[ntp:questions] GPS Jammers in Use by Criminals - Warping Time for Fraud Suggested

Chris Albertson albertson.chris at gmail.com
Thu Feb 23 21:00:56 UTC 2012


On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 11:31 AM, Richard B. Gilbert
<rgilbert88 at comcast.net> wrote:

>>
> GPS is not the only source of time!
>
> In the U.S. 60 cycle Alternating Current is the standard and the source of time.

No.  It is not the "standard"  It is at best a "commonalty used
frequency source".   Absolute time is not transmitted on the power
lines.  But in recent years I wonder even about "commonalty used"
most cheap clocks use crystals now.

The US standard is at NIST.


Chris Albertson
Redondo Beach, California


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