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                                                                    Exhibit 10.2

                         FULL-RECOURSE PROMISSORY NOTE


$555,000.00                                                February 1, 2001
                                                       San Jose, California


     FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned Borrower promises to pay to
Symmetricom, Inc., a California corporation (the "Company"), at its principal
offices at 2300 Orchard Parkway, San Jose, CA 95131-1017 the principal sum of
Five Hundred Fifty-Five Thousand Dollars ($555,000.00), together with interest
from the date of this Note on the unpaid principal balance, upon the terms and
conditions specified below.

     1.  Term.  The principal balance of this Note, together with interest
accrued and unpaid or unforgiven to date, shall be due and payable at the close
of business on January 31, 2006, or on the occurrence of an Event of
Acceleration as provided under Section 5 below.

     2.  Rate of Interest. Interest shall accrue under the Note on any unpaid
principal balance at the rate of 7.75%, compounded annually.

     3.  Time of Payment. Accrued interest shall be due and payable on the
thirty-first (31/st/) day of January of each year during the term of this Note,
as described in Section 1 above.

     4.  Prepayment. Prepayment of principal and interest may be made at any
time without penalty.

     5.  Events of Acceleration. The entire unpaid principal sum and unpaid
interest under this Note shall become immediately due and payable upon the
earliest to occur of the following (each of which constitutes an "Event of
Acceleration"):

     (a)  The date when the Borrower ceases to provide services to the Company
as an employee or as a consultant pursuant to a written consulting agreement;

     (b)  The insolvency of the Borrower, the commission of an act of bankruptcy
by the Borrower, the execution by the Borrower of a general assignment for the
benefit of creditors, or the filing by or against the Borrower of a petition in
bankruptcy or a petition for relief under the provisions of the federal
bankruptcy act or another state or federal law for the relief of debtors and the
continuation of such petition without dismissal for a period of 90 days or more;
or

     (c)  The failure of the Borrower to perform a material obligation imposed
upon the Borrower by reason of this Note.

     6.  Notice.  Any notice required or permitted hereunder shall be given in
writing and shall be deemed effectively given upon the earliest of personal
delivery, receipt, or the third full day following deposit in the United States
Post Office with postage and fees prepaid, addressed to the other party hereto
at the address last known or at such other address as such party may designate
by ten (10) days' advance written notice to the other party hereto.

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     7.  Recourse.  Borrower shall be personally liable for payment of this
Note.

     8.  Collection.  If action is instituted to collect this Note, the
Borrower promises to pay all reasonable costs and expenses (including reasonable
attorney fees) incurred in connection with such action.

     9.  Waiver.  No previous waiver and no failure or delay by the Company or
the Borrower in acting with respect to the terms of this Note shall constitute a
waiver of any breach, default or failure of condition under this Note or the
obligations secured thereby. A waiver of any term of this Note or of any of the
obligations secured thereby must be made in writing and signed by a duly
authorized officer of the Company and shall be limited to the express terms of
such waiver. The Borrower hereby expressly waives notice, presentment and demand
for payment at such time as any payments are due under this Note.

     10.  Conflicting Agreements.  In the event of any inconsistencies between
the terms of this Note and the terms of any other document related to the loan
evidenced by the Note, the terms of this Note shall prevail.

     11.  Governing Law.  This Note shall be construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of California.


                                          /S/ Thomas Steipp
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                                                              Thomas Steipp

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