[time-nuts] Pulsar Source?

J. Forster jfor at quikus.com
Fri Mar 30 03:43:14 UTC 2012


Jim,

If you look at some atomic clocks, they really do look like they were
built in somebody's basement...  out of WW II RADAR parts and Home Depot
plumbing fittings.

-John

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> On 3/29/12 6:19 PM, Tom Knox wrote:
>>
>> I thought I might apologize because I didn't explain my idea very
>> well initially, and reiterate my original thoughts on a pulsar timing
>> idea. The basis of my idea was that if problems could be overcome
>> certain pulsars could provide not only Time but also Position info
>> directly to orbiting platforms.
>
> I think that trying to figure out how to use pulsars as as timing source
> is certainly worthy of contemplation.  And as for resources.. who'd have
> thunk 20 years ago that you could have atomic clocks (real ones, not
> WWVB receivers) in your house as a hobby using surplus.

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