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From: efb@SUNED1.NSWSES.NAVY.MIL (Everett F Batey II)
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Subject: Re: WWV vs. The Naval Observatory Clock -- Who's Right ?
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Date: 4 Jan 91 05:45:27 GMT
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If there is a serious interest in getting to the bottom of the differences
issue, why not call or email the horses mouth.  usno is in the DC phone
book and can probably be reached at somewhere near ( postmaster | root |
system AT usno01.usno.navy.mil ).  Incidentally when kicking around the 
right time vs the right frequency, you may note that NIST is it for frequency
and USNO is it for time.  Not to start an argument .. Congress said so .. 
not me.

What ever factual, you learn, be sure and pass it on .. inquiring minds want
to know .. /EV/

On Jan 2,  3:15, Marc de Groot wrote:
>In article <69@rel.mi.org> bob@rel.mi.org (Bob Leffler) writes:
>
>Last time I looked it up, the National Bureau of Standards claimed that
>time accuracy when TELEPHONING the WWV audio in Fort Collins, CO. was
>"not better than 30 milliseconds".  It sounds to me like 12 seconds is
>not telephone network delay.
>
>Given a choice between WWV and the Naval Observatory, you should consider
>WWV to be more accurate.
>
>It would be interesting to find out why there's such a discrepancy.
}-- End of excerpt from Marc de Groot


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