[sdiy] Ovens for oscillators?

[CHoaglin at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/6/01 5:08:52 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
patchell at silcom.com writes:

<<     3. Electronic Compensation, needs no tempco, but is more complicated, 
and
 does introduce some noise.
     4. Ignore it. (This is the Ostritch Solution).
  >>

How's electronic compensation work? I've read lots about tempco stabilized 
stuff, but not a whole lot about active compensation....Method number 4 is 
the usual one for me, since I don't notice imperfection much at all when it 
comes to sound. (probably has something to do with going through 6 sets of 
ear tubes and listening to atari teenage riot on PC speakers for years)

Chris