Actually, as I think about this, it will be impossible to "calibrate" another device unless one knows the vertical displacement between the standard and the DUT AND a suitably adequate (read: easy to use) algorithm for accounting for the effect of gravity can be developed.
Jeff Jeffrey K. Okamitsu, PhD, MBA +1-609-638-5402 US Mobile Phone +1-240-421-0692 GSM Mobile Phone ________________________________ From: Jeffrey Okamitsu <w...@w3kl.com> To: time-nuts@febo.com Sent: Wed, September 29, 2010 12:43:36 PM Subject: [time-nuts] Next Generation Time/Frequency Standards May Require Provisions Preventing Vertical Displacement See the following: http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100923/full/news.2010.487.html Of course, we're probably a few years away from seeing commercially available instruments with the required precision/accuracy...but it will come. Jeff Jeffrey K. Okamitsu, PhD, MBA +1-609-638-5402 US Mobile Phone +1-240-421-0692 GSM Mobile Phone _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.