[LEAPSECS] DCF 77

Richard B. Langley lang at unb.ca
Thu Dec 23 14:44:31 EST 2010


Quoting Tom Van Baak <tvb at leapsecond.com>:


> TAI, GPS, or UTC out of a GPS receiver. One downside

> is that you have to wait up to 12.5 seconds for the leap

> second information to show up, which can cause timing

> issues with cold-start receivers.


The current GPS navigation message lasts 12.5 MINUTES.

-- Richard Langley

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