[AMRadio] GPS Time
Bill Guyger
bguyger at yahoo.com
Wed Feb 22 20:36:06 EST 2017
Yeah, there was much talk on the Flex Radio reflector (which is mostly silent these days) about training your radio's internal oscillator with the 1 PPS / 10 PPS sync pulses from a GPS receiver. I never was that the into the process even though I've had 3 of their radios.
Bill AD5OL
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> On Feb 22, 2017, at 7:00 PM, Robert Bethman <oldrotorheadsarge at outlook.com> wrote:
>
> Take a look at: <http://www.gps.gov/applications/timing/>.
>
> What it says is that *each* GPS Satellite has multiple atomic clocks on-board.
>
> The GPS Satellite System Synchronizes within its self to keep accurate time.
>
> The loss of NIST in Fort Collins should NOT alter GPS timing.
>
> Regards, Bob - N0DGN
>
> P.S. This also why I am in the process of developing a 1PPS Trimble Revolution Board System that will lock a 10MC Oscillator with the GPS System. This will keep a 10MC reference in my shack no matter what happens to NIST or the inability to set my transceiver as close as possible to a very tight standard.
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