Many of you know that I (along with others like W2GPS, N4HY, K8RQ, N8UR etc) have long-standing interest in high-accuracy timekeeping (especially involving GPS). You might find this WIRED article interesting (http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2007/12/time_hackers). Several of you know about Tom Van Baak (no call) and his time/clock exploits; Tom has been a friend ever since he became interested in atomic clocks. The article doesn't mention it, but Tom (who signs his messages TvB) has TWO hydrogen maser clocks in his lab. Photos of the clock labs at TvB and N8UR home QTHs, see the gallery at http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/multimedia/2007/12/gallery_time_hac....

In the article you will also find mention of John Ackerman (N8UR) in Dayton. John has served as TAPR's president and has recently helped TAPR/AMSAT in developing a GNU-like Open Source Hardware license.

For those of you interested in the topic, N8UR runs the "Time Nuts" Email listserv. Details can be found at https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts.

73 & Seasons Greetings -- Tom