[time-nuts] Capture of leapsecond on HP 58503A time and frequency reference receiver

Dr. David Kirkby - Kirkby Microwave Ltd drkirkby at kirkbymicrowave.co.uk
Sun Jan 1 00:04:29 UTC 2017


This was a bit hit and miss. I sent 'SYSTEM:STATUS?' by hand, when I thought it 
was the right time. I got lucky. There are a couple of outputs before the 
leapsecond, and one or two after it.

I did an audio recording on my Virgin mobile phone. I'll upload that later, 
after some sleep.

Dave

scpi > SYSTEM:STATUS?
------------------------------- Receiver Status -------------------------------

SYNCHRONIZATION ............................................. [ Outputs Valid ]
SmartClock Mode ___________________________   Reference Outputs _______________
 >> Locked to GPS                              TFOM     3             FFOM     0
    Recovery                                   1PPS TI +8.7 ns relative to GPS
    Holdover                                   HOLD THR 1.000 us
    Power-up                                   Holdover Uncertainty ____________
                                               Predict  11.1 us/initial 24 hrs

ACQUISITION ................................................ [ GPS 1PPS Valid ]
Tracking: 6 ____   Not Tracking: 2 ________   Time _____ +1 leap second pending
PRN  El  Az   SS   PRN  El  Az                UTC      23:56:00     31 Dec 2016
  16  12 287   45     2  12  37                GPS 1PPS Synchronized to UTC
  21  28 171   66    23  11 323                ANT DLY  0 ns
  25  44 106  101                              Position ________________________
  26  40 290  123                              MODE     Hold
  29  73  68  114
  31  61 236   85                              LAT      N  51:39:04.132
                                               LON      E   0:46:36.343
ELEV MASK 10 deg                              HGT               +44.72 m  (MSL)
HEALTH MONITOR ......................................................... [ OK ]
Self Test: OK    Int Pwr: OK   Oven Pwr: OK   OCXO: OK   EFC: OK   GPS Rcv: OK
scpi > SYSTEM:STATUS?
------------------------------- Receiver Status -------------------------------

SYNCHRONIZATION ............................................. [ Outputs Valid ]
SmartClock Mode ___________________________   Reference Outputs _______________
 >> Locked to GPS                              TFOM     3             FFOM     0
    Recovery                                   1PPS TI +11.4 ns relative to GPS
    Holdover                                   HOLD THR 1.000 us
    Power-up                                   Holdover Uncertainty ____________
                                               Predict  11.1 us/initial 24 hrs

ACQUISITION ................................................ [ GPS 1PPS Valid ]
Tracking: 6 ____   Not Tracking: 2 ________   Time _____ +1 leap second pending
PRN  El  Az   SS   PRN  El  Az                UTC      23:59:00     31 Dec 2016
  16  13 288   37     2  11  37                GPS 1PPS Synchronized to UTC
  21  29 171   95    23  11 322                ANT DLY  0 ns
  25  42 107  110                              Position ________________________
  26  41 290   85                              MODE     Hold
  29  72  67  120
  31  61 234  101                              LAT      N  51:39:04.132
                                               LON      E   0:46:36.343
ELEV MASK 10 deg                              HGT               +44.72 m  (MSL)
HEALTH MONITOR ......................................................... [ OK ]
Self Test: OK    Int Pwr: OK   Oven Pwr: OK   OCXO: OK   EFC: OK   GPS Rcv: OK
scpi > SYSTEM:STATUS?
------------------------------- Receiver Status -------------------------------

SYNCHRONIZATION ............................................. [ Outputs Valid ]
SmartClock Mode ___________________________   Reference Outputs _______________
 >> Locked to GPS                              TFOM     3             FFOM     0
    Recovery                                   1PPS TI -3.3 ns relative to GPS
    Holdover                                   HOLD THR 1.000 us
    Power-up                                   Holdover Uncertainty ____________
                                               Predict  11.1 us/initial 24 hrs

ACQUISITION ................................................ [ GPS 1PPS Valid ]
Tracking: 6 ____   Not Tracking: 2 ________   Time _____ +1 leap second pending
PRN  El  Az   SS   PRN  El  Az                UTC      23:59:60     31 Dec 2016
  16  14 288   51     2  11  37                GPS 1PPS Synchronized to UTC
  21  30 171   54    23  11 322                ANT DLY  0 ns
  25  42 107   95                              Position ________________________
  26  42 291   73                              MODE     Hold
  29  72  66  124
  31  60 233  120                              LAT      N  51:39:04.132
                                               LON      E   0:46:36.343
ELEV MASK 10 deg                              HGT               +44.72 m  (MSL)
HEALTH MONITOR ......................................................... [ OK ]
Self Test: OK    Int Pwr: OK   Oven Pwr: OK   OCXO: OK   EFC: OK   GPS Rcv: OK
scpi > SYSTEM:STATUS?
------------------------------- Receiver Status -------------------------------

SYNCHRONIZATION ............................................. [ Outputs Valid ]
SmartClock Mode ___________________________   Reference Outputs _______________
 >> Locked to GPS                              TFOM     3             FFOM     0
    Recovery                                   1PPS TI +3.2 ns relative to GPS
    Holdover                                   HOLD THR 1.000 us
    Power-up                                   Holdover Uncertainty ____________
                                               Predict  11.1 us/initial 24 hrs

ACQUISITION ................................................ [ GPS 1PPS Valid ]
Tracking: 6 ____   Not Tracking: 2 ________   Time ____________________________
PRN  El  Az   SS   PRN  El  Az                UTC      00:00:15     01 Jan 2017
  16  14 288   47     2  11  36                GPS 1PPS Synchronized to UTC
  21  30 171   68    23  11 321                ANT DLY  0 ns
  25  42 107   99                              Position ________________________
  26  42 291   70                              MODE     Hold
  29  71  66  125
  31  60 233  105                              LAT      N  51:39:04.132
                                               LON      E   0:46:36.343
ELEV MASK 10 deg                              HGT               +44.72 m  (MSL)
HEALTH MONITOR ......................................................... [ OK ]
Self Test: OK    Int Pwr: OK   Oven Pwr: OK   OCXO: OK   EFC: OK   GPS Rcv: OK
scpi >



-- 
Dr. David Kirkby Ph.D CEng MIET
Kirkby Microwave Ltd
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