[time-nuts] Thunderbolt GPS rollover

[Robert Watzlavick]

Sorry to resurrect an old thread but I also have a question about using 
the Thunderbolt in the future.  I'm considering using 4 of them in a 
multilateration setup to track an amateur rocket with an onboard 
beacon.  I'm a few years away from the flight so I don't want to invest 
in hardware that may not work.  It doesn't matter if the date (or even 
the absolute time) is wrong as I'll just be measuring the delta time 
between reception of the beacon and each unit's 1 PPS output.  However, 
accurate position data would be required.  I would also need the 10 MHz 
to be usable to drive the counter measuring the delta time.

Will the unit still "work" but just put out the wrong date?  Or will it 
effectively turn into a brick?

Thanks,
-Bob

On 10/19/2011 08:06 PM, Thomas S. Knutsen wrote:
> I do assume this is because of the 1024 week cycle? if so would it be
> possible to tell the GPS what  cycle it should be?
>
> Would the 10MHz out still be accurate?
>
> BR. Thomas.
>
> 2011/10/20 Mark Sims<holrum at hotmail.com>:
>> On July 30,  2017 all our Thunderbolts turn into back-dated pumpkins...
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