Testing GPS generated 1PPS against a rubidium standard

Authors

  • Vukan R Ogrizovic University of Belgrade, Faculty of Civil Engineering
  • Jadranka Marendic
  • Snezana Renovica
  • Sinis¡a Delcev
  • Jelena Gucevic

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21014/acta_imeko.v2i1.47

Abstract

GPS receivers are often used in time-keeping applications, due to their availability, low price and high accuracy. We tested the capability of the GPS receiver to deliver a time-keeping accuracy needed for the time-critical applications, such as astrometry measurements, when a microsecond or better level of accuracy is needed in real-time. We tested a geodetic class GPS receiver against a rubidium standard, over a 24 hours period. In the overall view, the accuracy corresponds to the nominal values. However, we experienced outliers with the certain regularity that we could not explain with cycle-slips or the experiment set-up.
ACTA IMEKO Vol 2 No 1 (2013)

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2013-08-16

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Vol. 2 No. 1 (2013)

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Research Papers

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