[time-nuts] Frequency error -> Parabolic Time Error?
Poul-Henning Kamp
phk at phk.freebsd.dk
Sun Apr 10 06:13:27 UTC 2005
In message <425854CA.2090301 at pacific.net>, Brooke Clarke writes:
>Hi:
>
>Suppose that my reference oscillator is offset from 10.0 MHz by some
>small amount. If I plot the time interval between the reference
>oscillator and a GPS 1 PPS what will the plot look like over a long time
>period, a parabola?
No, that indicates frequency drift.
A constant frequency offset gives a linear phase error curve.
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