In this method of synchronization
1. what is the time error of communication?
2. does this depend upon where we communicate for synchronization?
Gsuhas
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From: B Magnus B{ckstr|m <b@eta.chalmers.se>
To: Tom Wagner <sciteach1950@home.com>
Cc: <SeeSat-L@blackadder.lmsal.com>; Tom Wagner
<wagnert@walnutridge.pvt.k12.ia.us>
Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 4:15 PM
Subject: Re: portable atomic clocks
> Hi,
>
> On Wed, 17 Jan 2001, Tom Wagner wrote:
>
> >[...]
> > Also, do any of you people from around the world have clock software in
your
> > computer that checks the atomic clock time off the internet at a user
>
> Yes,
>
> > defined interval? Does a computer need a special "card" to go along with
the
> > software that you have?
>
> no.
>
> > To any of these, what type of clock/watch/software did you choose and
what
> > do you think of it? Where could I get one and about how much we talking
> > about$?
>
> Look for something that uses NTP. NTP is the Network Time Protocol, which
> is the "official" (if any one is) time synchronisation protocol on the
> internet. That way you'll have the most reference clocks to choose from,
> and a time-proven system.
>
> There are several NTP packages for MacOS, Windoze, AmigaOS, BeOS, VMS etc,
> and most unix flavors come with an xntpd (a background NTP synchronizer).
>
> Look at http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~ntp/software.html for a fairly large
> software listing, and http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/clock2.htm to
> find public clocks to syncronise with.
>
> Magnus
>
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