Bruce Griffiths wrote: > Chuck > > Chuck Harris wrote: >> [email protected] wrote: >> >>> So can any one bring it down a few clicks and explain the accuracy thing to >>> this balding hippie? >>> >>> I'm leaning towards ham radio applications. GPSDO are rated in one way like >>> 1 X 10 to something. Ham radios are >>> coming with "High Stability" oscillators that are rated in ? PPM. >>> >>> In laymen's terms what do those numbers mean and how do they relate to each >>> other? >>> >> They convey the same information as an accuracy percentage, only they >> allow for an easier to understand number for higher stability sources. >> >> For example, an oscillator that is accurate to 1%, is accurate to >> one part in 100, or expressed in scientific notation, 1 part per 10E2. >> >> > Wrong, it should read: 1 part in 1E2. > 1E2 is actually shorthand for 1x10^2 .
Right Bruce. It must be fun being a pedant. I'll bet you are a hoot at parties. I was writing for a person, not a fortran compiler. My notation was a simulation of normal scientific notation where I couldn't specify superscripts... just as they used to do in old data sheets. But then, you knew that. -Chuck Harris _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
