[time-nuts] Optical atomic clocks - Review paper

2020-03-22 Thread Attila Kinali
Moin, I just stumpled upon [1] which is a nice review paper of optical atomic clocks. It isn't an introductory paper, but one that focuses on the general build-up and the problems that arise. [1] "Optical atomic clocks", by Ludlow, Boyd and Ye, 2015 https://doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.87.637 http

[time-nuts] Contributing to UTC

2020-03-22 Thread Attila Kinali
On Sun, 22 Mar 2020 16:18:04 -0400 Demetrios Matsakis via time-nuts wrote: > Responding to the second quote, at least until I retired last year, the BIPM > will allow any laboratory to contribute to UTC and realize UTC so long as > the national signatory requests it. If someone here feels adve

Re: [time-nuts] time-nuts Digest, Vol 188, Issue 32

2020-03-22 Thread Demetrios Matsakis via time-nuts
I have cut two quotes from this posting, which I would like to comment on. One is this: > > > Btw.: The GPS system delivers an? in-official uncertainty, because the > D.O.D. clock is not participating in the S.I. representation of the UTC. > and the other is this: "This is not true. While B

Re: [time-nuts] HP 106B on Ebay

2020-03-22 Thread timeok
Tom, Have you ever tested the HP106B for phase noise? And in particular between the HP106B and the BVA 8600 which is the best from this point of view? Luciano Luciano P. S. Paramithiotti tim...@timeok.it www.timeok.it Da "time-nuts" time-nuts-boun...@lists.febo.com A

Re: [time-nuts] Accuracy results with Trimble Thunderbolt?

2020-03-22 Thread Attila Kinali
On Sat, 21 Mar 2020 14:24:48 +0100 Frank Stellmach wrote: > you're welcome to pose any questions here. Definitely! We all started as beginners and learned through asking questions. > Concerning your question, there are basically two different parameters > called 'stability' and 'uncertainty'.