RE: Incredible evidence

["Quentin Campbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian G Batten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: 25 September 2003 13:45
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Incredible evidence
> 
> 
> On Thu, 25 Sep 2003, Nick Barnes wrote:
> > UT1.  But the pips are UTC (obtained from GPS receivers), not GMT.
> 
> Has that changed?  Last time I spoke to anyone at the BBC, they were
> muttering about having their own atomic clock after Greenwich 
> got out of the pips games.
> 
> Since I've just got the PPS properly sorted on my GPS box here, so
we're
> ticking UTC(GPS) to within pretty tight tolerances, I'm pondering
which
> piece of geeky sadness to do next.
> 
> ian

Why are the BBC still broadcasting the time pips on their DAB channels
since the processing delays at both ends makes them worthless?

Quentin