This is in reference to Here's a new article, on IEEE's site (and this one's free): "Oscillator Phase Noise: A 50-Year Review", by David B. Leeson http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=7464875 In a message dated 8/5/2016 4:48:59 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ka2weu@aol.com writes: Very selected and incomplete references and the equally important question of measurements strangely not covered 73 de N 1 UL Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 5, 2016, at 3:47 PM, "Tom Van Baak" <tvb@LeapSecond.com> wrote: > > Here's a new article, on IEEE's site (and this one's free): > > "Oscillator Phase Noise: A 50-Year Review", by David B. Leeson > http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=7464875 > > ---- > > Also, a few months IEEE had a "Special Issue to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Allan Variance". > The full list of papers is here: > http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/tocresult.jsp?isnumber=7445917 > > Most of the articles are behind the IEEE paywall. Some free exceptions here: > > "Introduction to the Special Issue on Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Allan Variance" > http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=7445935 > > "The Parabolic Variance (PVAR): A Wavelet Variance Based on the Least-Square Fit" > http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=7323846 > also at: > http://arxiv.org/pdf/1506.00687.pdf > > "Simulations of the Hadamard Variance: Probability Distributions and Confidence Intervals" > http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=7350241 > > ---- > > Best of all, a free version of the David Allan and Judah Levine paper is here: > > "A Historical Perspective on the Development of the Allan Variances and Their Strengths and Weaknesses" > http://tf.boulder.nist.gov/general/pdf/2834.pdf > > /tvb > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there.

> > Very selected and incomplete references and the equally important > question > of measurements strangely not covered > > 73 de N 1 UL > I suppose he could write an equally-lengthy article on measurements alone, but leaving out the post-1970s history entirely was a little disappointing. It was strange to hit "ctrl-f Rohde" and see only one reference in the bibliography. Same for "Hewlett." "Rubiola" brings up one hit (but no citations) and "Stein" brings up none at all. -- john, KE5FX Miles Design LLC