Re: [time-nuts] Oh dear

2012-05-07 Thread Dan Mills
On Mon, 2012-05-07 at 18:15 +, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: We must start out by defining the acceptable level of total distortion, if we choose 0.5% then we need 200 digital levels, roughly 8 of your 16 bits for the signal. That gives you a headroom of 7 bits (leaving one for the sign)

Re: [time-nuts] HBG swiss time transmitter shutdown

2011-10-12 Thread Dan Mills
On Thu, 2011-10-13 at 02:11 +0200, Magnus Danielson wrote: I have wondered if not amateurs could set up small frequency broadcasts of their own. Say a 10 W transmitter or something. It's called a beacon and at least the UK license does allow them (25W maximum) and there are a great many out

Re: [time-nuts] GPS interference and history...

2011-06-09 Thread Dan Mills
On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 22:30 +0200, Javier Herrero wrote: I don't think it is feasible... for a cooling reason :) You would think the cooling would be a critical issue (It usually is in spacecraft), but the Russians flew a few surveillance birds with reactors on board (and had at least one more