[LEAPSECS] Metrologia on time

Poul-Henning Kamp phk at phk.freebsd.dk
Thu Aug 4 02:08:28 EDT 2011


In message <C5048974ABD047FBA860333C0639A7A7 at pc52>, "Tom Van Baak" writes:


>If you want to play it safe perhaps NIST could freeze DUT1 in

>WWV/WWVB at its current value of -0.3 until someone calls to

>ask if there's a problem.


The UK 60kHz Rugby transmitter used to do this experiement on
almost every DUT1 change some years back, and the typical response
time was months.

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