[time-nuts] documentation for beginners (was: Followup (still want a GPS-type NTP refclock))

[Edgardo Molina]

Dear Attila,

We are a good example of a couple of souls enthusiastically raising our hands for what Magnus suggested.

Magnus, I think more people will welcome your idea of a centralized T&F information system. 

Anybody else raising your hand?


Regards,



Edgardo Molina
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On Oct 21, 2012, at 11:39 AM, Attila Kinali <attila at kinali.ch> wrote:

> On Sun, 21 Oct 2012 18:02:40 +0200
> Magnus Danielson <magnus at rubidium.dyndns.org> wrote:
> 
>>> Ah, but this is Time-Nuts.. are you sure you don't need 1E-13
>>> performance? You may not think you do today, but inevitably, the
>>> horrible uncertainty in your time stamps will gnaw at your innermost
>>> soul, and pretty soon, you'll be building choke rings, wrapping your $6
>>> receiver in an oven, cobbling together some weird combination of surplus
>>> parts.
>> 
>> Hear! Hear!
>> 
>> As time-nuts, we try to get the best possible performance for least 
>> possible cost. Then again, we oldies should recall that new-comers still 
>> need to get started. We should give them advice that gives them a good 
>> start while not spending too much money on a solution which isn't 
>> sufficiently expandable into the future.
>> 
>> We should have a wiki for FAQ and references.
> 
> Yes, definitly. Often it's very simple information one is lacking.
> Like: where to find such information :-)
> 
> KO4BB's site is definitly worth a look, even if a bit overwhelming
> and not clearly structured (especially if you dont know what you are
> looking for).
> 
> A list of OCXOs and their benefits/drawbacks, like the list Luciano
> (aka timeok) send a couple of weeks back is also a great help.
> 
> Or Vig's presentation on quarz resonators (if you haven't read it, you should!)
> 
> Then a list of sources for time/frequency refrences and how to aquire
> them (like GPS -> GPSDO, DCF77/WWVB receivers etc). But i don't know
> of any document that does this...
> 
> And something that glues all of the above together...
> 
> The rest is just a mater of asking and finding the right documenation.
> 
> :-)
> 
> 
> 			Attila Kinali
> 
> -- 
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>         -- Po, Kung Fu Panda
> 
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