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    Re: Atomic clock and local time
    From: Lu Abel
    Date: 2014 Nov 25, 20:06 +0000
    Sam:

    How is it that you are determining NIST time?  GPS?  Time on your computer?  An "atomic clock?"   I ask this because there can sometimes be a delay between true time and the display of time.   Early GPS receivers (ie, let's say ones manufactured in the 1990s) were infamous for time lags in their display software.   Similarly, PC-based computers by default display time derived from a server at Microsoft; Microsoft's site has at times had a significant delay from true time. 

    If the NIST clock were off I believe there would be significant chaos in this country -- everything from the Internet to power grids depend on microsecond accuracy "time" -- and it would be front-page news.

    Lu Abel


    From: Samuel L <NoReply_SamuelL@fer3.com>
    To: luabel@ymail.com
    Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2014 10:21 AM
    Subject: [NavList] Atomic clock and local time

    Do you know if there are any problems or errors that might be introduced in using a clock set to NIST (Boulder, CO)?
    The reason I ask is the Sun sights we take usually establish a fix Northwest of our actual postion (as determined by GPS and USGS) by an average of 5 miles.
    Thanks,
    Sam Lohengrin


       
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