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Lady Heather Makes a Discovery

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Peter Putnam
Thu, Dec 28, 2017 6:37 AM

Greetings,

I've been tuning up a new Trimble/Nortel NTGS50AA GPSDO and discovered
an interesting phenomenon:

Barometric pressure has a larger effect on the device than day-to-day
temperature variations.

In the attached plot, DAC scaling is 500 uV and TEMP scaling is 5000
milli-degC per division. A plot of local barometric pressure, stretched
to match the time frame, was photoshopped over the Lady Heather display.
The OXCO is marked 34310-T2.

A Trimble/Nortel NTBW50AA (with oscillator "O") running nearby doesn't
show any significant sensitivity to temperature or pressure.

Regards,
Peter

Greetings, I've been tuning up a new Trimble/Nortel NTGS50AA GPSDO and discovered an interesting phenomenon: Barometric pressure has a larger effect on the device than day-to-day temperature variations. In the attached plot, DAC scaling is 500 uV and TEMP scaling is 5000 milli-degC per division. A plot of local barometric pressure, stretched to match the time frame, was photoshopped over the Lady Heather display. The OXCO is marked 34310-T2. A Trimble/Nortel NTBW50AA (with oscillator "O") running nearby doesn't show any significant sensitivity to temperature or pressure. Regards, Peter