Bob,

On Sat, 21 Jul 2007 05:09:48 -0700, Bob Axtell wrote:

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> > where time-code stations cannot be received every other night. But I =

> > have been told that WWVB can
> > be heard almost all the way across Africa, so I suppose that the two =

> > Japanese , one Swiss, and two
> > German stations should cover Europe well. In any case, we are allowing =

> >   =

> Oops, the UK has a powerful station as well. Sorry.

Yes MSF, on 60kHz covers most of Western Europe - I bought my first clock c=
apable of receiving it about 15 years ago - cost about GB=A360 (US$120) if =
I =

remeber rightly!  I now have several clocks around the house which use MSF =
(plus a watch!),  and I have one that picks up the German DCF on 77kHz, =

which cost UK=A33 (US$6) on clearance in my local Staples.  This one only r=
eceives reliably in the front of the house - I assume the signal is a bit w=
eak =

by the time it gets here from Frankfurt, but for that price it's not a majo=
r problem.

Why do I want all these?  I like to know *exactly* how late I am!  :-)

And I never have to put the clocks back or forward...

Cheers,


Howard Winter
St.Albans, England



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