[LEAPSECS] UT1 via NTP
Hal Murray
hmurray at megapathdsl.net
Mon Mar 19 17:00:21 EDT 2018
Gary said:
> It would be simple to mod an NTP client to download and apply that
> correction. No need for a new protocol.
The question is how many users are there. If there are only a few, then they
should all just download the official IERS version or one of the clones.
If there are enough users so that the downloads would be a serious load, then
a lightweight protocol like NTP makes sense. But NTP isn't very accurate
unless there is a good network connection which usually means close
geographically. Thus, if you want good UT1, you either need lots of servers
so most users can find one nearby or we need a new protocol that just
distributes the offset.
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