[time-nuts] no 23:59:60 in TAC32

Brian Kirby kirbybq at bellsouth.net
Sat Dec 31 23:05:14 EST 2005


I was using a M12+ with TAC32+ - what I observed is it displayed 
00:00:01 twice ! - it never indicated 23:59:60.

Bill Beam wrote:

>TAC32 failed to display 23:59:60.
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>Within a few seconds (possibly/probably one second)
>the TAC32 time display was correct.
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>The raw data stream from Motorola UT+ correctly
>showed 23:59:60 as the last second of 2005.
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>TAC32 queries the UT+ for UTC-GPS offset at 20sec
>after each minute and at 00:00:22 'UTC=GPS+14 seconds'
>was correctly displayed.
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>I have lots of uninteresting photos of TAC32 display...
>and one interesting photo of the raw data stream from
>the UT+.  If anyone cares to post it I can send a photo.
>
>Regards, Bill
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>Bill Beam
>NL7F
>wbeam at gci.net or NL7F at amsat.org
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