[ntp:questions] Sudden frequency offset jump

David J Taylor david-taylor at blueyonder.neither-this-bit.nor-this-bit.co.uk
Wed May 7 18:17:05 UTC 2008


Hal Murray wrote:
>> Sudden jumps are not unknown, in addition to the more usual gradual
>> aging.
>
> I don't have any numbers, but that seems like a very big jump.
>
> If it happened very often, I'd expect we would have seen similar
> questions before.

Hal,

I didn't check the amount of the jump.  I would not expect a jump of more 
than a few ppm (due to the crystal itself), and not more than about once a 
year.

David 





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