Re: Super low noise PSU for the OXCOs
First post moderation. DaveD approved it. It's confused me too.
The OXCO heaters pull over 200 mA when they turn on. The LM317 doesn't quite have the load stability to hold my desired voltage
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Reginald Beardsley
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Re: Super low noise PSU for the OXCOs
Reg,
sorry for the two close but quite the same comments. ?My browser indicated the first one had disappeared. ?Sound familiar??
S
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Stephen Hanselman
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Re: Super low noise PSU for the OXCOs
Reg,
yes, you¡¯ve gone well down the rabbit hole¡.. ?I was wondering about the cap line-up you have planned. It seems to me you are trying to build a big battery to run the OCXO¡¯s. ?My friend
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Stephen Hanselman
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Reg,
yup you¡¯ve gone way over the edge to the time/frequency nuts. ?While your filtering is impressive have you considered high frequency noise? ?When we do RF amps we put two or three 470uF
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Stephen Hanselman
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Re: Super low noise PSU for the OXCOs
I just remembered that yahoo ate a project explanation that I'd spent 2 hrs writing. I walked away in disgust and forgot
to address the gap. Supply is to feed 4 of the CTI OXCOs.
Basic supply:
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Reginald Beardsley
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Re: Super low noise PSU for the OXCOs
Hello,
oh wow. I light up a cigar and grab some popcorn. Looks like this debate is about to get interesting.
Tam
With best regards
Tam HANNA
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Tam Hanna
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Re: Super low noise PSU for the OXCOs
Dave,
Home Run!
"Personally rather than all the messing around testing 100s LM317s, I would have designed a power supply a voltage reference chip used in 6.5 digit multimeters - the LM399
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Reginald Beardsley
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Re: Super low noise PSU for the OXCOs
[email protected]> wrote:
I dont know exactly what you are doing , so maybe the 30 mV range is best, but
the *worst* *range for 24 hour stability on the 3457A is its 30 mV range*.
It¡¯s more than
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David Kirkby
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Re: Super low noise PSU for the OXCOs
The LM317s arrived. Now I have to characterize them. The tabs are the outputs so I've ordered nylon threaded hex spacers to assist in mounting them.
I have a nice 20 V 5 A linear lab supply to
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Reginald Beardsley
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Re: Super low noise PSU for the OXCOs
As there seems to be significant misunderstanding of the problem I am addressing in this thread I shall elucidate:
1) Precise voltage doesn't matter. The tuning voltage will be varied constantly as
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Reginald Beardsley
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Re: Super low noise PSU for the OXCOs
Mr. Kirkby,
I sent you a private email and deleted your off topic posts from the archive. Asking why I didn't choose a different part with a bunch of smileys is off topic. You have brought the
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Reginald Beardsley
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If you need a PCB dude, chant a devils song to my personal email, not the list.
I can fire up by IBF and whack something together.
With best regards
Tam HANNA
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Tam Hanna
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wrote:
It¡¯s not off-topic.
There are very sound technical reasons for selecting used OXCOs and voltage
In order to get best long term stability from an LTZ1000A voltage reference
you need the PCB
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David Kirkby
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A minor gloat. Color me amazed. I didn't think anyone would take the trouble to salvage 1.5 A LM317s. But ebay came to the rescue.
I just ordered 110x *used* LM317s in the TO-220 package from CA via
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Reginald Beardsley
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The op amp I selected for the voltage follower for the LM399 is an AD8429BRZ.
It will be challenging for an old guy with poor eyesight and no PCB CAD skills but I should have or be able to get a
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Reginald Beardsley
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Super low noise PSU for the OXCOs
I gutted an ancient CB radio PSU yesterday which served as my main 12 V PSU along with a 5 V supply I built from scratch many years when I was in school.? It's a 40 Vrms CT with 22 AWG leads.? It
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Reginald Beardsley
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Re: CTI OSC5A2B02 OXCO module high precision frequency reference project
I received a tinyPFA from R&L and am struggling to figure out how to use it. The documentation has a long way to go.
I currently have a Bodnar 2 output GPSDO feeding the A input of my 5386A running
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Reginald Beardsley
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Re: [Question] CTI OSC5A2B02 OXCO module high precision frequency reference project
Grif,
Thanks for your very interesting and insightful question. I've never thought about that, but it suggests an excellent experiment.
The effective capacitance at a particular discharge rate
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Reginald Beardsley
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Re: [Question] CTI OSC5A2B02 OXCO module high precision frequency reference project
Not so much design as a hobby, but my noise floor really shrunk when I powered my station with a deep cycle battery. Wonder what the equivalent capacitance is on a group 24??? ;-) the switching
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Grif Griffith N7IVS
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Re: [Question] CTI OSC5A2B02 OXCO module high precision frequency reference project
FYI I just ordered 4 from this seller:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/115745541000
Which was about 1/4 of the other seller's prices. Makes them suspect, but Shenzen is truly the Wild West and Far
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Reginald Beardsley
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