Just ordered a BG7TBL FA-2, was this a good move?

[cncjerry]

I've had one since introduced.  When coupled with a GPSDO or decent reference, I can't think of anything better for the money.  Again, when using with an external reference, it does a respectable job of frequency stability testing (with Timelab).  It's small and convenient to move around the lab.  There are a number of settings available over the serial port.  It would be nice if it had a manual gate and variable voltage trigger level. It would be great if it had A to B and other simple math functions.  On that note, I don't know why bg7tbl doesn't make a TIC.     

[CDN_Torsten]

I have two FA-2s purchased a few months apart.
Overall they are quite good.
There is some variability in the quality of the internal oscillators.
I have one (lower in the image) which is quite stable over very long periods.
The other (upper in image) tends to drift  a lot.  It took me over one month to get it to stabilize after I received it.  It continues to wander significantly so I only use it with an external reference input.

[rfclown]

Have you opened your units up to see what's inside? I have one FA-2 and it has a Vectron C4600A1. I'm very please with its stability. I tweaked the pot to sync with my GPSDO, and it has remained really solid (at least for a week  ). I've been considering buying a second FA-2 for work since we have no 10 MHz reference there. It's probably a crap shoot as to what OCXO is inside.