Hamfest find today: HP59309A Clock

[Adam Vaughn]

(08-15-2016 11:14 AM)damaltor Wrote:  

(08-15-2016 04:06 AM)Adam Vaughn Wrote:  the GC-1000's output is 3.6MHz (why??!?!?!?!)

Because one tick equals exactly one ms which makes easy to count times in ms and s.

That could very well be. I also know that 3.6MHz is the clock speed of the MOSTek MK3870 microcontroller, but wasn't sure why they picked it. It is truly an interesting device, with said 3.6MHz output being disciplined by its synchronizations with WWV. More info on this aspect can be found here.
-Adam