[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 01:49:08 UTC 2017
Reposting the output in a fixed width font. It looked fixed on my other
client.
I note the clock says "Time _____ +1 leap second pending" at 23:59:60,
which one can argue is wrong.
*Status reports a couple of times before the leap second. *
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
*Here's the actual leap second. *
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
*Now one after the leap second. The notice about a leap second pending has
gone. *
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 >
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