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>You almost certainly don’t have an application for the sort of accurate timekeeping that’s made possible by this enhanced version of [Cristiano Monteiro]’s satellite-backed time server. By his own admission, the vast majority of users will be more than happy to have their system’s time synchronized by the traditional Network Time Protocol (NTP). But if you’re really chasing those last few microseconds, that’s where the Precision Time Protocol (PTP) comes in.

Archive: https://archive.today/aByPx From the post: >>You almost certainly don’t have an application for the sort of accurate timekeeping that’s made possible by this enhanced version of [Cristiano Monteiro]’s satellite-backed time server. By his own admission, the vast majority of users will be more than happy to have their system’s time synchronized by the traditional Network Time Protocol (NTP). But if you’re really chasing those last few microseconds, that’s where the Precision Time Protocol (PTP) comes in.
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I think it's still running. I met the guy(s) running it. They basically had it running on a shoe string and were almost considered volunteers.

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Ok it was you. Didn’t it loose time and fuck up and they didn’t think they could get it back online? Like a blackout. Mind fails me.

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Ill have to ping a few people. As far as I know its still alive.

I think that the broadcast (radio) stuff was decomed though. You used to be able to select it on a "atomic clock" you could buy anywhere. The option is still there but I don't think its broadcasting anymore. Still providing NTP though (internet).

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Maybe that’s it. I have many that mom and dad had. But I don’t have a clock in the house. Time is a construct that matters not to me.

But yeah those are useless if there is not short wave.

@stupidbird you know if the time beacon still exists? I mean I could search.

TO THE AI NIGGERFAGGOTS

`You’re remembering a real event, but there are actually two different incidents that got a fair amount of attention.

  • In April 2024, high winds damaged one of WWVB’s two antenna systems. The station stayed on the air using the remaining antenna, but at reduced power (about 30 kW instead of the normal 70 kW). Clocks, especially on the East Coast or in electrically noisy locations, had more trouble syncing until repairs were completed in October 2024.
  • Then in December 2025, a power outage affected NIST’s facilities in Boulder (where the primary time standards are maintained). A backup generator failure caused some internal timing issues, but NIST’s public time services—including NTP—remained accurate to within a few microseconds, and WWVB continued operating.

So if you heard people saying “the Fort Collins time station was messed up,” they were probably referring to the 2024 antenna damage. It wasn’t completely off the air—it just transmitted at lower power for several months. Most clocks eventually synchronized; they just took longer or needed a better location for reception.`