03 March, 2021

QRPLabs 25 MHz TCXO performing well in the U3S

I have tried several oscillators in the U3S QRSS/WSPR transmitter from QRPLabs. First an analog devices DDS, then a Silicon Labs oscillator chip running from an ordinary 27 MHz crystal, and then QRPLabs own oven controlled oscillator. I thought I had managed to control the drift when I got the oven controlled oscillator. But then after a while it started drifting again. I didn't want to go through its rather cumbersome calibration procedure once more so I gave it up recently when the TCXO module became available. This tiny module is shown in the first image.