Reminds me of the "SC" cut crystal. It either means "Stress Compensated" or "Santa Clara", where it was discovered :-)
The BVA has been around for a long time and you would think that if there was really something to it, everybody would be making them. Of course, they are very difficult to make. Rick Karlquist N6RK John Ackermann N8UR wrote: > Michael Baker wrote: > >> I have found out how a BVA resonator is fabricated, but >> I have not discovered what the acronym "BVA" stands for. >> >> I suspect that the "B" in "BVA" may refer to Raymond Besson >> the discoverer of the BVA quartz resonator, but I >> have not been able to confirm that. >> >> Can anyone on the list shed some light on this? > > I don't have the exact translation handy, but I ran across something > indicating that BVA was an acronym in French for something like > "improved aging rate". > > John > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.