[time-nuts] Re: HP 5061A - bad cesium beam tube?

[Matt Huszagh]

Bob  Camp <kb8tq at n1k.org> writes:

> One way to “decide” the who’s right argument is to get a reasonably good
> GPS (Trimble NetRS from eBay maybe) that will run off of 10 MHz (yes this
> means a doubler if you have a 5061a). Feed the atomic clock into the input
> on the GPS.Then log the RINEX files for a while (= a month maybe). Send
> them off to NRCan (free) for analysis.
>
> If you send it in about 3 weeks after the end of the time period, you will get back
> a pretty good clock estimate. It’s certainly good enough to tell you how well
> your Cs or Rb is doing. With an Rb, you might do pretty well with a week’s
> worth of data.

Thanks Bob, that seems like a useful technique I wasn't aware of. I
actually have a NetRS too. Unfortunately, I can't get a good GPS signal
in my apartment. I may move around the middle of the year and hopefully
the next place will have a suitable location for my GPS antenna.

Matt