We think of crystals as the gold standard of frequency generation ... [W3AXL] picked up a rubidium reference oscillator on eBay at a low cost, and he shows us how it works in the video you ...

[Gerry] decided he would fix that, turning his rubidium standard into a proper piece of bench equipment, all in a single afternoon. [Gerry]’s first step was finding a proper enclosure for his ...

Rubidium is an alkali metal in group IA of the periodic table with atomic number 37, an atomic weight of 85.47, and a density of 1.53 Mg/m 3. Its melting point is 38.9 C, and it boils at 688 C. The ...