[time-nuts] Garmin GPS12XL V3.51

[Tony Finch]

Tom Van Baak <tvb at LeapSecond.com> wrote:

> > There's another relatively simple clue in the old GPS signal: the leap
> > second count!
>
> The idea was proposed 20+ years ago, Trimble even has a patent on it.
> Details here:
>
> http://leapsecond.com/notes/gpswnro.htm

Oh, wonderful :-)

> But it turns out not to work. Earth rotation is too difficult to predict
> 20, 40, or 60 years into the future.

I was thinking in terms of getting a bit more lifetime than 20 years from
the firmware compilation date, but as you say it isn't reliable enough to
get much more than 20 years.

Tony.
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