Rick Jones wrote: > Richard B. Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Can you put a small PC with a GPS receiver on the top floor as a >>dedicated NTP server? > > > Perhaps, but I doubt I could get a "direct line" on the network from > the systems to it. > > >>There are devices (expensive) that will read the time from the >>reference signal of a CDMA cell phone base station and serve time >>via NTP. > > > I might be able to convince TPTB to fund a GPS18 or GPS185Hz > "experiment." In this _specific_ instance the building is two stories > plus a mezzanine. Perhaps I could get lucky. >
You might get something to work without an outside antenna. A great deal would depend on just how the building was constructed. Some buildings would work as a pretty good "Faraday shield". I can receive GPS signals inside my house because it's mostly wood and more or less transparent to the frequencies involved. YMMV! _______________________________________________ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
