On Sep 9, 2010, at 9:27 PM, Bob Camp wrote:

> Hi
> 
> If 30 ns is the system goal, then you have a lot more to budget for than 
> simple clock error. You could easily be below 10 ns for just the clock 
> portion of the budget. I suspect that multiple 5071's and a maser or two at 
> each site will be the ultimate solution if each must stand alone for 6 days 
> and the set of 10 stay within 30 ns p-p. If reliability planning includes 6 
> days past end of GPS it also likely includes significant redundancy and more 
> than a few 9's in the confidence factor.
> 
> I suspect it's cheaper to buy the 5071's than to have a half dozen SR-71 
> category aircraft ready to climb high enough to act as common view targets. 
> High altitude balloons might work pretty well and they would be cheaper to 
> keep in hot standby mode.

I expect the more likely outcome to be a reality adjustment and relaxing of the 
requirements, possibly with some form of satellite common view target.

Ralph
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