[time-nuts] Looking for advice to get a submillisecond setup

Peter Torry peter.torry at talktalk.net
Fri Feb 20 13:27:51 EST 2015


I am unsure which country you are in but the UK supplier 
http://www.galleon.eu.com/computer-time-clock.html has a range of 
reasonably priced units that may fit your requirements.

Regards

Peter Torry


On 20/02/2015 16:40, Chris Albertson wrote:
> I think you're getting into receivers that are well into the hundreds of
>> dollars range, if bought new.
>>
>> For an inexpensive "NTP for few hundred dollars to get better than a
>> millisecond" end of things, I think the integrated GPS antenna/receiver
>> with a suitable computer right next to it is the way to go.  Then you're
>> just running a network cable and power.
>>
> I paid $36 for two Motorola Oncore receivers.  These are 55 nanosecond (1
> sigma) timing receivers.  I think today they cost about $25 each.  I paid
> $27 for the timing antenna that is a helix the inside a pointed redone.
> The dome has screw holes that fit a common galvanized pipe flange.  This is
> not an expensive setup and the parts are all there on eBay.  You need to
> add a power supply.  I use a plug-in power cube.
>
> But as I said.  Use what you have all GPS receivers have more precision
> than NTP can make use of.  You don't need high-end gear if the requirement
> is only "sub millisecond".
>
> Mostly I'd say don't spend money on performance you don't need but in some
> cases you get great performance for less money.



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