We have conducted global positioning system (GPS) carrier-phase time-transf
er experiments between the master clock (MC) at the U.S. Naval Observatory
(USNO) in Washington, DC and the alternate master clock (AMC) at Schriever
Air Force Base near Colorado Springs, Colorado. These clocks are also monit
ored on an hourly basis with two-way satellite time-transfer (TWSTT) measur
ements. We compared the performance of the GPS carrier-phase and TWSTT syst
ems over a 236-d period. Because of power problems and data outages during
the carrier-phase experiment, the longest continuous time span is 96 d. The
data from this period show agreement with TWSTT within +/-1 ns, apart from
an overall constant time offset (caused by unknown delays in the GPS hardw
are at both ends). For averaging times of a day, the carrier-phase and TWST
T systems have a frequency uncertainty of 2.5 and 5.5 parts in 10(15), resp
ectively.