Re: [ntp:questions] ntp-4.2.6p5 on Win 7 x64

2014-07-19 Thread jimp
Nick wrote: > On Fri, 18 Jul 2014 23:16:57 +0000, jimp wrote: > >> Nick wrote: >> >> >> >>> This performance is marginal for WSJTX. I need 10ms offset or less >>> after 15 minutes. >> >> What make you think that? >>

Re: [ntp:questions] ntp-4.2.6p5 on Win 7 x64

2014-07-18 Thread jimp
Nick wrote: > This performance is marginal for WSJTX. I need 10ms offset or less after > 15 minutes. What make you think that? I see a lot of WSJTX signals that are within +/- .5 seconds and occasionally some over a second off and they still decode. Most seem to be +/- .3 seconds. We are t

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-27 Thread jimp
Rob wrote: > j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: >> Rob wrote: >>> j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: Rob wrote: > j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: >>> The listeners should enjoy a smooth reception while driving around. >>> So of course there should be no time lag between the modu

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-27 Thread jimp
Rob wrote: > j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: Your transmitters will have to be contained within a circle of 3.6km, reduced by the timing errors in the modulation at 0.3km/microsecond. >>> >>> This turns out to be not the case. Networks like this have been operating >>> for decades,

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-27 Thread jimp
Rob wrote: > j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: >> Rob wrote: >>> j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: > The listeners should enjoy a smooth reception while driving around. > So of course there should be no time lag between the modulation signals > of the different transmitters. Experts

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-27 Thread jimp
Rob wrote: > Jochen Bern wrote: >> [Resend to list, rather than non-working(?) sender e-mail address] >> >> On -10.01.-28163 20:59, Rob wrote: >>> We are setting up a co-channel diversity network. That means multiple >>> FM transmitters that are transmitting the same signal on the same >>> frequ

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-27 Thread jimp
Rob wrote: > David Woolley wrote: >> On 27/04/14 17:28, Rob wrote: >>> We are setting up a co-channel diversity network. That means multiple >>> FM transmitters that are transmitting the same signal on the same >>> frequency on different sites, where the receive areas partly overlap. >> >> This

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-27 Thread jimp
Rob wrote: > j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: >>> The listeners should enjoy a smooth reception while driving around. >>> So of course there should be no time lag between the modulation signals >>> of the different transmitters. Experts in the field tell us we should >>> be within 12us. >> >> Un

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-27 Thread jimp
Rob wrote: > William Unruh wrote: >>> The next problem is to send output to a soundcard and making it send >>> a sample at the sampling clock edge closest to a specified time. >>> (48kHz sampling rate corresponds to a sampling clock period of 20.8us) >> >> It will certainly depend on the sound ca

Re: [ntp:questions] Using NTP to calibrate sound app

2013-01-27 Thread jimp
David Taylor wrote: > On 27/01/2013 19:33, unruh wrote: >> On 2013-01-27, no-...@no-place.org wrote: > [] >>> In case you are wondering, my app is a professional piano tuning app. >>> The standard in this industry is that tuning devices should be >>> accurate to 12 parts per million. I know that

Re: [ntp:questions] ANN: UK GPS Jamming update

2012-03-28 Thread jimp
Dennis Ferguson wrote: > > On 28 Mar, 2012, at 08:26 , David J Taylor wrote: >>> Just wondering: >>> >>> 1) Is the UK govt doing this? >> >> The notice is from a UK Government agency. >> >>> 2) Is the USA doing anything similar? >> >> I would be surprised if they were not, but they may have m

Re: [ntp:questions] GPS Jammers in Use by Criminals - Warping Time for Fraud Suggested

2012-02-23 Thread jimp
Rick Jones wrote: > Richard B. Gilbert wrote: >> On 2/22/2012 5:16 PM, David Woolley wrote: >> > An article in the Metro, the free morning paper on the London commuter >> > transport network, suggests that criminals may be using GPS jamming >> > equipment to warp the time on financial systems to

Re: [ntp:questions] GPS Jammers in Use by Criminals - Warping Time for Fraud Suggested

2012-02-23 Thread jimp
E-Mail Sent to this address will be added to the BlackLists wrote: > j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: >> In this case what is being jammed is position, not time, >> and this is so smarter car thieves can defeat systems like LoJack. >> >> This is a much easier case as all that has to be jammed >>

Re: [ntp:questions] GPS Jammers in Use by Criminals - Warping Time for Fraud Suggested

2012-02-23 Thread jimp
Richard B. Gilbert wrote: > On 2/22/2012 5:16 PM, David Woolley wrote: >> An article in the Metro, the free morning paper on the London commuter >> transport network, suggests that criminals may be using GPS jamming >> equipment to warp the time on financial systems to allow the commission >> of f

Re: [ntp:questions] Accuracy of NTP - Advice Needed

2012-01-01 Thread jimp
Danny Mayer wrote: > On 12/29/2011 8:38 PM, Dennis Ferguson wrote: >> >> On 29 Dec, 2011, at 23:26 , Terje Mathisen wrote: >> >>> Danny Mayer wrote: No, they use synchronized Cesium atomic clocks for time accuracy. GPS is only used to get a fix on the location and I'm not sure that 10'

Re: [ntp:questions] Accuracy of NTP - Advice Needed

2011-12-28 Thread jimp
Danny Mayer wrote: > On 12/28/2011 12:17 AM, unruh wrote: >> On 2011-12-28, Danny Mayer wrote: >>> On 12/24/2011 8:10 PM, j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: John Hasler wrote: >> The open sky nearest the OPERA detector is straight up through 1400m of >> rock. > > Jim Pennino w

Re: [ntp:questions] Accuracy of NTP - Advice Needed

2011-12-28 Thread jimp
Danny Mayer wrote: > On 12/28/2011 12:09 AM, j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: >> Danny Mayer wrote: >>> On 12/27/2011 8:48 PM, j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: Danny Mayer wrote: > On 12/24/2011 8:10 PM, j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: >> John Hasler wrote: The open sky n

Re: [ntp:questions] Accuracy of NTP - Advice Needed

2011-12-28 Thread jimp
Danny Mayer wrote: > On 12/27/2011 11:45 PM, Greg Hennessy wrote: >> On 2011-12-28, Danny Mayer wrote: >>> On 12/27/2011 9:08 PM, John Hasler wrote: Danny writes: > GPS is not used for this kind of thing, they are too inaccurate, so it > doesn't matter. They use atomic clocks. >

Re: [ntp:questions] Accuracy of NTP - Advice Needed

2011-12-27 Thread jimp
Danny Mayer wrote: > On 12/27/2011 8:48 PM, j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: >> Danny Mayer wrote: >>> On 12/24/2011 8:10 PM, j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: John Hasler wrote: >> The open sky nearest the OPERA detector is straight up through 1400m of >> rock. > > Jim Penni

Re: [ntp:questions] Accuracy of NTP - Advice Needed

2011-12-27 Thread jimp
Greg Hennessy wrote: >>> The bottom line is that the only thing that is relevant is how easy it is >>> to get to a GPS antenna with an open view of the sky. >>> >>> Everything else is bloviation. >> >> GPS is not used for this kind of thing, they are too inaccurate, so it >> doesn't matter. They

Re: [ntp:questions] Accuracy of NTP - Advice Needed

2011-12-27 Thread jimp
Danny Mayer wrote: > On 12/24/2011 8:10 PM, j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: >> John Hasler wrote: The open sky nearest the OPERA detector is straight up through 1400m of rock. >>> >>> Jim Pennino writes: And the easiest open sky to get to is horizontally down the tunnel to th

Re: [ntp:questions] Accuracy of NTP - Advice Needed

2011-12-25 Thread jimp
Rob wrote: > j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: >> Again, were do you see the word "few" in what I wrote? > > That makes the statement so meaningless. Every distance can be > measured in feet. If I had written exactly the same thing with the exception of using the word "meters" instead of the wo

Re: [ntp:questions] Accuracy of NTP - Advice Needed

2011-12-24 Thread jimp
unruh wrote: > On 2011-12-25, j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: >> John Hasler wrote: The open sky nearest the OPERA detector is straight up through 1400m of rock. >>> >>> Jim Pennino writes: And the easiest open sky to get to is horizontally down the tunnel to the entrance w

Re: [ntp:questions] Accuracy of NTP - Advice Needed

2011-12-24 Thread jimp
unruh wrote: > On 2011-12-24, j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: >> unruh wrote: >>> On 2011-12-24, j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: John Hasler wrote: > unruh writes: >> They require ns accuracy in the timing and m accuracy in the >> distance. And the timing is not simply gps (

Re: [ntp:questions] Accuracy of NTP - Advice Needed

2011-12-24 Thread jimp
John Hasler wrote: >> The open sky nearest the OPERA detector is straight up through 1400m of >> rock. > > Jim Pennino writes: >> And the easiest open sky to get to is horizontally down the tunnel to >> the entrance which is next to a freeway. > > Yes, the entrance is next to a freeway. The ent

Re: [ntp:questions] Accuracy of NTP - Advice Needed

2011-12-24 Thread jimp
John Hasler wrote: > Jim Pennino writes: >> The issue is that most people don't seem to be able to understand how >> to get an accurate position of a location that is vertically under a >> km or so of dirt, yet horizontally feet from wide open sky and GPS >> signals. > > The open sky nearest the

Re: [ntp:questions] Accuracy of NTP - Advice Needed

2011-12-24 Thread jimp
unruh wrote: > On 2011-12-24, j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: >> John Hasler wrote: >>> unruh writes: They require ns accuracy in the timing and m accuracy in the distance. And the timing is not simply gps ( although they could have gotten that wrong) but then that timing has to

Re: [ntp:questions] Accuracy of NTP - Advice Needed

2011-12-24 Thread jimp
John Hasler wrote: > unruh writes: >> They require ns accuracy in the timing and m accuracy in the >> distance. And the timing is not simply gps ( although they could have >> gotten that wrong) but then that timing has to be brought down into >> the mine a km or so below ground and horizontally an

Re: [ntp:questions] Accuracy of NTP - Advice Needed

2011-12-23 Thread jimp
John Hasler wrote: > Richard B. Gilbert wrote: >> How do you "tag" a neutrino so that you can say with assurance that the >> the neutrino that left Cern is the same neutrino that arrives at Sasso? > > Jim Pennino writes: >> By sending them in a "pulse" of a known width. > > It should be noted, h

Re: [ntp:questions] Accuracy of NTP - Advice Needed

2011-12-23 Thread jimp
Richard B. Gilbert wrote: > How do you "tag" a neutrino so that you can say with assurance that the > the neutrino that left Cern is the same neutrino that arrives at Sasso? By sending them in a "pulse" of a known width. -- Jim Pennino Remove .spam.sux to reply.

Re: [ntp:questions] NTP Denial of Service attack 29 November 2011

2011-12-01 Thread jimp
Rob wrote: > Rich wrote: >> Someone is "at war" with USNO NTP service. They could be students, >> who knows? But all of the offending addresses traced to Chinese >> sites. In order to continue to provide NTP to US customers, USNO >> elected to block Chinese networks at the /8 level whenever we

Re: [ntp:questions] Questions about joining pool.ntp.org

2011-08-31 Thread jimp
unruh wrote: > On 2011-08-31, Uwe Klein wrote: >> David J Taylor wrote: >>> How does this square with those who claim 4ns from their GPS devices? >> >> Pfft. >> >> The defining document is rather old I guess. A lot happened in between. >> ( I looked into GPS in my diploma thesis ~1987 and not muc

Re: [ntp:questions] Questions about joining pool.ntp.org

2011-08-30 Thread jimp
Rob wrote: > unruh wrote: >> And we keep hearing about the UK jamming GPS for hours at a time in >> regions of the UK. > > Yes, we keep hearing about that from the UK. > But what about other countries, probably they do the same thing but > we don't hear about it because there are no nice bullet

Re: [ntp:questions] Questions about joining pool.ntp.org

2011-08-29 Thread jimp
Chris Albertson wrote: > On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 1:46 PM, wrote: > >> Harlan Stenn wrote: >> > GPS can be done very affordably and can offer great time. There are >> > several *potential* pitfalls: >> > >> > - It is *possible* for the US Gov't to detune the GPS system (locally or >> > in-gene

Re: [ntp:questions] Questions about joining pool.ntp.org

2011-08-29 Thread jimp
Harlan Stenn wrote: > GPS can be done very affordably and can offer great time. There are > several *potential* pitfalls: > > - It is *possible* for the US Gov't to detune the GPS system (locally or > in-general). Since GPS is now increasingly used for "human safety" > things, the costs/risks

Re: [ntp:questions] Secure NTP

2011-03-28 Thread jimp
Chris Albertson wrote: > On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 8:56 AM, wrote: > >> >> OK, so the bad guy sets up the stuff for a GPS spoofer and parks it next >> to the targeted building where high dollar value stuff goes on in hopes >> of tweeking their system clocks and stealing a fortune. > > The best a

Re: [ntp:questions] Secure NTP

2011-03-28 Thread jimp
Uwe Klein wrote: > j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: >> At that point they start slowly changing the time to something else. >> >> Meanwhile, inside the building where NTP was set up by someone with a clue > if you go by the questions placed here on occasion that assumption is not a > given ;-) >

Re: [ntp:questions] Secure NTP

2011-03-28 Thread jimp
Uwe Klein wrote: > j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: >> Richard B. Gilbert wrote: > >>>Didn't I just see an announcement that GPS was going to be jammed in >>>order to test something or other? >> >> >> Yeah, it happens quite often on a scheduled basis in limited areas. >> > Hmm, it should not

Re: [ntp:questions] Secure NTP

2011-03-27 Thread jimp
Richard B. Gilbert wrote: > On 3/27/2011 5:45 PM, j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: >> E-Mail Sent to this address will be added to the >> BlackLists wrote: >>> Richard B. Gilbert wrote: j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: > Let's see you spoof the Internet, GPS, and CDMA all at the same ti

Re: [ntp:questions] Secure NTP

2011-03-27 Thread jimp
Chris Albertson wrote: > On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 8:40 AM, wrote: > >> Let's see you spoof the Internet, GPS, and CDMA all at the same time. > > Summary of above argument: > "You can't spoof my system, therefor other systems can't be spoofed." Nope. Try reading it again, this time for compreh

Re: [ntp:questions] Secure NTP

2011-03-27 Thread jimp
Maarten Wiltink wrote: > wrote in message > news:5lpu58-278@mail.specsol.com... >> Uwe Klein wrote: > [...] >>> The $something trading solutions that require exact timematch >>> ( remember the recent rush of ntp users >>> requiring u-second global time match ) >>> over a set of widely dist

Re: [ntp:questions] Secure NTP

2011-03-27 Thread jimp
unruh wrote: > On 2011-03-25, j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: >> Miroslav Lichvar wrote: >>> On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 05:01:07PM -0700, Chris Albertson wrote: Security is so that you know you are not being spoofed. Or if you are providing the time so that you can prove to your users t

Re: [ntp:questions] Secure NTP

2011-03-27 Thread jimp
Uwe Klein wrote: > j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: >> One more time, if time is critical to your operation you do NOT have one >> and only one NTP server. > > One more time, the times of well designed protocolls > and infrastructure software are gone ;-) > Today the PHB and his idiot savant mini

Re: [ntp:questions] Secure NTP

2011-03-27 Thread jimp
David Woolley wrote: > j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: > >> One more time, if time is critical to your operation you have several >> sources to include local GPS and CDMA NTP boxes. > > You missed an important point, your CEO must also have a current science > background. Most UK CEOs, at lea

Re: [ntp:questions] Secure NTP

2011-03-27 Thread jimp
E-Mail Sent to this address will be added to the BlackLists wrote: > Richard B. Gilbert wrote: >> j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: >>> Let's see you spoof the Internet, GPS, and CDMA all at the same time. >> >> Any two would be sufficient! > > GPS Jamming could take out the GPS and CDMA. Grante

Re: [ntp:questions] Secure NTP

2011-03-27 Thread jimp
Richard B. Gilbert wrote: > On 3/25/2011 11:40 AM, j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: >> Uwe Klein wrote: >>> j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: >>> If you specify the server by IP address, how does that happen and who would bother to do it? >>> >>> The $something trading solutions that req

Re: [ntp:questions] Secure NTP

2011-03-25 Thread jimp
Miroslav Lichvar wrote: > On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 05:01:07PM -0700, Chris Albertson wrote: >> Security is so that you know you are not being spoofed. Or if you are >> providing the time so that you can prove to your users that you are >> who you claim to be and are not spoofing them. >> >> There

Re: [ntp:questions] Secure NTP

2011-03-25 Thread jimp
Uwe Klein wrote: > j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: > >> If you specify the server by IP address, how does that happen and who >> would bother to do it? > > The $something trading solutions that require exact timematch > ( remember the recent rush of ntp users > requiring u-second global time

Re: [ntp:questions] Secure NTP

2011-03-24 Thread jimp
Steve Kostecke wrote: > On 2011-03-25, j...@specsol.spam.sux.com > wrote: > >> Chris Albertson wrote: >> >>> On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 2:26 PM, wrote: >>> >>> When I see questions like this my first response is "Why all the bother?". There is nothing secret or proprietary abo

Re: [ntp:questions] Secure NTP

2011-03-24 Thread jimp
Chris Albertson wrote: > On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 4:18 PM, wrote: >> Hal Murray wrote: >>> In article , >>> j...@specsol.spam.sux.com writes: >>> When I see questions like this my first response is "Why all the bother?". There is nothing secret or proprietary about the time of day.

Re: [ntp:questions] Secure NTP

2011-03-24 Thread jimp
Chris Albertson wrote: > On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 2:26 PM, wrote: > > >> When I see questions like this my first response is "Why all the bother?". >> >> There is nothing secret or proprietary about the time of day. > > > Security is so that you know you are not being spoofed. Or if you are

Re: [ntp:questions] Secure NTP

2011-03-24 Thread jimp
Hal Murray wrote: > In article , > j...@specsol.spam.sux.com writes: > >>When I see questions like this my first response is "Why all the bother?". >> >>There is nothing secret or proprietary about the time of day. >> >>Since all NTP servers provide UTC, the service reveals nothing about the >>ma

Re: [ntp:questions] Secure NTP

2011-03-24 Thread jimp
Yessica wrote: > Hello! > I am installing an NTP server, but requires authentication for that > clients can be synchronized with the server, and also that > authentication should be with public and private keys. Let me know if > I can work with certificates issued by any authority or can only use

Re: [ntp:questions] UK report on GPS vulnerabilities seems to overlook NTP

2011-03-08 Thread jimp
Uwe Klein wrote: > Chris Albertson wrote: >> NTP simply is not good enough for use in a tower so it is not used. >> And why would they use it when all towers by definition have a clear >> view of the sky > > IMHO the basic concept of your system is broken when you have > sync to such high require

Re: [ntp:questions] UK report on GPS vulnerabilities seems to overlook NTP

2011-03-08 Thread jimp
unruh wrote: > On 2011-03-08, j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: >> JohnAllen wrote: >>> Maybe I read this too quickly, but the report published today by the >>> UK Royal Academy of Engineering (see >>> http://www.raeng.org.uk/news/publications/list/reports/RAoE_Global_Navigation_Systems_Report.pd

Re: [ntp:questions] UK report on GPS vulnerabilities seems to overlook NTP

2011-03-08 Thread jimp
JohnAllen wrote: > Maybe I read this too quickly, but the report published today by the > UK Royal Academy of Engineering (see > http://www.raeng.org.uk/news/publications/list/reports/RAoE_Global_Navigation_Systems_Report.pdf > and also the BBC coverage at > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-envi

Re: [ntp:questions] National time standard differences

2010-02-10 Thread jimp
unruh wrote: > On 2010-02-10, David J Taylor > wrote: >> "David Woolley" wrote in message >> news:hksmaf$1c...@news.eternal-september.org... >>> David J Taylor wrote: >>> I remember the flying of caesium or other atomic clocks round the world, and that folks had to invoke relativist

Re: [ntp:questions] Can or should the NTP protocol eventually serve timezone data?

2009-06-21 Thread jimp
Rob wrote: > j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: >> John Hasler wrote: >>> Jim Pennino writes: If you limit the problem to Olson, the problem was solved years ago at: ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/ >>> >>> Until they have a budget cut, a server reorganization, decide the traffic >>> is exc

Re: [ntp:questions] Can or should the NTP protocol eventually serve timezone data?

2009-06-21 Thread jimp
David Woolley wrote: > j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: >> David Woolley wrote: >>> j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: >>> What about all the systems that don't use Olson? >>> I'm only aware of one that doesn't require the system administrator to >>> manually configure for any zone that

Re: [ntp:questions] Can or should the NTP protocol eventually serve timezone data?

2009-06-20 Thread jimp
John Hasler wrote: > Jim Pennino writes: >> If you limit the problem to Olson, the problem was solved years ago at: >> ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/ > > Until they have a budget cut, a server reorganization, decide the traffic > is excessive, or just get bored. You are still ignoring the fact tha

Re: [ntp:questions] Can or should the NTP protocol eventually serve timezone data?

2009-06-20 Thread jimp
David Woolley wrote: > j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: > >> >> What about all the systems that don't use Olson? >> > > I'm only aware of one that doesn't require the system administrator to > manually configure for any zone that that doesn't match the (historic) > US rules, and that is the

Re: [ntp:questions] Can or should the NTP protocol eventually serve timezone data?

2009-06-20 Thread jimp
John Hasler wrote: > I wrote: >> I'm just proposing that the file be made available at a standard location >> on a well-known set of distributed servers. > > Jim Pennino writes: >> For what kind of system? > > Any. > >> While the zoneinfo database, also known as the Olson database, is >> probab

Re: [ntp:questions] Can or should the NTP protocol eventually serve timezone data?

2009-06-20 Thread jimp
John Hasler wrote: > I wrote: >> I don't know of any distribution that provides an easy way >> arrange for automatic updates of a single file. > > Null writes: >> Why would rsync not work? > > It would work fine but it seems like overkill and is not universally > available. > >> ...or a cron t

Re: [ntp:questions] Can or should the NTP protocol eventually serve timezone data?

2009-06-20 Thread jimp
John Hasler wrote: > Jim Pennino writes: >> Newer stuff tends to run a version of Linux or FreeBSD and you get >> updates as patches from the maker. > > Downloaded automatically as needed? What happens when the maker goes bust, > shuts down their server, or decides the product is obsolete? The

Re: [ntp:questions] Can or should the NTP protocol eventually serve timezone data?

2009-06-20 Thread jimp
Rob wrote: > E-Mail Sent to this address will be added to the BlackLists > wrote: >> ... and, what do all those millions of embedded systems >> do now to get time zone data? > > They don't. DST support is usually hardwired, manually configured > or nonexistent. > The user has to set the clock

Re: [ntp:questions] Can the line audio out of HF radio be used to sync ntp. Trying to get a cheap ($) radio method.

2009-05-01 Thread jimp
Nathaniel Homier wrote: > On Fri, 01 May 2009 21:15:02 +0000, jimp wrote: > >> David Woolley wrote: > >>> You may find that you need SSB capability on the HF receiver. >> >> Not for any WWV station. > > We can use the synchronous detector to even

Re: [ntp:questions] Can the line audio out of HF radio be used to sync ntp. Trying to get a cheap ($) radio method.

2009-05-01 Thread jimp
David Woolley wrote: > Nathaniel Homier wrote: > >> >> Thank you for the ideas. There were many and I think I will start with >> the audio drivers first. But I will keep an eye on the serial/gps >> solution as well. >> > > You may find that you need SSB capability on the HF receiver. Not

Re: [ntp:questions] Why can't clocks do inital synchronization?

2009-01-06 Thread jimp
David J Taylor wrote: > j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: > [] >> The point is LOTS of places have extensive procedures in place that >> must be followed before any software on production systems can be >> changed, including applying vendor supplied and recommended patches. >> >> While I have free

Re: [ntp:questions] Why can't clocks do inital synchronization?

2009-01-06 Thread jimp
David J Taylor wrote: > j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: > [] >> What planet do you people live on? >> >> I have one client that will not even allow Windows critical security >> updates to be installed until a extensive formal test is done to >> "prove" the updates won't effect operations. >> >>

Re: [ntp:questions] Why can't clocks do inital synchronization?

2009-01-06 Thread jimp
David J Taylor wrote: > j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: > [] >> You do understand there are lots of environments where it takes an >> act of God to be allowed to replace vendor utilities with self >> compiled versions, don't you? > > Not a problem with Windows, fortunately. > > David What p

Re: [ntp:questions] Why can't clocks do inital synchronization?

2009-01-05 Thread jimp
Richard B. Gilbert wrote: > j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: >> Unruh wrote: >>> j...@specsol.spam.sux.com writes: >>> >> Have you never heard of calling ntpdate before starting the NTP daemon? >>> >>> uh, ntpdate is severely depricated, and ntpd -g is what is supposed to be >>> used. If nt

Re: [ntp:questions] Why can't clocks do inital synchronization?

2009-01-05 Thread jimp
Unruh wrote: > j...@specsol.spam.sux.com writes: > >>Have you never heard of calling ntpdate before starting the NTP daemon? > > > uh, ntpdate is severely depricated, and ntpd -g is what is supposed to be > used. If ntpd -g fails it is a bug. > Uhh, lots of mainline 'nix's don't have a -g op

Re: [ntp:questions] Why can't clocks do inital synchronization?

2009-01-05 Thread jimp
Andy Helten wrote: > Heiko Gerstung wrote: >> Juergen Perlinger schrieb: >> >>> Hi everybody, >>> >>> One of the things that can be annoying is that NTPD cannot do an initial >>> synchronization from (most) reference clocks over a difference of more than >>> 4 hours. >>> >>> The reason is that

Re: [ntp:questions] Local time and NTP server time

2008-11-12 Thread jimp
Melanie Pfefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello > > when I specify for example a ntp that is located in a different Time Zone, > how ntp records my local time? > It doesn't as ntp always uses UTC. Conversion to local time is up to the system. -- Jim Pennino Remove .spam.sux to reply. __

Re: [ntp:questions] list posts in UTF-8

2008-10-26 Thread jimp
Richard B. Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Richard B. Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ryan Malayter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 2:48 PM, Unruh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> That may be what

Re: [ntp:questions] list posts in UTF-8

2008-10-26 Thread jimp
Richard B. Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Ryan Malayter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 2:48 PM, Unruh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> That may be what you expect, but you can get it 1usec (1 micro second). >>> Is there something wrong wi

Re: [ntp:questions] list posts in UTF-8

2008-10-26 Thread jimp
Ryan Malayter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 2:48 PM, Unruh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> That may be what you expect, but you can get it 1usec (1 micro second). > > Is there something wrong with the mail gateway and Unicode? I posted > my message as text/plain with charse

Re: [ntp:questions] How can it be :05 in one place and :30 in another place?

2008-10-26 Thread jimp
Gretchen Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I went to http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/ > > I saw that it was 10:35 in New York but in Adelaide it was 1:05 PM and in > New Delhi 8:05. > > How can that be? > > Gretchen While most time zones differ from UTC by an integer number of