Mark I don't get it. 20 years is just about the time we time-nuts get the good rcvrs. Whats with these manufacturers not serving the important people? Regards Paul
On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 5:11 PM, Mark Sims <[email protected]> wrote: > > Is too true! The GPS signal sends the week number as a 10 bit integer > number. That number rolls over every 1024 weeks (call it 20 years). > There is no data sent that indicates which 1024 week cycle it is (some have > been proposed, but I don't think anything was ever implemented). Receiver > manufacturers usually bias the received week number based upon when the > receiver was made. That lets them ship receivers that are good for 20 > years. After that, they may display a bad date. > > ------------------- > > Not true. GPS week is imbedded in the GPS data. > _______________________________________________ > 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.
