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Old 03-28-2008, 05:31 AM
Gary R. Schmidt
 
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Default Re: How accurate will Sun clock be over 4 hours?

Dave wrote:
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>
> No, you did not miss an earlier mention, but it is by no means certain
> they will be in radio range, given one is in a pretty well RF shielded
> enclosure. Exactly how well shielded is the whole point of the
> experiment, but it might be too well shielded for a WiFi connection.

And, of course, running an Ethernet cable *through* the RFI shielding
will no doubt bugger it all up...

What about a LASER or LED modem-thingie? They used to exist, I can
recall reading up on them back in the 1980's, but I can't recall a
recent mention of them (but then, I haven't read a BlackBox catalogue
for yonks!).

Or simple optical fibre through the shielding to a router or summat.
(Okay, there goes 90% of teh budget... :-))

Cheers,
Gary B-)

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