Re: [LEAPSECS] Celebrating the new year a few seconds late

On 2019-01-04 9:14 AM, Jonathan E. Hardis wrote: On Jan 1, 2019, at 1:03 PM, Brooks Harris > wrote: Back in the days of analog TV (which is still used in some parts of the world) the broadcast TV signal was one of the most stable time sources around. This was

[LEAPSECS] … a few seconds late

Shortwave broadcasters had additional reasons to modify the transmission time of pips to mark the top of the hour. For example, VOA’s transmitter site in Sao Tome is on local diesel generator-provided electricity. At times an AM broadcast band transmitter plus many (I don’t recall how

Re: [LEAPSECS] Celebrating the new year a few seconds late

> On Jan 1, 2019, at 1:03 PM, Brooks Harris wrote: > > Back in the days of analog TV (which is still used in some parts of the > world) the broadcast TV signal was one of the most stable time sources > around. This was necessary because the display of the signal on a CRT TV set > depended

Re: [LEAPSECS] Celebrating the new year a few seconds late

To: Leap Second Discussion List Subject: Re: [LEAPSECS] Celebrating the new year a few seconds late Here in the USA a good opportunity to see/hear this comes up each year during the State of the Union address and also with the debates in election years. At least 4 of the 5 traditional over the