Hi Ok, so now we have the question of “what’s good enough?”. Is 10’s of ms adequate to get the job done? Would 100’s of us make a noticeable impact on performance? If so a local GPS based time source could provide that level of improvement. Cost wise the impact is not massive. Indeed this is diving even deeper into Time Nuttery …..
Bob > On Dec 30, 2019, at 9:35 PM, Richard Mogford <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have not been on this list since 2016 and have some new time questions. > > I am using a program called “Faros.” It is for ham radio. It controls a > radio receiver and automatically checks 18 transmitting beacons around the > world. It displays the signal strength of each beacon. This gives the radio > operator some idea of whether they could contact someone in that area. > > Faros depends on an accurate time source that has consistent delays. I guess > “delay” here means the time it takes for the time signal to get to the PC and > Faros. > > There is an editable list of time servers in the software. There is also a > test function that checks time source availability and delay. The only one > that has very low delays (e.g., 1 ms) is called “localhost.” All the other > servers have larger delays, such as 38 ms or more. > > Can someone tell me what “localhost” is? > > I have a simple GPS receiver (from Adafruit) connected to the PC that sends > data to Lady Heather. Is there a way I can use the data from the GPS in > Faros? > > Richard > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com and follow the instructions there.
