Re: [time-nuts] Re GPS Leap Second

2015-07-16 Thread Mike Cook
Le 16 juil. 2015 à 12:52, Blair Lade bla...@bettanet.net.au a écrit : Hi All, I've just joined time nuts so go easy on me! An interesting 'moment' in time was had during the leap second! The Symmetricon 2100 I have is fitted with the modified Heol GPS. According to the video I

[time-nuts] Re GPS Leap Second

2015-07-16 Thread Blair Lade
Hi All, I've just joined time nuts so go easy on me! An interesting 'moment' in time was had during the leap second! The Symmetricon 2100 I have is fitted with the modified Heol GPS. According to the video I took of the front LCD displays, it repeated the first second, ie

[time-nuts] Re: GPS Leap Second

2005-08-05 Thread Tom Van Baak
Slightly off-topic, but this brings back memories of Y2K. I was on our company's SWAT team (There's a software bug! Quick, call the lawyers!) and spent 24 hours in our command center ringing in the new year around the world. The first big test was when New Zealand turned over, and we had a

Re: [time-nuts] Re: GPS Leap Second

2005-08-05 Thread John Ackermann N8UR
Tom Van Baak wrote: Slightly off-topic, but this brings back memories of Y2K. I was on our company's SWAT team (There's a software bug! Quick, call the lawyers!) and spent 24 hours in our command center ringing in the new year around the world. The first big test was when New Zealand turned

Re: [time-nuts] Re: GPS Leap Second

2005-08-05 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], John Ackermann N8UR writes: The first big test was when New Zealand turned over, and we had a guy standing in front of an ATM to do a test transaction ASAP. Fortunately, it worked. :-) Did he get to keep the money? I think it was his own account... but I think

Re: [time-nuts] Re: GPS Leap Second

2005-08-05 Thread John Ackermann N8UR
Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], John Ackermann N8UR writes: The first big test was when New Zealand turned over, and we had a guy standing in front of an ATM to do a test transaction ASAP. Fortunately, it worked. :-) Did he get to keep the money? I think it was his