Re: [ntp:questions] Is a Spectracom Netclock/2 worth saving?

2011-03-11 Thread David L. Mills
Rick, All the Spectracom WWVB and GPS receivers use the same serial protocol; I have had one or more of these things running for almost 30 years. The Netclock/2 is useless without its ferrite-stick loop antenna, and even then the rising noise pollution due to the noisy electrical grid and

Re: [ntp:questions] Is a Spectracom Netclock/2 worth saving?

2011-03-11 Thread Chris Albertson
On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 5:44 AM, David L. Mills mi...@udel.edu wrote: Rick, All the Spectracom WWVB and GPS receivers use the same serial protocol; I have had one or more of these things running for almost 30 years. The Netclock/2 is useless without its ferrite-stick loop antenna, and even

[ntp:questions] Is a Spectracom Netclock/2 worth saving?

2011-03-10 Thread Rick Jones
So, in a local on its way to its final reward pile I have come across a Spectracom Netclock/2 and am wondering whether it might be worth saving from the scrap heap. It does power-up and shows a time. Unsurprisingly I suppose since it has no antenna connected and I'm in an office building, the