[time-nuts] Tour of METAS (Swiss Federal Institute of Metrology) time lab: any questions or requests?

[Pete Stephenson]

On 5/7/2015 1:22 PM, Bob Camp wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I guess on a general level:
> 
> 1) How do they generate the Swiss version of UTC (fleet of hydrogen masers run into to a .. :)

According to their website they use an ensemble of commercial cesium
clocks (they show some photos of HP 5071As) and a hydrogen maser. I'll
be sure to ask them for details.

> 2) How do they link that version of UTC with the rest of the world? (BIH etc)

I'm not familiar with that particular acronym (BIH), but I am curious
how they link their version of UTC.

> Not so much a picture of this or that. More a tour of an entire process. 

Right.

Cheers!
-Pete