufficient 
data to do more than wonder.


Keith Aggett



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