Re: [time-nuts] Time syncing question

2006-08-31 Thread Dave Andersen
1) They actually only need to be correct to within 10us, according to the spec. 2) Companies like endrun (www.endruntechnologies.com) make cute ($$$-y, though) and symmetricom make little CDMA time receivers that will get you ~10us accuracy indoors. Nice toys to have in your arsenal if you main

Re: [time-nuts] Frequency Dividers

2006-08-08 Thread Dave Andersen
Tom Van Baak wrote: >> I understand that the micros work fine, it just seemed like you would >> need a second one to discipline the OCXO because of the timing >> constraints on the divider. > > Correct. But at $2+/- each it's easy to use one uC > for a divider and another uC for the GPSDO algorith

[time-nuts] CDMA time synch problem in Salt Lake City, UT

2006-07-26 Thread Dave Andersen
I've sent this to EndRun tech support, but since they're not around at the moment, figured I'd run a quick check with people on the list. I don't really expect an "oh, here's your problem", but I'd love one if someone happens to know! I have a somewhat older Praecis Ct (CDMA cellular time rece

Re: [time-nuts] caveat emptor: eBay t&m seller warning

2006-07-17 Thread Dave Andersen
Christopher - sorry to hear about your bad experience with this seller. I purchased a counter from them in December 2003. It wasn't a very good experience. They made a "mistake" on the shipping calculation (and increased it by $20 after the sale), which seemed legit for shipping a moderately

Re: [time-nuts] New frequency standard, Mercury better than Cesium?

2006-07-16 Thread Dave Andersen
Compare your clock to an ensemble of really good clocks. -Dave Hal Murray wrote: > From the horses mouth: > > http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/releases/mercury_atomic_clock.htm > > > This brings up a question I've been meaning to ask for a while. > > How do you tell how good your best