10.000000Mhz TCXO clock for $15???

[Klondike Mike]

Just came across one of these. I've been looking at 10Mhz reference clocks for years and watching the price continue to drop. Is this something a hobbyist could use on test equipment that has provision for an external 10.00000Mhz clock reference?

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/224041680715?ul_noapp=true

 

[nomadradio]

Put one of these in the HackRF on the bench. Does what it claims, pretty well. There is a trimmer cap under the paper dot. More than once I have read that the trimmer setting on a TCXO is determined for the claimed temperature range, not just for best accuracy at room temp. Ours is always used at room temp, so I 'touched up' the small error in this one. I haven't made any attempt to document how much it drifts. Not enough to cause my any concern, yet.

73

 

[Klondike Mike]

... Does what it claims, pretty well. ... Not enough to cause my any concern, yet.73

You definitely are keeping abreast of whats going on in electronics. Thanks for your input. In lieu of of spending $$$? on the latest Rubidium OCXO package, this $15 TCXO is worth experimenting with. When the MAC-SA5X evaluation kit becomes available, that might be a cost effective way to get into Rubidium.