Yo Dave! On Mon, 14 Nov 2022 15:17:30 -0800 Dave Taht 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 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 wrote: > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > > > From: Rob Thomas > > > Date: Sun, Nov 13, 2022 at 12:38 PM > > > Subject: [AusNOG] EVERYONE should have a Stratum 1 time server, > > > right? To: > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > AusNOG mailing list > > > AusNOG@ausnog.net > > > https://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > RGDS > > GARY > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Gary E. Miller Rellim 109 NW Wilmington Ave., Suite E, Bend, OR > > 97703 gem@rellim.com Tel:+1 541 382 8588 > > > > Veritas liberabit vos. -- Quid est veritas? > > "If you can't measure it, you can't improve it." - Lord Kelvin > > _______________________________________________ > > Thumbgps-devel mailing list > > Thumbgps-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net > > https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/thumbgps-devel > > > RGDS GARY --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary E. Miller Rellim 109 NW Wilmington Ave., Suite E, Bend, OR 97703 gem@rellim.com Tel:+1 541 382 8588 Veritas liberabit vos. -- Quid est veritas? "If you can't measure it, you can't improve it." - Lord Kelvin