[time-nuts] FW: IIMorrow GPS units non-functional since Sunday

[phil]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thomas A. Frank" <ka2cdk at cox.net>
To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" 
<time-nuts at febo.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 1:44 AM
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] FW: IIMorrow GPS units non-functional since Sunday


>> It turns out every one of these units stopped working sometime
>> Sunday and
>> they don't fully understand the cause or the fix as of yet.  Good
>> news, I
>> don't have a malfunctioning unit.
>
> Funny, but to me, having the thing stop working qualifies as
> "malfunctioning".
>
> Just a thought.
>
> Tom Frank, KA2CDK
>

"malfunctioning"?
Can it be said, if you have a task that you are being paid big bucks an hour 
to perform, and have to stop in the middle to go the little boys room that 
you are "malfunctioning"?

A firmware update is a heck of a lot better than a "blown up" unit.
We have a bunch of various brand and model gps units (time, frequency 
standards etc.) and several we were required to update firmware over the 
years. Still going strong after their malfunction or update.