Re: [time] GPS or CDMA Time servers

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Author: John Pettitt
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To: brandon
CC: timekeepers
Subject: Re: [time] GPS or CDMA Time servers
brandon@??? wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I recently discovered the NTP pool and promptly added my Debian box to the
> pool. I have one fairly simple question that will most likely result in a
> not so simple answer.
>
> Are there any affordable GPS/CDMA time servers that are affordable yet not
> completely home brew?
>
> I contacted Meinberg and received a quote for a LANTIME/M300/GPS.
> Unfortunately, this unit is WAY out of my price range. Any ideas would be
> appreciated. I've searched the web for quite awhile and most solutions
> seem to be corporate in nature. Doesn't anyone make a USB or Serial
> receiver that you can integrate with ntpd in Linux?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Brandon West
>

If your box has a serial port (not a USB one) and you can run a cable
outside for the antenna an $80 Garmin GPS 18 LVC will do the trick -
it's really easy to set up.

John
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