For centuries, humans have developed ever-more increasingly sophisticated ways of measuring time. From the first sundials to the very latest caesium-fountain atomic clocks, scientists and… Read More »The Abstract Notion of Time
There are a number of national time and frequency transmissions broadcast from a number of countries around the world. In the US, the WWVB signal… Read More »The DCF-77 (German) Time and Frequency Broadcast
What is GPS? GPS is increasingly being used as a standard hardware clock reference for NTP servers and other computer timing systems. GPS is an US… Read More »Why Use GPS As An Accurate Timing Reference?
The MSF-60 atomic clock synchronized radio time transmission is utilised by many NTP Time Server and PC computer systems to provide accurate synchronization of time… Read More »Decoding The MSF-60 Radio Time Signal
GPS is a satellite based Global Positioning System used to provide navigation and precise positioning information to users on the Earth. The system was developed… Read More »Using the GPS System For Accurate Time
What is GPS and how does it work? What is a GPS clock and what is different about GPS time? How do we obtain GPS timing… Read More »Using The GPS Clock For Network Time Synchronization