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Surviving the End of Year Leap-Second Event
For anyone curious or concerned about the upcoming "Leap-Second" event on Saturday, December 31, here's everything you need to know: http://navcen.uscg.gov/pdf/gps/BestPracticesForLeapSecond12312016.pdf It's good to know that our government is staying on top of momentous events like this. |
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Surviving the End of Year Leap-Second Event
On Tuesday, October 18, 2016 at 7:47:47 AM UTC-5, wrote:
For anyone curious or concerned about the upcoming "Leap-Second" event on Saturday, December 31, here's everything you need to know: http://navcen.uscg.gov/pdf/gps/BestPracticesForLeapSecond12312016.pdf It's good to know that our government is staying on top of momentous events like this. Ill try to wait for it but chances are, Ill sleep right through it... |
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Surviving the End of Year Leap-Second Event
On Tue, 18 Oct 2016 08:47:37 -0400, wrote:
For anyone curious or concerned about the upcoming "Leap-Second" event on Saturday, December 31, here's everything you need to know: http://navcen.uscg.gov/pdf/gps/BestPracticesForLeapSecond12312016.pdf It's good to know that our government is staying on top of momentous events like this. Oh ****. I saw nothing on the management of my nuclear powered desk device. Hope it doesn't explode. http://www.lacrossetechnology.com/ws...ecast-station/ |
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Surviving the End of Year Leap-Second Event
11:24 On Tue, 18 Oct 2016 08:47:37 -0400, wrote: - show quoted text - Actually as a mariner, you should care. If you use a chart plotter, it is good to know your GPS is right. "The U.S. federal government's Global Positioning System (GPS) broadcasts leap second correction information in the navigation message. However, it is the responsibility of users to assure that their hardware and software recognizes and manages the leap second correctly; errors and equipment failures can occur when GPS receivers and clocks process the leap second signal incorrectly. Please ensure all software and firmware is up to date." ..... Actually Greg I think he's talking about us ordinary folk who put this info in a trivia class. Not something I'd be concerned about. But it is kind if interesting though.., |
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Surviving the End of Year Leap-Second Event
On Tue, 18 Oct 2016 10:34:29 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote: 11:24 On Tue, 18 Oct 2016 08:47:37 -0400, wrote: - show quoted text - Actually as a mariner, you should care. If you use a chart plotter, it is good to know your GPS is right. "The U.S. federal government's Global Positioning System (GPS) broadcasts leap second correction information in the navigation message. However, it is the responsibility of users to assure that their hardware and software recognizes and manages the leap second correctly; errors and equipment failures can occur when GPS receivers and clocks process the leap second signal incorrectly. Please ensure all software and firmware is up to date." .... Actually Greg I think he's talking about us ordinary folk who put this info in a trivia class. Not something I'd be concerned about. But it is kind if interesting though.., === I think it's interesting that there are people who spend a lot of time and money being concerned with such things. |
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Surviving the End of Year Leap-Second Event
On Tue, 18 Oct 2016 17:49:23 -0400,
wrote: On Tue, 18 Oct 2016 17:34:09 -0400, wrote: On Tue, 18 Oct 2016 16:32:05 -0400, wrote: On Tue, 18 Oct 2016 10:34:29 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote: 11:24 On Tue, 18 Oct 2016 08:47:37 -0400, wrote: - show quoted text - Actually as a mariner, you should care. If you use a chart plotter, it is good to know your GPS is right. "The U.S. federal government's Global Positioning System (GPS) broadcasts leap second correction information in the navigation message. However, it is the responsibility of users to assure that their hardware and software recognizes and manages the leap second correctly; errors and equipment failures can occur when GPS receivers and clocks process the leap second signal incorrectly. Please ensure all software and firmware is up to date." .... Actually Greg I think he's talking about us ordinary folk who put this info in a trivia class. Not something I'd be concerned about. But it is kind if interesting though.., === I think it's interesting that there are people who spend a lot of time and money being concerned with such things. If the software in your GPS is not smart enough to deal with this it could be a problem. It is hard to find someone who doesn't have GPS in their phone, boat or car. === Every GPS unit that I'm familiar with, and that includes even the cheapo USB hockey pucks, receives updated time information from the satellites and just reports what it hears - no analysis required. The satellites however have their own atomic clocks and must be programmed to skip a second at the right time. A second is an eternity to an atomic clock and all of the birds have to be synchronized with each other. :-) This affects how the GPS handles that change, or so they say. I agree it is the government so everything they do does not have to make sense. |
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