Time Comparison via OTS-2

G. de Jong, K. Karls, D.Kirchner, H. Ressler

Abstract:	Since 1980, time comparisons are carried out via OTS-2 between the Technical University Graz (Austria) and the Van Swinden Laboratory Delft (Netherlands). This method has been based on the use of synchronization pulse in the TV-frame of the daily evening broadcasting of a French TV programme to Northern Africa. Corrections, as consequence of changes in the position of the satellite coordinates are applied weekly after reception of satellite coordinates from ESOC. A description of the method is given as well as some of the particular techniques used in both the participating laboratories. Preliminary results are presented. Starting January 1981 the experiment will be supported by the EEC and enlarged by participation of NPL, PTB, DFVLR, LPTF and IEN.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 13th Annual Precise Time and Time Interval Systems and Applications Meeting December 1 - 3, 1981 Naval Research Laboratory Washington, DC
Pages:	347 - 369
Cite this article:	de Jong, G., Karls, K., D.Kirchner,, Ressler, H., "Time Comparison via OTS-2," Proceedings of the 13th Annual Precise Time and Time Interval Systems and Applications Meeting, Washington, DC, December 1981, pp. 347-369.
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