[time-nuts] NTP apps on Windows question

[Chris Wilson]

  24/09/2019 19:58

I have used Meinberg NTP and also Thinking Man's Dimension 4 as NTP
applications on Windows 7 64 bit OS's on 3 PC's. I use them to sync
the PC time for WSJT-X WSPR (a low power digital amateur radio mode)
which requires an accurate time on the PC's for successful decoding
and transmitting of digital signals.

Both Dimension 4 and Meinberg have occasionally not allowed proper
syncing with the WSPR application attempting to decode up to 4 seconds
late, despite my Trimble Thunderbolt and Lady Heather showing the PC
is synced to GPS time within less than a second, by eye.


I am now trying another NTP app by DL4YHF Wolfgang Buscher. My
questions are, is such an anomaly known and should I disable Windows
Internet Time synchronization when using another NTP app? I see no
mention of disabling this in any of the NTP application's notes... The
WSPR application, WSJT-X has very recently been released in a 64 bit
version, which is what I am using, and I have to wonder if the new
version has some minor bug as I find it hard to believe two well known
and used NTP apps are buggy.


Thanks.

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                   Chris Wilson.
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