I still think that the statement on TVB's website is the best. It is also pretty much the truth. I am sure all of you on here are familiar with it and it has to do with a man owning one clock vs. a man owning two clocks. The one with one clock always knows what time it is, the one with two is never sure. That is truly a classic that I love. We are playing the same game. - Mike
Mike B. Feher, N4FS 89 Arnold Blvd. Howell, NJ, 07731 732-886-5960 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Janssen Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2006 9:18 PM To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] New frequency standard, Mercury better than Cesium? Dave Andersen wrote: >Compare your clock to an ensemble of really good clocks. > > -Dave > > UTC is determined by using a large ensemble of clocks and weighting the individual clocks contribution depending how much they varied from the average (or some such measure) The details I don't remember :-) Bill K7NOM >Hal Murray wrote: > > >>From the horses mouth: >> >> http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/releases/mercury_atomic_clock.htm >> >> >>This brings up a question I've been meaning to ask for a while. >> >>How do you tell how good your best clock is? I can figure out how >>good a >>not-great clock is by comparing it to a better one. But what if there isn't >>a better one? >> >> >> >> > >_______________________________________________ >time-nuts mailing list >[email protected] >https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > > > > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list [email protected] https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.1/389 - Release Date: 7/14/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.1/389 - Release Date: 7/14/2006 _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list [email protected] https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
