[UK-CONTEST] UK-Contest Digest, Vol 53, Issue 10

[David Ferrington]

Why forget the internet?
NTp (Network time Protocol) is very acurate - it sync's to an atomic clock
and doesn't just get a time from the clock, it sends packets back and forth
so it can determine network latency, before setting the clock.
On unix, NTP keeps the clock in sync to within microseconds all the time,
not sure about windows though.


On 14/5/07 10:09, "uk-contest-request at contesting.com"
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> Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 06:02:29 -0000
> From: "Nigel G3TXF" <nigel at G3TXF.com>
> Subject: [UK-CONTEST] Wireless clock for the radio shack...
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> Hello Graham,
> 
> My shack clock is a wireless-clock with a clear read-out of the seconds.
> Hence my comment when I heard you start up before 1900z the other day.
> 
> Forget the internet. Get a wireless clock for the shack -- it's the best
> answer. I then set my logging PC clock to the wireless clock.
> 
> 73 - Nigel G3TXF

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