Jim, If you look at some atomic clocks, they really do look like they were built in somebody's basement... out of WW II RADAR parts and Home Depot plumbing fittings.
-John ============ > On 3/29/12 6:19 PM, Tom Knox wrote: >> >> I thought I might apologize because I didn't explain my idea very >> well initially, and reiterate my original thoughts on a pulsar timing >> idea. The basis of my idea was that if problems could be overcome >> certain pulsars could provide not only Time but also Position info >> directly to orbiting platforms. > > I think that trying to figure out how to use pulsars as as timing source > is certainly worthy of contemplation. And as for resources.. who'd have > thunk 20 years ago that you could have atomic clocks (real ones, not > WWVB receivers) in your house as a hobby using surplus. [snip] _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
