2009/1/1 Chuck Harris <[email protected]>: > 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.
Geez, can someone get Bruce laid! -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV & G8KVD & JAKDTTNW Omnium finis imminet _______________________________________________ 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.
