[time-nuts] 10 mhz accuracy for a satellite system

[Grant Hodgson]

Paul

The keyword is GPSDO - GPS disciplined oscillator.  The vast majority of 
these will give a 10MHz output.  The long term accuracy is the same as 
the GPS navigation system, which for most purposes is similar to that of 
national standards.  GPSDOs are more stable than most rubidium standards 
in the long term, and GPSDOs are extremely common in most laboratories.

The Trimble Thunderbolt is very common and available on the surplus 
market, as is the HP Z3801A.  James Miller (G3RUH) used to sell an 
excellent GPSDO.  There are other home-brew designs available if you 
want to build.   These have all been extensively characterised if you 
want the details.

If you want to buy new, then there are products such as the Fury and 
Firefly from Jackson Labs; , U-Blox have many offerings (not sure if 
they do a GPSDO though).

Google GPSDO or GPS frequency standard, or check the leapsecond.com 
website for more information - there's loads out there, it's just a case 
of using the right term in the search engine.

regards
Grant

> Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2019 23:43:10 -0000
> From: "Paul Bicknell" <paul at bicknells.f2s.com>
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> Dear all
> I currently use a 198 Khz off air standard but I can no longer use  600 khz
> since it moved from Rugby
> I have herd a lot about varies frequency references that use satellites
> This technology has improved immensely & become more affordable over the
> past 5 years
> 
> So can a standard locked to a satellite be as good as a Rubidium ?
> 
> What accuracy can I achieve for a satellite system below ?800 as I am not
> familiar with the latest that are on offer?
> 
> Regards Paul Bicknell  South Coast UK
> 
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