If I recall correctly, In one of my trips to the NRAO in Greenbank, WV they were, at one time, using a dedicated 60ft dish to track a pulsar to compare it against their local H-Maser. (It was interesting to see the Maser as it looked like a "homebrew" version. I saw no manufacturer's name on it.)
It would come down to what value of S/N do you want or need to make your own measurment. -Brian, WA1ZMS ----- Original Message ---- From: David McGaw <[email protected]> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, March 28, 2012 3:16:03 PM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Pulsar Source? What would it take (how big a dish) to receive a pulsar directly, such as the millisecond one in the Crab Nebula? DBTV, TVRO? David On 3/28/12 2:29 PM, Tom Knox wrote: > If pulsars are natures best clocks, I wonder how practical it would be to use >satellites to receive and rebroadcast a highly accurate timing signal based on >their signals? > > Thomas Knox > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. _______________________________________________ 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. _______________________________________________ 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.
