[ale] possibility of running an NTP server

[Ron Frazier]

On 01/12/2012 08:55 AM, david w. millians wrote:
> On 1/11/2012 12:55 AM, Ron Frazier wrote:
>    
>> For some time, I've had an amateur interest the science of timekeeping.
>> Haven't really pursued it.  I've been recently been doing research into
>> time servers, and time signals, etc.  I used some Christmas money to get
>> a solar atomic watch made by Casio and a couple of solar atomic wall
>> <snip>
>> synchronize my watch and one clock today and they just refused to
>> receive the signal enough to work.  Hopefully, they'll pick it up in the
>> middle of the night.
>>      
> My casio always seems to pick up at night. There's only been one time in
> the past several years where it was off. Matter of fact, it's usually
> more accurate than my cell phone. It's a great watch, even if it's a bit
> too thick to fit under a buttoned shirt cuff. The newer ones are
> thinner. Consumer advisory: if it has the resin band, go ahead and order
> 2 or 3 spares while they're available, i.e., now. My band is held
> together with duct tape, and the strapband is a piece of wire, because
> Casio no longer sells watchbands for this model. Sell a watch that'll
> last for years and not sell watchbands for it? Tacky.
>
> Here's an interesting article:
> http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2007/12/time_hackers?currentPage=all
> (or google for "Amateur Time Hackers Play With Atomic Clocks at Home"
>
> If you really want to get accurate time at home, the trick is to get it
> via GPS.
> http://www.rjsystems.nl/en/2100-ntpd-garmin-gps-18-lvc-gpsd.php
>
> For most regular folks, NTPD with drift checking is good enough. :)
>    
Hi David,

All my atomic clocks and my watch did indeed sync in the middle of the 
night. And, I was even wearing the watch, so I didn't have to set it in 
front of a window. Very cool.

Thanks for those article links. I just printed them, bookmarked them, 
and am looking forward to reading them.

Sincerely,

Ron

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