[time-nuts] FYI: Galileo satellite recovered and transmitting navigation signals

Attila Kinali attila at kinali.ch
Sat Dec 6 03:09:57 EST 2014


On Fri, 5 Dec 2014 21:16:14 -0500
Bob Camp <kb8tq at n1k.org> wrote:

> Running one locked to each system is really the only approach that makes
> sense. There inevitably are minor differences in systems and trying to
> average things out is not the best way to do it.

Might or might not be. At least for GPS and Galileo there is an agreement
to synchronize the clocks and have a field in the message data that specifies
the difference between UTC(GPS) and UTC(Galileo). 

There was some discussion at last EFTF about how they are going to measure
the time difference accurately. Apparently the GPS people were not impressed
by Galileos plan to have a physical realization of UTC(Galileo). They seem to
have run into problems in the past and have thus switched to a paper clock.


				Attila Kinali
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