Re: xntpd - VERY old folks, how about updating? :-)

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Karl Denninger writes:
>On Sun, Jan 02, 2000 at 04:55:44PM +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
>> 
>> >BTW, speaking of which, does anyone know of a reasonably-cheap GPS receiver
>> >that (1) has an external-able antenna that will work with somewhere between
>> >50 and 100 feet of lead, and (2) has the appropriate pps outputs and such
>> >so it can be used for this?
>> 
>> I will (as always) recommend the Motorola Oncore UT+.  If you buy it
>> from syngergy-gps it comes mounted in their nice box and the cable
>> has the PPS on DCD and is ready to plug into a serial port.  I paid
>> $605.73 for the one I'm delivering to the Danish Internet eXchange
>> point, that included antenna and 15m of cable.
>
>That's EXPENSIVE.
>
>Common handheld GPS units with NEMA outputs on them are well under $200
>these days!

Common handheld GPS units are pointless as NTP refclocks because they 
lack (a decent) PPS output.

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