Hello Time-Nuts,
Bob's comment, "Down in the typical DIY basement, doing all that “stuff”
may not be very easy ….." struck a nerve. Two pictures are attached. I
call it RUFUS - RUbidium Frequency Ultra Stable. Inside the vacuum chamber
is an LPRO-101 mounted to that massive aluminum lid. The chamber is
temperature controlled via the kapton heaters around the circumference and
the power supply is a slightly modified Acopian Gold Box 'A' series unit.
The rubidium EFC is brought out, but usually not driven. Most often it is
run open loop with adjustments to the C-field (which has also been brought
out of the chamber) every couple of months. It runs very well, and at the
pressure I keep it has very little aging.
RUFUS lives under the stairs in the basement.
Regards,
Skip Withrow
Hello Time-Nuts,
Bob's comment, "Down in the typical DIY basement, doing all that “stuff”
may not be very easy ….." struck a nerve. Two pictures are attached. I
call it RUFUS - RUbidium Frequency Ultra Stable. Inside the vacuum chamber
is an LPRO-101 mounted to that massive aluminum lid. The chamber is
temperature controlled via the kapton heaters around the circumference and
the power supply is a slightly modified Acopian Gold Box 'A' series unit.
The rubidium EFC is brought out, but usually not driven. Most often it is
run open loop with adjustments to the C-field (which has also been brought
out of the chamber) every couple of months. It runs very well, and at the
pressure I keep it has very little aging.
RUFUS lives under the stairs in the basement.
Regards,
Skip Withrow