Re: [time-nuts] Looking for PTS-310 Manual

2010-07-16 Thread GandalfG8
In a message dated 16/07/2010 16:14:28 GMT Daylight Time, swith...@idcomm.com writes: I am in search of a PTS-310 manual. I know that Nigel GM8PZR has a PDF copy, but have been unable to find an email address. So, Nigel if you are listening would you mind sending me a copy. I believe

[time-nuts] Looking for PTS-310 Manual

2010-07-16 Thread Skip Withrow
Hello nuts, I am in search of a PTS-310 manual. I know that Nigel GM8PZR has a PDF copy, but have been unable to find an email address. So, Nigel if you are listening would you mind sending me a copy. I believe my email will suck up large attachments. Also if anyone else has a copy or k

Re: [time-nuts] Handy iPhone app

2010-07-16 Thread Bob Camp
Hi Here in Carlisle PA the same check shows the iPhone 3G "within a second". That's running 3G, with no odd settings on the phone. Bob On Jul 16, 2010, at 3:06 AM, Rex wrote: > I'm in San Jose. (Same Bay you are talking about?) I am on AT&T but I have a > Motoroloa Razr that's at least a co

Re: [time-nuts] Handy iPhone app

2010-07-16 Thread Oz-in-DFW
On 7/16/2010 12:00 AM, Peter Monta wrote: > Here in the Bay Area, AT&T/iPhone time has gotten noticeably worse > recently. The error used to be around 4 seconds; now it's 49 seconds (!). > > Emerald Time is fine for interactive use, but what I find very impolite > is that AT&T's bad timestamps a

Re: [time-nuts] Handy iPhone app

2010-07-16 Thread Oz-in-DFW
On 7/16/2010 1:57 AM, Hal Murray wrote: > li...@ozindfw.net said: > >> Most newer operational standards can't tolerate this and "accurate" time >> (better than a ms) is important. WiMAX requires TDD base stations to base >> station alignment to be better than 1 microsecond. Most telecom oper

Re: [time-nuts] Handy iPhone app

2010-07-16 Thread Michael Conlen
In Tampa bay AT&T is about 17 seconds off -- Mike On Jul 16, 2010, at 1:00, Peter Monta wrote: > Oz-in-DFW writes: > >>> ... There is no way AT&T would be 12.4 seconds off ... >>> >> >> I used to work in the cell infra business. While it's less true today, >> there are still a number of ope

Re: [time-nuts] Handy iPhone app

2010-07-16 Thread Peter Monta
Rex wrote: > I just eyeballed the minute turn-over but it was clearly within > about a second. Well, apparently it is a phone issue and not a cell-tower issue. Searching the support forums yields the following trick: disable the automatic time setting, set it manually to a grossly wrong time, t

Re: [time-nuts] Handy iPhone app

2010-07-16 Thread Hal Murray
pmo...@gmail.com said: > It would be amusing to arrange for a long-term record of the offset of one's > phone (which can of course change across multiple providers during travel), > say by using a background process to take a sample every few hours against > NTP sources or against GPS if the phone

Re: [time-nuts] Handy iPhone app

2010-07-16 Thread Rex
I'm in San Jose. (Same Bay you are talking about?) I am on AT&T but I have a Motoroloa Razr that's at least a couple years old. I just checked the phone's displayed time vs the internet and also my GPS receiver. I just eyeballed the minute turn-over but it was clearly within about a second. Go