JCAT
Master OCXO Clock Module
JCAT is a small Polish audio-computing specialist (associated with Marcin Ostapowicz and the JPlay software project) that hand-upgrades its own USB Card XE/EVO interfaces at its Poland factory rather than selling through wide retail channels (HiFi Knights; JCAT). The Master OCXO Clock Module is JCAT's first in-house, ultra-low-noise oven-controlled crystal oscillator clock generator, developed with a radio-physics specialist and offered only as a factory-installed retrofit for existing JCAT cards, reviewed in depth by HiFi Knights and Alpha Audio (HiFi Knights; Alpha Audio).
MSRP
$1,450
Used market · Good
$1,050
MSRP to used market
From $1,450 at launch to $1,050 today.
Specifications
- Weight
- 90 g
- Outputs
- 2× SMA clock outputs, unbalanced 50Ω, 2.2 Vpp CMOS
- Dimensions
- 86 × 49 × 23 mm
- Phase noise
- < -135 dBc/Hz at 100 Hz offset, typ.
- Installation
- Factory retrofit only; replaces onboard oscillator on JCAT USB Card XE/EVO, ~7 working days turnaround via free worldwide upgrade service
- Warm up time
- 5 minutes typical at 25°C
- Recommended psu
- JCAT OPTIMO nano linear power supply
- Power requirement
- 5V ±5%, 4.5W during warm-up / 1.5W steady, max 900mA
- Frequency stability
- ±5 ppb
- Rf output frequency
- 20 MHz (10 MHz/25 MHz available on request)
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