[time-nuts] Capture of leapsecond on HP 58503A time and frequency reference receiver

Dr. David Kirkby (Kirkby Microwave Ltd) drkirkby at kirkbymicrowave.co.uk
Sat Dec 31 20:49:08 EST 2016


Reposting the output in a fixed width font. It looked fixed on my other
client.

I note the clock says "Time _____ +1 leap second pending" at 23:59:60,
which one can argue is wrong.


*Status reports a couple of times before the leap second. *

scpi > SYSTEM:STATUS?
------------------------------- Receiver Status
-------------------------------

SYNCHRONIZATION ............................................. [ Outputs
Valid ]
SmartClock Mode ___________________________   Reference Outputs
_______________
>> Locked to GPS                              TFOM     3             FFOM
   0
   Recovery                                   1PPS TI +8.7 ns relative to
GPS
   Holdover                                   HOLD THR 1.000 us
   Power-up                                   Holdover Uncertainty
____________
                                              Predict  11.1 us/initial 24
hrs

ACQUISITION ................................................ [ GPS 1PPS
Valid ]
Tracking: 6 ____   Not Tracking: 2 ________   Time _____ +1 leap second
pending
PRN  El  Az   SS   PRN  El  Az                UTC      23:56:00     31 Dec
2016
 16  12 287   45     2  12  37                GPS 1PPS Synchronized to UTC
 21  28 171   66    23  11 323                ANT DLY  0 ns
 25  44 106  101                              Position
________________________
 26  40 290  123                              MODE     Hold
 29  73  68  114
 31  61 236   85                              LAT      N  51:39:04.132
                                              LON      E   0:46:36.343
ELEV MASK 10 deg                              HGT               +44.72 m
(MSL)
HEALTH MONITOR ......................................................... [
OK ]
Self Test: OK    Int Pwr: OK   Oven Pwr: OK   OCXO: OK   EFC: OK   GPS Rcv:
OK
scpi > SYSTEM:STATUS?
------------------------------- Receiver Status
-------------------------------

SYNCHRONIZATION ............................................. [ Outputs
Valid ]
SmartClock Mode ___________________________   Reference Outputs
_______________
>> Locked to GPS                              TFOM     3             FFOM
   0
   Recovery                                   1PPS TI +11.4 ns relative to
GPS
   Holdover                                   HOLD THR 1.000 us
   Power-up                                   Holdover Uncertainty
____________
                                              Predict  11.1 us/initial 24
hrs

ACQUISITION ................................................ [ GPS 1PPS
Valid ]
Tracking: 6 ____   Not Tracking: 2 ________   Time _____ +1 leap second
pending
PRN  El  Az   SS   PRN  El  Az                UTC      23:59:00     31 Dec
2016
 16  13 288   37     2  11  37                GPS 1PPS Synchronized to UTC
 21  29 171   95    23  11 322                ANT DLY  0 ns
 25  42 107  110                              Position
________________________
 26  41 290   85                              MODE     Hold
 29  72  67  120
 31  61 234  101                              LAT      N  51:39:04.132
                                              LON      E   0:46:36.343
ELEV MASK 10 deg                              HGT               +44.72 m
(MSL)
HEALTH MONITOR ......................................................... [
OK ]
Self Test: OK    Int Pwr: OK   Oven Pwr: OK   OCXO: OK   EFC: OK   GPS Rcv:
OK

*Here's the actual leap second. *

scpi > SYSTEM:STATUS?
------------------------------- Receiver Status
-------------------------------

SYNCHRONIZATION ............................................. [ Outputs
Valid ]
SmartClock Mode ___________________________   Reference Outputs
_______________
>> Locked to GPS                              TFOM     3             FFOM
   0
   Recovery                                   1PPS TI -3.3 ns relative to
GPS
   Holdover                                   HOLD THR 1.000 us
   Power-up                                   Holdover Uncertainty
____________
                                              Predict  11.1 us/initial 24
hrs

ACQUISITION ................................................ [ GPS 1PPS
Valid ]
Tracking: 6 ____   Not Tracking: 2 ________   Time _____ +1 leap second
pending
PRN  El  Az   SS   PRN  El  Az                UTC      23:59:60     31 Dec
2016
 16  14 288   51     2  11  37                GPS 1PPS Synchronized to UTC
 21  30 171   54    23  11 322                ANT DLY  0 ns
 25  42 107   95                              Position
________________________
 26  42 291   73                              MODE     Hold
 29  72  66  124
 31  60 233  120                              LAT      N  51:39:04.132
                                              LON      E   0:46:36.343
ELEV MASK 10 deg                              HGT               +44.72 m
(MSL)
HEALTH MONITOR ......................................................... [
OK ]
Self Test: OK    Int Pwr: OK   Oven Pwr: OK   OCXO: OK   EFC: OK   GPS Rcv:
OK

*Now one after the leap second. The notice about a leap second pending has
gone. *

scpi > SYSTEM:STATUS?
------------------------------- Receiver Status
-------------------------------

SYNCHRONIZATION ............................................. [ Outputs
Valid ]
SmartClock Mode ___________________________   Reference Outputs
_______________
>> Locked to GPS                              TFOM     3             FFOM
   0
   Recovery                                   1PPS TI +3.2 ns relative to
GPS
   Holdover                                   HOLD THR 1.000 us
   Power-up                                   Holdover Uncertainty
____________
                                              Predict  11.1 us/initial 24
hrs

ACQUISITION ................................................ [ GPS 1PPS
Valid ]
Tracking: 6 ____   Not Tracking: 2 ________   Time
____________________________
PRN  El  Az   SS   PRN  El  Az                UTC      00:00:15     01 Jan
2017
 16  14 288   47     2  11  36                GPS 1PPS Synchronized to UTC
 21  30 171   68    23  11 321                ANT DLY  0 ns
 25  42 107   99                              Position
________________________
 26  42 291   70                              MODE     Hold
 29  71  66  125
 31  60 233  105                              LAT      N  51:39:04.132
                                              LON      E   0:46:36.343
ELEV MASK 10 deg                              HGT               +44.72 m
(MSL)
HEALTH MONITOR ......................................................... [
OK ]
Self Test: OK    Int Pwr: OK   Oven Pwr: OK   OCXO: OK   EFC: OK   GPS Rcv:
OK
scpi >


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