[ntp:questions] Sudden frequency offset jump

Hal Murray hal-usenet at ip-64-139-1-69.sjc.megapath.net
Wed May 7 21:21:36 UTC 2008


>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.

It was 3 or 4 ppm.

That's big enough that I think it very unlikely, but not impossible.

Even if it happened only once per year, somebody would probably
have noticed by now.  There are a lot of geeks on this list/newsgroup.

Alternatively, there are probably other more likely explanations.

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