[time-nuts] NTP apps on Windows question

[Fiorenzo Cattaneo]

Yes you definitely need to disable and stop windows builtin ntp client.

-- Fio Cattaneo

Universal AC, can Entropy be reversed? -- "THERE IS AS YET
INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR A MEANINGFUL ANSWER."

> On Sep 24, 2019, at 14:35, Chris Burford <cburford1 at austin.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> Yes,
> 
> You want to disable Windows Time service (w32time) if running the client from Meinberg. If you scroll down about 1/3 from the top of this document <http://www.satsignal.eu/ntp/setup.html> you will see where it makes mention to disable win32time.
> 
> Chris
> 
>> On 09/24/19 14:08:12, Chris Wilson wrote:
>> 
>>   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.
>> 
> _______________________________________________
> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts at lists.febo.com
> To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com
> and follow the instructions there.