Re: [ntp:questions] How can it be :05 in one place and :30 in another place?

2008-10-26 Thread jimp
Gretchen Baxter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I went to http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/ I saw that it was 10:35 in New York but in Adelaide it was 1:05 PM and in New Delhi 8:05. How can that be? Gretchen While most time zones differ from UTC by an integer number of hours,

Re: [ntp:questions] list posts in UTF-8

2008-10-26 Thread jimp
Ryan Malayter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 2:48 PM, Unruh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That may be what you expect, but you can get it 1usec (1 micro second). Is there something wrong with the mail gateway and Unicode? I posted my message as text/plain with charset=UTF-8,

Re: [ntp:questions] list posts in UTF-8

2008-10-26 Thread jimp
Richard B. Gilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ryan Malayter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 2:48 PM, Unruh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That may be what you expect, but you can get it 1usec (1 micro second). Is there something wrong with the mail gateway

Re: [ntp:questions] Local time and NTP server time

2008-11-12 Thread jimp
Melanie Pfefer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello when I specify for example a ntp that is located in a different Time Zone, how ntp records my local time? It doesn't as ntp always uses UTC. Conversion to local time is up to the system. -- Jim Pennino Remove .spam.sux to reply.

Re: [ntp:questions] Why can't clocks do inital synchronization?

2009-01-05 Thread jimp
Andy Helten andy.hel...@dot21rts.com wrote: Heiko Gerstung wrote: Juergen Perlinger schrieb: Hi everybody, One of the things that can be annoying is that NTPD cannot do an initial synchronization from (most) reference clocks over a difference of more than 4 hours. The reason is that

Re: [ntp:questions] Why can't clocks do inital synchronization?

2009-01-05 Thread jimp
Unruh unruh-s...@physics.ubc.ca wrote: j...@specsol.spam.sux.com writes: Have you never heard of calling ntpdate before starting the NTP daemon? uh, ntpdate is severely depricated, and ntpd -g is what is supposed to be used. If ntpd -g fails it is a bug. Uhh, lots of mainline 'nix's

Re: [ntp:questions] Why can't clocks do inital synchronization?

2009-01-05 Thread jimp
Richard B. Gilbert rgilber...@comcast.net wrote: j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: Unruh unruh-s...@physics.ubc.ca wrote: j...@specsol.spam.sux.com writes: Have you never heard of calling ntpdate before starting the NTP daemon? uh, ntpdate is severely depricated, and ntpd -g is what is

Re: [ntp:questions] Why can't clocks do inital synchronization?

2009-01-06 Thread jimp
David J Taylor david-tay...@blueyonder.neither-this-bit.nor-this-bit.co.uk wrote: j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: [] You do understand there are lots of environments where it takes an act of God to be allowed to replace vendor utilities with self compiled versions, don't you? Not a

Re: [ntp:questions] Why can't clocks do inital synchronization?

2009-01-06 Thread jimp
David J Taylor david-tay...@blueyonder.neither-this-bit.nor-this-bit.co.uk wrote: j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: [] What planet do you people live on? I have one client that will not even allow Windows critical security updates to be installed until a extensive formal test is done to

Re: [ntp:questions] Why can't clocks do inital synchronization?

2009-01-06 Thread jimp
David J Taylor david-tay...@blueyonder.neither-this-bit.nor-this-bit.co.uk wrote: j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: [] The point is LOTS of places have extensive procedures in place that must be followed before any software on production systems can be changed, including applying vendor

Re: [ntp:questions] Can the line audio out of HF radio be used to sync ntp. Trying to get a cheap ($) radio method.

2009-05-01 Thread jimp
David Woolley da...@ex.djwhome.demon.co.uk.invalid wrote: Nathaniel Homier wrote: Thank you for the ideas. There were many and I think I will start with the audio drivers first. But I will keep an eye on the serial/gps solution as well. You may find that you need SSB capability on

Re: [ntp:questions] Can the line audio out of HF radio be used to sync ntp. Trying to get a cheap ($) radio method.

2009-05-01 Thread jimp
Nathaniel Homier n...@universal-mechanism.org wrote: On Fri, 01 May 2009 21:15:02 +, jimp wrote: David Woolley da...@ex.djwhome.demon.co.uk.invalid wrote: You may find that you need SSB capability on the HF receiver. Not for any WWV station. We can use the synchronous detector

Re: [ntp:questions] Can or should the NTP protocol eventually serve timezone data?

2009-06-20 Thread jimp
Rob nom...@example.com wrote: E-Mail Sent to this address will be added to the BlackLists n...@blacklist.anitech-systems.invalid wrote: ... and, what do all those millions of embedded systems do now to get time zone data? They don't. DST support is usually hardwired, manually configured

Re: [ntp:questions] Can or should the NTP protocol eventually serve timezone data?

2009-06-20 Thread jimp
John Hasler j...@dhh.gt.org wrote: Jim Pennino writes: Newer stuff tends to run a version of Linux or FreeBSD and you get updates as patches from the maker. Downloaded automatically as needed? What happens when the maker goes bust, shuts down their server, or decides the product is

Re: [ntp:questions] Can or should the NTP protocol eventually serve timezone data?

2009-06-20 Thread jimp
John Hasler j...@dhh.gt.org wrote: I wrote: I don't know of any distribution that provides an easy way arrange for automatic updates of a single file. Null writes: Why would rsync not work? It would work fine but it seems like overkill and is not universally available. ...or a cron

Re: [ntp:questions] Can or should the NTP protocol eventually serve timezone data?

2009-06-20 Thread jimp
John Hasler j...@dhh.gt.org wrote: I wrote: I'm just proposing that the file be made available at a standard location on a well-known set of distributed servers. Jim Pennino writes: For what kind of system? Any. While the zoneinfo database, also known as the Olson database, is

Re: [ntp:questions] Can or should the NTP protocol eventually serve timezone data?

2009-06-20 Thread jimp
David Woolley da...@ex.djwhome.demon.co.uk.invalid wrote: j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: What about all the systems that don't use Olson? I'm only aware of one that doesn't require the system administrator to manually configure for any zone that that doesn't match the (historic)

Re: [ntp:questions] Can or should the NTP protocol eventually serve timezone data?

2009-06-20 Thread jimp
John Hasler j...@dhh.gt.org wrote: Jim Pennino writes: If you limit the problem to Olson, the problem was solved years ago at: ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/ Until they have a budget cut, a server reorganization, decide the traffic is excessive, or just get bored. You are still ignoring the

Re: [ntp:questions] Can or should the NTP protocol eventually serve timezone data?

2009-06-21 Thread jimp
David Woolley da...@ex.djwhome.demon.co.uk.invalid wrote: j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: David Woolley da...@ex.djwhome.demon.co.uk.invalid wrote: j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: What about all the systems that don't use Olson? I'm only aware of one that doesn't require the system

Re: [ntp:questions] National time standard differences

2010-02-10 Thread jimp
unruh un...@wormhole.physics.ubc.ca wrote: On 2010-02-10, David J Taylor david-tay...@blueyonder.delete-this-bit.and-this-part.co.uk.invalid wrote: David Woolley da...@ex.djwhome.demon.invalid wrote in message news:hksmaf$1c...@news.eternal-september.org... David J Taylor wrote: I

Re: [ntp:questions] UK report on GPS vulnerabilities seems to overlook NTP

2011-03-08 Thread jimp
JohnAllen johnbenal...@gmail.com wrote: Maybe I read this too quickly, but the report published today by the UK Royal Academy of Engineering (see http://www.raeng.org.uk/news/publications/list/reports/RAoE_Global_Navigation_Systems_Report.pdf and also the BBC coverage at

Re: [ntp:questions] UK report on GPS vulnerabilities seems to overlook NTP

2011-03-08 Thread jimp
unruh un...@wormhole.physics.ubc.ca wrote: On 2011-03-08, j...@specsol.spam.sux.com j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: JohnAllen johnbenal...@gmail.com wrote: Maybe I read this too quickly, but the report published today by the UK Royal Academy of Engineering (see

Re: [ntp:questions] UK report on GPS vulnerabilities seems to overlook NTP

2011-03-08 Thread jimp
Uwe Klein uwe_klein_habertw...@t-online.de wrote: Chris Albertson wrote: NTP simply is not good enough for use in a tower so it is not used. And why would they use it when all towers by definition have a clear view of the sky IMHO the basic concept of your system is broken when you have

Re: [ntp:questions] Secure NTP

2011-03-24 Thread jimp
Yessica yessima...@gmail.com wrote: Hello! I am installing an NTP server, but requires authentication for that clients can be synchronized with the server, and also that authentication should be with public and private keys. Let me know if I can work with certificates issued by any authority

Re: [ntp:questions] Secure NTP

2011-03-24 Thread jimp
Hal Murray hal-use...@ip-64-139-1-69.sjc.megapath.net wrote: In article ghps58-1a@mail.specsol.com, j...@specsol.spam.sux.com writes: When I see questions like this my first response is Why all the bother?. There is nothing secret or proprietary about the time of day. Since all NTP

Re: [ntp:questions] Secure NTP

2011-03-24 Thread jimp
Chris Albertson albertson.ch...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 2:26 PM, j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: When I see questions like this my first response is Why all the bother?. There is nothing secret or proprietary about the time of day. Security is so that you know you

Re: [ntp:questions] Secure NTP

2011-03-25 Thread jimp
Chris Albertson albertson.ch...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 4:18 PM, j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: Hal Murray hal-use...@ip-64-139-1-69.sjc.megapath.net wrote: In article ghps58-1a@mail.specsol.com, j...@specsol.spam.sux.com writes: When I see questions like this my first

Re: [ntp:questions] Secure NTP

2011-03-25 Thread jimp
Steve Kostecke koste...@ntp.org wrote: On 2011-03-25, j...@specsol.spam.sux.com j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: Chris Albertson albertson.ch...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 2:26 PM, j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: When I see questions like this my first response is Why all

Re: [ntp:questions] Secure NTP

2011-03-25 Thread jimp
Uwe Klein uwe_klein_habertw...@t-online.de wrote: j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: If you specify the server by IP address, how does that happen and who would bother to do it? The $something trading solutions that require exact timematch ( remember the recent rush of ntp users

Re: [ntp:questions] Secure NTP

2011-03-25 Thread jimp
Miroslav Lichvar mlich...@redhat.com wrote: On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 05:01:07PM -0700, Chris Albertson wrote: Security is so that you know you are not being spoofed. Or if you are providing the time so that you can prove to your users that you are who you claim to be and are not spoofing them.

Re: [ntp:questions] Secure NTP

2011-03-27 Thread jimp
Richard B. Gilbert rgilber...@comcast.net wrote: On 3/25/2011 11:40 AM, j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: Uwe Kleinuwe_klein_habertw...@t-online.de wrote: j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: If you specify the server by IP address, how does that happen and who would bother to do it? The

Re: [ntp:questions] Secure NTP

2011-03-27 Thread jimp
E-Mail Sent to this address will be added to the BlackLists Null@blacklist.anitech-systems.invalid wrote: Richard B. Gilbert wrote: j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: Let's see you spoof the Internet, GPS, and CDMA all at the same time. Any two would be sufficient! GPS Jamming could take

Re: [ntp:questions] Secure NTP

2011-03-27 Thread jimp
David Woolley david@ex.djwhome.demon.invalid wrote: j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: One more time, if time is critical to your operation you have several sources to include local GPS and CDMA NTP boxes. You missed an important point, your CEO must also have a current science background.

Re: [ntp:questions] Secure NTP

2011-03-27 Thread jimp
Uwe Klein uwe_klein_habertw...@t-online.de wrote: j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: One more time, if time is critical to your operation you do NOT have one and only one NTP server. One more time, the times of well designed protocolls and infrastructure software are gone ;-) Today the PHB

Re: [ntp:questions] Secure NTP

2011-03-27 Thread jimp
unruh un...@wormhole.physics.ubc.ca wrote: On 2011-03-25, j...@specsol.spam.sux.com j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: Miroslav Lichvar mlich...@redhat.com wrote: On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 05:01:07PM -0700, Chris Albertson wrote: Security is so that you know you are not being spoofed. Or if you

Re: [ntp:questions] Secure NTP

2011-03-27 Thread jimp
Maarten Wiltink maar...@kittensandcats.net wrote: j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote in message news:5lpu58-278@mail.specsol.com... Uwe Klein uwe_klein_habertw...@t-online.de wrote: [...] The $something trading solutions that require exact timematch ( remember the recent rush of ntp users

Re: [ntp:questions] Secure NTP

2011-03-27 Thread jimp
Chris Albertson albertson.ch...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 8:40 AM, j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: Let's see you spoof the Internet, GPS, and CDMA all at the same time. Summary of above argument: You can't spoof my system, therefor other systems can't be spoofed. Nope.

Re: [ntp:questions] Secure NTP

2011-03-27 Thread jimp
Richard B. Gilbert rgilber...@comcast.net wrote: On 3/27/2011 5:45 PM, j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: E-Mail Sent to this address will be added to the BlackListsNull@blacklist.anitech-systems.invalid wrote: Richard B. Gilbert wrote: j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: Let's see you spoof

Re: [ntp:questions] Secure NTP

2011-03-28 Thread jimp
Uwe Klein uwe_klein_habertw...@t-online.de wrote: j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: Richard B. Gilbert rgilber...@comcast.net wrote: Didn't I just see an announcement that GPS was going to be jammed in order to test something or other? Yeah, it happens quite often on a scheduled basis in

Re: [ntp:questions] Secure NTP

2011-03-28 Thread jimp
Uwe Klein uwe_klein_habertw...@t-online.de wrote: j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: At that point they start slowly changing the time to something else. Meanwhile, inside the building where NTP was set up by someone with a clue if you go by the questions placed here on occasion that

Re: [ntp:questions] Secure NTP

2011-03-28 Thread jimp
Chris Albertson albertson.ch...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 8:56 AM, j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: OK, so the bad guy sets up the stuff for a GPS spoofer and parks it next to the targeted building where high dollar value stuff goes on in hopes of tweeking their system

Re: [ntp:questions] Questions about joining pool.ntp.org

2011-08-29 Thread jimp
Harlan Stenn st...@ntp.org wrote: GPS can be done very affordably and can offer great time. There are several *potential* pitfalls: - It is *possible* for the US Gov't to detune the GPS system (locally or in-general). Since GPS is now increasingly used for human safety things, the

Re: [ntp:questions] Questions about joining pool.ntp.org

2011-08-30 Thread jimp
Rob nom...@example.com wrote: unruh un...@wormhole.physics.ubc.ca wrote: And we keep hearing about the UK jamming GPS for hours at a time in regions of the UK. Yes, we keep hearing about that from the UK. But what about other countries, probably they do the same thing but we don't hear

Re: [ntp:questions] Questions about joining pool.ntp.org

2011-08-31 Thread jimp
unruh un...@wormhole.physics.ubc.ca wrote: On 2011-08-31, Uwe Klein u...@klein-habertwedt.de wrote: David J Taylor wrote: How does this square with those who claim 4ns from their GPS devices? Pfft. The defining document is rather old I guess. A lot happened in between. ( I looked into GPS

Re: [ntp:questions] NTP Denial of Service attack 29 November 2011

2011-12-01 Thread jimp
Rob nom...@example.com wrote: Rich schmidt.r...@gmail.com wrote: Someone is at war with USNO NTP service. They could be students, who knows? But all of the offending addresses traced to Chinese sites. In order to continue to provide NTP to US customers, USNO elected to block Chinese

Re: [ntp:questions] Accuracy of NTP - Advice Needed

2011-12-23 Thread jimp
John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com wrote: Richard B. Gilbert wrote: How do you tag a neutrino so that you can say with assurance that the the neutrino that left Cern is the same neutrino that arrives at Sasso? Jim Pennino writes: By sending them in a pulse of a known width. It should be

Re: [ntp:questions] Accuracy of NTP - Advice Needed

2011-12-24 Thread jimp
John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com wrote: unruh writes: They require ns accuracy in the timing and m accuracy in the distance. And the timing is not simply gps ( although they could have gotten that wrong) but then that timing has to be brought down into the mine a km or so below ground and

Re: [ntp:questions] Accuracy of NTP - Advice Needed

2011-12-24 Thread jimp
unruh un...@invalid.ca wrote: On 2011-12-24, j...@specsol.spam.sux.com j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com wrote: unruh writes: They require ns accuracy in the timing and m accuracy in the distance. And the timing is not simply gps ( although they could have

Re: [ntp:questions] Accuracy of NTP - Advice Needed

2011-12-24 Thread jimp
John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com wrote: Jim Pennino writes: The issue is that most people don't seem to be able to understand how to get an accurate position of a location that is vertically under a km or so of dirt, yet horizontally feet from wide open sky and GPS signals. The open sky

Re: [ntp:questions] Accuracy of NTP - Advice Needed

2011-12-24 Thread jimp
John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com wrote: The open sky nearest the OPERA detector is straight up through 1400m of rock. Jim Pennino writes: And the easiest open sky to get to is horizontally down the tunnel to the entrance which is next to a freeway. Yes, the entrance is next to a freeway.

Re: [ntp:questions] Accuracy of NTP - Advice Needed

2011-12-24 Thread jimp
unruh un...@invalid.ca wrote: On 2011-12-24, j...@specsol.spam.sux.com j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: unruh un...@invalid.ca wrote: On 2011-12-24, j...@specsol.spam.sux.com j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com wrote: unruh writes: They require ns accuracy in the

Re: [ntp:questions] Accuracy of NTP - Advice Needed

2011-12-24 Thread jimp
unruh un...@invalid.ca wrote: On 2011-12-25, j...@specsol.spam.sux.com j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com wrote: The open sky nearest the OPERA detector is straight up through 1400m of rock. Jim Pennino writes: And the easiest open sky to get to is

Re: [ntp:questions] Accuracy of NTP - Advice Needed

2011-12-25 Thread jimp
Rob nom...@example.com wrote: j...@specsol.spam.sux.com j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: Again, were do you see the word few in what I wrote? That makes the statement so meaningless. Every distance can be measured in feet. If I had written exactly the same thing with the exception of using

Re: [ntp:questions] Accuracy of NTP - Advice Needed

2011-12-27 Thread jimp
Danny Mayer ma...@ntp.org wrote: On 12/24/2011 8:10 PM, j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com wrote: The open sky nearest the OPERA detector is straight up through 1400m of rock. Jim Pennino writes: And the easiest open sky to get to is horizontally down the

Re: [ntp:questions] Accuracy of NTP - Advice Needed

2011-12-27 Thread jimp
Greg Hennessy greg.henne...@cox.net wrote: The bottom line is that the only thing that is relevant is how easy it is to get to a GPS antenna with an open view of the sky. Everything else is bloviation. GPS is not used for this kind of thing, they are too inaccurate, so it doesn't matter.

Re: [ntp:questions] Accuracy of NTP - Advice Needed

2011-12-27 Thread jimp
Danny Mayer ma...@ntp.org wrote: On 12/27/2011 8:48 PM, j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: Danny Mayer ma...@ntp.org wrote: On 12/24/2011 8:10 PM, j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com wrote: The open sky nearest the OPERA detector is straight up through 1400m of

Re: [ntp:questions] Accuracy of NTP - Advice Needed

2011-12-28 Thread jimp
Danny Mayer ma...@ntp.org wrote: On 12/27/2011 11:45 PM, Greg Hennessy wrote: On 2011-12-28, Danny Mayer ma...@ntp.org wrote: On 12/27/2011 9:08 PM, John Hasler wrote: Danny writes: GPS is not used for this kind of thing, they are too inaccurate, so it doesn't matter. They use atomic clocks.

Re: [ntp:questions] Accuracy of NTP - Advice Needed

2011-12-28 Thread jimp
Danny Mayer ma...@ntp.org wrote: On 12/28/2011 12:09 AM, j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: Danny Mayer ma...@ntp.org wrote: On 12/27/2011 8:48 PM, j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: Danny Mayer ma...@ntp.org wrote: On 12/24/2011 8:10 PM, j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: John Hasler

Re: [ntp:questions] Accuracy of NTP - Advice Needed

2011-12-28 Thread jimp
Danny Mayer ma...@ntp.org wrote: On 12/28/2011 12:17 AM, unruh wrote: On 2011-12-28, Danny Mayer ma...@ntp.org wrote: On 12/24/2011 8:10 PM, j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com wrote: The open sky nearest the OPERA detector is straight up through 1400m of rock.

Re: [ntp:questions] Accuracy of NTP - Advice Needed

2012-01-01 Thread jimp
Danny Mayer ma...@ntp.org wrote: On 12/29/2011 8:38 PM, Dennis Ferguson wrote: On 29 Dec, 2011, at 23:26 , Terje Mathisen wrote: Danny Mayer wrote: No, they use synchronized Cesium atomic clocks for time accuracy. GPS is only used to get a fix on the location and I'm not sure that 10's of

Re: [ntp:questions] GPS Jammers in Use by Criminals - Warping Time for Fraud Suggested

2012-02-23 Thread jimp
Richard B. Gilbert rgilber...@comcast.net wrote: On 2/22/2012 5:16 PM, David Woolley wrote: An article in the Metro, the free morning paper on the London commuter transport network, suggests that criminals may be using GPS jamming equipment to warp the time on financial systems to allow the

Re: [ntp:questions] GPS Jammers in Use by Criminals - Warping Time for Fraud Suggested

2012-02-23 Thread jimp
E-Mail Sent to this address will be added to the BlackLists Null@blacklist.anitech-systems.invalid wrote: j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: In this case what is being jammed is position, not time, and this is so smarter car thieves can defeat systems like LoJack. This is a much easier case

Re: [ntp:questions] GPS Jammers in Use by Criminals - Warping Time for Fraud Suggested

2012-02-23 Thread jimp
Rick Jones rick.jon...@hp.com wrote: Richard B. Gilbert rgilber...@comcast.net wrote: On 2/22/2012 5:16 PM, David Woolley wrote: An article in the Metro, the free morning paper on the London commuter transport network, suggests that criminals may be using GPS jamming equipment to warp the

Re: [ntp:questions] ANN: UK GPS Jamming update

2012-03-28 Thread jimp
Dennis Ferguson dennis.c.fergu...@gmail.com wrote: On 28 Mar, 2012, at 08:26 , David J Taylor wrote: Just wondering: 1) Is the UK govt doing this? The notice is from a UK Government agency. 2) Is the USA doing anything similar? I would be surprised if they were not, but they may

Re: [ntp:questions] Using NTP to calibrate sound app

2013-01-27 Thread jimp
David Taylor david-tay...@blueyonder.co.uk.invalid wrote: On 27/01/2013 19:33, unruh wrote: On 2013-01-27, no-...@no-place.org no-...@no-place.org wrote: [] In case you are wondering, my app is a professional piano tuning app. The standard in this industry is that tuning devices should be

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-27 Thread jimp
Rob nom...@example.com wrote: j...@specsol.spam.sux.com j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: The listeners should enjoy a smooth reception while driving around. So of course there should be no time lag between the modulation signals of the different transmitters. Experts in the field tell us we

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-27 Thread jimp
Rob nom...@example.com wrote: David Woolley david@ex.djwhome.demon.invalid wrote: On 27/04/14 17:28, Rob wrote: We are setting up a co-channel diversity network. That means multiple FM transmitters that are transmitting the same signal on the same frequency on different sites, where the

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-27 Thread jimp
Rob nom...@example.com wrote: Jochen Bern jochen.b...@linworks.de wrote: [Resend to list, rather than non-working(?) sender e-mail address] On -10.01.-28163 20:59, Rob wrote: We are setting up a co-channel diversity network. That means multiple FM transmitters that are transmitting the same

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-27 Thread jimp
Rob nom...@example.com wrote: j...@specsol.spam.sux.com j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: Rob nom...@example.com wrote: j...@specsol.spam.sux.com j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: The listeners should enjoy a smooth reception while driving around. So of course there should be no time lag

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-27 Thread jimp
Rob nom...@example.com wrote: j...@specsol.spam.sux.com j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: Your transmitters will have to be contained within a circle of 3.6km, reduced by the timing errors in the modulation at 0.3km/microsecond. This turns out to be not the case. Networks like this have

Re: [ntp:questions] Can NTP sync within 1ms

2014-04-27 Thread jimp
Rob nom...@example.com wrote: j...@specsol.spam.sux.com j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: Rob nom...@example.com wrote: j...@specsol.spam.sux.com j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: Rob nom...@example.com wrote: j...@specsol.spam.sux.com j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: The listeners should

Re: [ntp:questions] ntp-4.2.6p5 on Win 7 x64

2014-07-18 Thread jimp
Nick m...@privacy.net wrote: snip This performance is marginal for WSJTX. I need 10ms offset or less after 15 minutes. What make you think that? I see a lot of WSJTX signals that are within +/- .5 seconds and occasionally some over a second off and they still decode. Most seem to be +/- .3

Re: [ntp:questions] ntp-4.2.6p5 on Win 7 x64

2014-07-19 Thread jimp
Nick m...@privacy.net wrote: On Fri, 18 Jul 2014 23:16:57 +, jimp wrote: Nick m...@privacy.net wrote: snip This performance is marginal for WSJTX. I need 10ms offset or less after 15 minutes. What make you think that? I see a lot of WSJTX signals that are within +/- .5