ATA Signal Reception During 1980

Abstract

This paper describes the instrumentation, method of monitoring HF time signals (including ATA, New Delhi), determination of the precision of epoch in UTC, signal jitter and signal strength as received at the Satellite Tracking and Ranging Station (STARS, Kavalur) at 5 MHz, 10 MHz and 15 MHz frequencies for the year 1980. The precision of ATA epoch, as determined at the station by comparing it with another International station (RID, USSR), is evaluated for the year 1980.

Results obtained at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL, New Delhi) and the Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics (IRE, Calcutta) are compared for an overall assessment of ATA reception in India.