--- title: Inside Frequency Control | Bliley Technologies | Charles Bliley description: Bliley Technologies has been a leader in low phase frequency control products for more than 80 years. Our blog discusses radio frequency, electronic design, and industry news. --- [![Bliley technologies](https://blog.bliley.com/hubfs/Logo_Files/Bliley-logo-dark-bgArtboard%202.svg "Bliley technologies")](https://www.bliley.com) - Solutions - [Blog](https://blog.bliley.com) - - [Buy Online](https://shop.bliley.com/) # Inside Frequency Control ## Charles Bliley ### Recent Posts ## [Could an Accidentally Shattered Quartz Crystal Lead to the "Impossible"?](https://blog.bliley.com/shattered-crystal-letters) Posted by [Charles Bliley](https://blog.bliley.com/author/charles-bliley) on Sep 27, 2017 8:20:00 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.bliley.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/bliley_vault.png?width=441&height=245&name=bliley_vault.png)](https://blog.bliley.com/shattered-crystal-letters)   While looking through the Bliley archives for material to write about for this new installment of *Stories From The Bliley Vault*, I discovered a *very interesting* set of two letters— one from a minister in South Africa from 1936 and another from an Army Colonel in 1942. [Read More](https://blog.bliley.com/shattered-crystal-letters) 1 Comment [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.bliley.com/shattered-crystal-letters#comments-listing) Topics: [crystal oscillators](https://blog.bliley.com/topic/crystal-oscillators) ## [Stories from the Vault: Bliley Receives the WWII Army-Navy "E" Award.](https://blog.bliley.com/bliley-receives-wwii-army-navy-e-award) Posted by [Charles Bliley](https://blog.bliley.com/author/charles-bliley) on May 31, 2017 11:15:50 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.bliley.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/bliley_vault.png?width=441&height=245&name=bliley_vault.png)](https://blog.bliley.com/bliley-receives-wwii-army-navy-e-award) [Read More](https://blog.bliley.com/bliley-receives-wwii-army-navy-e-award) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.bliley.com/bliley-receives-wwii-army-navy-e-award#comments-listing) Topics: [Leadership](https://blog.bliley.com/topic/leadership), [engineering](https://blog.bliley.com/topic/engineering), [general](https://blog.bliley.com/topic/general) ## [The Christmas Letter - Stories from the Bliley Vault](https://blog.bliley.com/stories-from-the-bliley-vault-the-christmas-letter) Posted by [Charles Bliley](https://blog.bliley.com/author/charles-bliley) on Dec 15, 2016 7:32:00 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.bliley.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blog/bliley_vault_18157621_8e94d02da4bce56327249e545276808a7c70fecb.png?width=441&height=245&name=bliley_vault_18157621_8e94d02da4bce56327249e545276808a7c70fecb.png)](https://blog.bliley.com/stories-from-the-bliley-vault-the-christmas-letter) **The Holiday Season Has Arrived Once Again!  ** **What better way to kickstart the Holiday season with the start of our new series of historical articles from Bliley's early days*.*** **Here's a great story of the founding of Bliley Technologies (formally known as Bliley Electric) told by our founder's son, [Charles Bliley](http://www.bliley.net/portfolio/index.html)...with a Christmas twist! 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