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66 -- LOW NOISE OSCILLATORS POC Jan Beer, Contract Specialist, 303/497-6320 E-MAIL: NOAA; Masc Acquisition Mangement Division, Jan.L.Beer@noaa.gov. It is the intent of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to acquire two low noise oscillators at 10.005 GHz +/- 1.5 kHz from Poseidon Scientific Instruments, 14 Mouat Street, Fremantle, Western Australia. These two low noise oscillators will be used to provide a reference for a new measurement system at NIST for measuring the phase modulation (PM) and amplitude (AM) noise of oscillators, amplifiers, and other devices at multiples of 10 GHz up to 100 GHz. This system will be the lowest noise of this kind in the United States used to verify the performance of the state-of-the-art devices developed under internal, DoD, and industrial programs. The critical criteria are the PM and AM noise, size and portability. The oscillators must be rack mountable and sturdy enough that they can be moved between laboratories for different measurements. These requirements exclude systems that require cryogenic fluids or large cryogenic refrigerators. The output power must be greater than + 10 dBm; phase lockable over +/- 3 kHz. This acquisition is a commercial item acquisition. No responses are necessary as this is not a formal solicitation. See Note 22 except that 45 days is changed to less than 15 days for commercial items. Posted 08/31/99 (W-SN374701). (0243)

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