[600MRG] WSPRX resync question

[Neil Klagge]

Good answer, Larry. If I'd seen it earlier I wud not have needed to send Pat my comments. hi hi

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On Sep 3, 2013, at 6:58, Larry <larry at w7iuv.com> wrote:

> On 03-Sep-13 6:38 AM, Pat Hamel wrote:
>> The past week or so I have had a good trace on the waterfall but no decodes.
>>  I resync the computer to time.windows.com every night after I turn off my
>> QRSS3 beacon to let WSPRX run all night unless storms are predicted.
>>  Last night in an hour I finally got only one capture, and it said the DT
>> (time delta) was 2.3 seconds.
>> For some reason time.nist.com is not available here, is time.windows.com
>> actually off by 2.3 seconds ?
>> Thank you,
>> Pat W5THT & WD2XSH/6
> 
> Pat,
> 
> Look here for Stratum 1 servers and status:
> 
> http://tf.nist.gov/tf-cgi/servers.cgi
> 
> Look here for "pool" servers which you would probably have better luck with:
> 
> http://www.pool.ntp.org/en/use.html
> 
> BTW, computer clocks can be very very bad. The one in the desktop I am writting this on will drift 2 seconds every 15 minutes! The one out in the shop is not much better.
> I strongly suggest that you use time sync software that will automatically check and sync often. Thats assuming you are actually connected to the internet. If not than look into a GPS system.
> 
> I recommend "Dimension 4" (simplest) : http://www.thinkman.com/dimension4/
> 
> or better yet Mienberg NTPD (complex): http://www.meinbergglobal.com/english/sw/ntp.htm
> 
> In any case, you have little or no hope of reliably copying WSJT/WSPR signals unless you periodically sync your clock through the night.
> 
> 73, Larry - W7IUV
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