[UK-CONTEST] What's the time

[Bob Henderson]

Peter,

It's good to know they're making an effort but it's still just an estimate.

I've monitored internet time versus GPS time over several months and have 
never yet seen them agree.  Internet time always seems to lag GPS time and 
by a variable amount.

Not enough to make one risk missing the bus, of course. ;-)

Bob, 5B4AGN

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Bowyer" <peter at bowyer.org>
To: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 12:39 PM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] What's the time


> On 14/05/07, Bob Henderson <bob at 5b4agn.net> wrote:
>> Internet time is ok, although accuracy depends on internet latency, which 
>> is
>> a variable.
>
> Actually it doesn't - the ntp protocol calclulates and monitors the
> latency involved in the responses it receives from a remote server and
> adjusts accordingly.
>
> Peter G4MJS
>
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