[time-nuts] Pulsar Source?

[Brian Justin]

If I recall correctly,

In one of my trips to the NRAO in Greenbank, WV they were, at one time, using a 
dedicated 60ft dish to track a pulsar to compare it against their local H-Maser.
(It was interesting to see the Maser as it looked like a "homebrew" version.  I 
saw no manufacturer's name on it.)

It would come down to what value of S/N do you want or need to make your own 
measurment.

-Brian, WA1ZMS




----- Original Message ----
From: David McGaw <n1hac at Alum.Dartmouth.ORG>
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement <time-nuts at febo.com>
Sent: Wed, March 28, 2012 3:16:03 PM
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Pulsar Source?

What would it take (how big a dish) to receive a pulsar directly, such 
as the millisecond one in the Crab Nebula?  DBTV, TVRO?

David

On 3/28/12 2:29 PM, Tom Knox wrote:
> If pulsars are natures best clocks, I wonder how practical it would be to use 
>satellites to receive and rebroadcast a highly accurate timing signal based on 
>their signals?
>
> Thomas Knox
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