As noted by Bob Camp, this Lucent pair has a rubidium standard and OCXO. Since I posted (15 hours ago), he has sold 18 units. So, would love to hear reports (good, bad, time ugly) next week. Greg > I noticed this surplus Lucent KS-24019 L108 / L109 item on eBay, > auction # 132186030112, by a01mhowa , based in South Carolina. > Sent from iPad Air

On 12/05/17 07:23, Gregory Beat wrote: > As noted by Bob Camp, this Lucent pair has a rubidium standard and OCXO. > Since I posted (15 hours ago), he has sold 18 units. Think I just grabbed the last one. Note, judging by the pictures, the 10MHz reference from the Rb is fed to the GPS receiver, and that outputs 15MHz (presumably disciplined). The output on the right hand side of the Rb unit looks to be 15MHz. Also interesting, the splitter appears to have two inputs. I'm guessing that's two splitters, or more likely for this gear, for fail over, and only one output is active. Should be fun to find out. I'm betting more than just me acquired one on this list. Like Gregory, I'd love to see the good/bad/ugly, both in Frequency and Time (It's likely to be two weeks before it arrives here, and I'll not get chance to play until at least the second half of June, so I bet others will get there ahead of me) Iain

Congratulations, I was mulling over buying it, even just for resale if the Rb standard worked its worth way more than the asking price, looking forward to seeing the results of testing. On 12 May 2017 9:18 am, "Iain Young" <iain@g7iii.net> wrote: > On 12/05/17 07:23, Gregory Beat wrote: > > As noted by Bob Camp, this Lucent pair has a rubidium standard and OCXO. >> Since I posted (15 hours ago), he has sold 18 units. >> > > Think I just grabbed the last one. > > Note, judging by the pictures, the 10MHz reference from the Rb is fed > to the GPS receiver, and that outputs 15MHz (presumably disciplined). > The output on the right hand side of the Rb unit looks to be 15MHz. > > Also interesting, the splitter appears to have two inputs. I'm guessing > that's two splitters, or more likely for this gear, for fail over, > and only one output is active. > > Should be fun to find out. I'm betting more than just me acquired one > on this list. Like Gregory, I'd love to see the good/bad/ugly, both > in Frequency and Time > > (It's likely to be two weeks before it arrives here, and I'll not get > chance to play until at least the second half of June, so I bet others > will get there ahead of me) > > > Iain > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/m > ailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. >

Hello to the group. A good price but the RBs are quite old I have 4 of these units purchased at $25 each some 4 years ago. Like the oscillator. Well worth what I paid. RBs are OK but aged and running out of fumes. I have reheated the rb lamp and recovered several of the units. Good luck. Regards Paul WB8TSL On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 4:48 AM, Clint Jay <cjaysharp@gmail.com> wrote: > Congratulations, I was mulling over buying it, even just for resale if the > Rb standard worked its worth way more than the asking price, looking > forward to seeing the results of testing. > > On 12 May 2017 9:18 am, "Iain Young" <iain@g7iii.net> wrote: > > > On 12/05/17 07:23, Gregory Beat wrote: > > > > As noted by Bob Camp, this Lucent pair has a rubidium standard and OCXO. > >> Since I posted (15 hours ago), he has sold 18 units. > >> > > > > Think I just grabbed the last one. > > > > Note, judging by the pictures, the 10MHz reference from the Rb is fed > > to the GPS receiver, and that outputs 15MHz (presumably disciplined). > > The output on the right hand side of the Rb unit looks to be 15MHz. > > > > Also interesting, the splitter appears to have two inputs. I'm guessing > > that's two splitters, or more likely for this gear, for fail over, > > and only one output is active. > > > > Should be fun to find out. I'm betting more than just me acquired one > > on this list. Like Gregory, I'd love to see the good/bad/ugly, both > > in Frequency and Time > > > > (It's likely to be two weeks before it arrives here, and I'll not get > > chance to play until at least the second half of June, so I bet others > > will get there ahead of me) > > > > > > Iain > > _______________________________________________ > > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/m > > ailman/listinfo/time-nuts > > and follow the instructions there. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. >

I bought one also. Figured it was worth $150 in educational value alone given I've never done anything with Rb before. Hope it ends up being a good lesson and not a bad one. hi hi 73/jeff/ac0c www.ac0c.com alpha-charlie-zero-charlie -----Original Message----- From: paul swed Sent: Friday, May 12, 2017 8:05 AM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Surplus Lucent RFTG-m-II units in rack shelf Hello to the group. A good price but the RBs are quite old I have 4 of these units purchased at $25 each some 4 years ago. Like the oscillator. Well worth what I paid. RBs are OK but aged and running out of fumes. I have reheated the rb lamp and recovered several of the units. Good luck. Regards Paul WB8TSL On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 4:48 AM, Clint Jay <cjaysharp@gmail.com> wrote: > Congratulations, I was mulling over buying it, even just for resale if the > Rb standard worked its worth way more than the asking price, looking > forward to seeing the results of testing. > > On 12 May 2017 9:18 am, "Iain Young" <iain@g7iii.net> wrote: > > > On 12/05/17 07:23, Gregory Beat wrote: > > > > As noted by Bob Camp, this Lucent pair has a rubidium standard and OCXO. > >> Since I posted (15 hours ago), he has sold 18 units. > >> > > > > Think I just grabbed the last one. > > > > Note, judging by the pictures, the 10MHz reference from the Rb is fed > > to the GPS receiver, and that outputs 15MHz (presumably disciplined). > > The output on the right hand side of the Rb unit looks to be 15MHz. > > > > Also interesting, the splitter appears to have two inputs. I'm guessing > > that's two splitters, or more likely for this gear, for fail over, > > and only one output is active. > > > > Should be fun to find out. I'm betting more than just me acquired one > > on this list. Like Gregory, I'd love to see the good/bad/ugly, both > > in Frequency and Time > > > > (It's likely to be two weeks before it arrives here, and I'll not get > > chance to play until at least the second half of June, so I bet others > > will get there ahead of me) > > > > > > Iain > > _______________________________________________ > > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/m > > ailman/listinfo/time-nuts > > and follow the instructions there. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > _______________________________________________ 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.