[Thumbgps-devel] Fwd: [AusNOG] EVERYONE should have a Stratum 1 time server, right?

[Gary E. Miller]

Yo Dave!

On Mon, 14 Nov 2022 15:26:15 -0800
Dave Taht <dave.taht at gmail.com> wrote:

> The macx-1 appears to have dropped off the market.

That was USB, so marginal for Stratum 1 useage.  And is now pretty old.
Newer GNSS receivers, both USB, and serial, are much better.  OTOH,
avainalability has not been god since COVID.

> 
> On Mon, Nov 14, 2022 at 3:24 PM Gary E. Miller <gem at rellim.com> wrote:
> >
> > Yo Dave!
> >
> > On Mon, 14 Nov 2022 15:17:30 -0800
> > Dave Taht <dave.taht at gmail.com> wrote:
> >  
> > > it was nice to see someone else take up this cause. I imagine our
> > > gps is no longer available?  
> >
> > Uh, "our GPS"?  Depending on your requirements, and a simple
> > Stratum 1 does not have high requirements, there are
> >
> > Sparkfun has RasPi compatible GPS boards for $40, on up.
> >
> >  
> > >
> > > On Mon, Nov 14, 2022 at 3:14 PM Gary E. Miller <gem at rellim.com>
> > > wrote:  
> > > >
> > > > Yo Dave!
> > > >
> > > > Funny thing, I just checked shipping rate from AU to USA.  A
> > > > fedEx envelope fro Sydney to USA is A$92.  About US$62.
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, 14 Nov 2022 15:08:00 -0800
> > > > Dave Taht <dave.taht at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >  
> > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> > > > > From: Rob Thomas <xrobau at gmail.com>
> > > > > Date: Sun, Nov 13, 2022 at 12:38 PM
> > > > > Subject: [AusNOG] EVERYONE should have a Stratum 1 time
> > > > > server, right? To: <ausnog at lists.ausnog.net>
> > > > > <ausnog at lists.ausnog.net>
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > The good news is, you now can!  After about 6 months of
> > > > > wrangling bits and pieces together, "Honest" Rob's Used Car
> > > > > (and VoIP) Emporium has finally managed to get a bunch of
> > > > > custom made GPS Shields built and they are sitting right next
> > > > > to me here in Australia, suitable for lego-esque construction
> > > > > of your own NTP server!
> > > > >
> > > > > These are being sold at pretty much cost - AUD$30 ex - as a
> > > > > pro-bono thing for those who want their very own Stratum 1 NTP
> > > > > server. All you need to do is supply your own Raspberry Pi or
> > > > > equivalent - you just need something with a clock speed over
> > > > > 1ghz and standard GPIO pins.
> > > > >
> > > > > But wait, there's more! You don't NEED to buy this specific
> > > > > hardware - if you already have a GPS device with a PPS signal,
> > > > > you can just fork and hack on the repo that started this:
> > > > >
> > > > > https://github.com/xrobau/rpi-ntp  (Note: that locks down SSH
> > > > > to key only, and *only* puts my key in there, don't just run
> > > > > it blindly without at least adding your ssh pubkey!)
> > > > >
> > > > > This all started because we needed more IPv6 NTP servers in
> > > > > the Asia Pacific region, and it was annoyingly hard to find
> > > > > plug-and-play hardware. I'm really hoping that a bunch of you
> > > > > lot will buy a few, and put them up as public servers with
> > > > > IPv6 addresses on ntppool.org.
> > > > >
> > > > > https://freepbxhosting.com.au/s/gps-v1/
> > > > >
> > > > > I also have them up on eBay, for $40 each, but that's for the
> > > > > public, not for the cool kids club that is AusNog.
> > > > >
> > > > > Currently I can only ship to AU and NZ, but that's purely
> > > > > because I'm lazy and haven't figured out the costs. For those
> > > > > outside the North, South and West islands of New Zealand,
> > > > > feel free to reach out to me off list with your address and
> > > > > I'll figure something out.
> > > > >
> > > > > --"Honest" Rob
> > > > >
> > > > > _______________________________________________
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> > > > > AusNOG at ausnog.net
> > > > > https://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog
> > > > >
> > > > >  
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > RGDS
> > > > GARY
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> > > > 97703 gem at rellim.com  Tel:+1 541 382 8588
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> > RGDS
> > GARY
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> > 97703 gem at rellim.com  Tel:+1 541 382 8588
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GARY
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	gem at rellim.com  Tel:+1 541 382 8588

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