In summary, to measure the accuracy or stability of any clock, you always need... a better clock. Or you can use the "three cornered hat" method, but it requires that the accuracy or stability of the three devices under test **should not be correlated**.
On Fri, Apr 1, 2022 at 1:58 AM Bob kb8tq <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > If you are trying to evaluate things like accuracy and stability, > you really can’t do it internally. You need something else to > compare to. If you want to count number of dac bits of change > per hour, you certainly can measure that. Just what it means …. > > Bob > > > On Mar 31, 2022, at 7:15 PM, Hal Murray <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > [email protected] said: > >> You really can???t compute things like ADEV by observing the device > against > >> itself. You need an external / stable reference that is (hopefully) > much more > >> accurate than the GPSDO to compare it to. > > > > What can I conclude when looking at data collected internally by a GPSDO > (or > > NTP)? > > > > > > -- > > These are my opinions. I hate spam. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] -- To unsubscribe > send an email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe, go to and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] -- To unsubscribe send > an email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] -- To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to and follow the instructions there.
