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Re: NTP question


From: "Eric S. Raymond" <esr () thyrsus com>
Date: Mon, 6 May 2019 22:06:07 -0400

Alejandro Acosta <alejandroacostaalamo () gmail com>:
"The built in high sensitivity GPS receiver is able to lock multiple
satellites from within multiple buildings or from a window location*,
eliminating the requirement that an outdoor antenna be installed*."

Even relatively low-end GPS hardware can do this now.

https://www.ntpsec.org/white-papers/stratum-1-microserver-howto/

That's my recipe for a GPS-based Stratum 1 server built from a RasPi and
any one of several generally-available GPS daughterboards.  Cost less than
$100.

A window location works just fine.  I have six of these on the
windowsill above my desk - they're my test fleet for NTPsec. The trees
near the outside of that window aren't a problem, and while it isn't
*guaraneed* that you have a 4-satellite lock at any ven time periods
of no tracking tend to be short.
-- 
                <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond</a>



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