atomic clock / radio-receiver chip

[Ilja O.]

> Huh, I'm a little confused about whats being spoken about here, but
> the GPS satellites are effectively giant orbiting atomic clocks, its
> the basis of GPS.
>


> Hey,
>
> According to wikipedia ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPS ), every GPS satellite carries an atomic clock, providing every receiver on earth with really precise clock. The radio clock systems
> you describe are different and kinda useless when you have GPS onboard.
>
> As an engineer I'm stunned by the level of performance achieved of the GPS system : the description of Einstein's relativity compensation on the WP article is really scary :)

Doh, people. You've spoiled all the fun! :(