[ntp:questions] Recalibration for MSF move
PeterW
peterw1_no+spam at f2s.com
Sun Apr 8 15:19:45 UTC 2007
"Richard B. gilbert" <rgilbert88 at comcast.net> wrote in
news:4618EC49.9060803 at comcast.net:
> Danny Mayer wrote:
>> PeterW wrote:
>>
>>>The UK MSF time-standard transmitter moved from near Rugby in
>>>Warwickshire to Anthorn in Cumbria at the beginning of April. For
>>>those with MSF reference clocks, this will make a difference of at
>>>worst case +/- 1msec depending on how distance from the transmitter
>>>changes.
>>>
>>>I assume (hope) that most Stratum 1 clocks have been adjusted, but
>>>some may no have been, so check an MSF-based clock against GPS or
>>>DCF77a before relying on it.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Peter,
>>
>> Do you have any reason to think that it is less reliable or accurate
>> than the old site?
>>
>> Danny
>
>
> I think he means that the propagation delays have changed because of
> the
> move and that there may be problems with servers that have not made
> the necessary adjustments. I'm inclined to suspect that he's right
> and that many servers have failed to note the change and make the
> necessary adjustments.
>
> OTOH, I can think of MAYBE ONE server that I can rely on for time
> accurate to within a millisecond. They all may have time accurate to
> the microsecond but the problem is getting delivery over the network.
>
>
>
It is the propagation delay I am talking of. It is just over 1 ms (in old
money, 186 miles = 1 ms and the new site is about 200 miles away). The site
is still locked to the NPL clocks in Teddington.
I had noticed one MSF site about 1ms adrift from GPS, but it seems OK now.
I now have a remote GPS S1 reference and MSF S1 reference in agreement to
about 200us here.
Peter
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