Howard Winter wrote:
>
> Yes MSF, on 60kHz covers most of Western Europe - I bought my first clock=
 capable of receiving it about 15 years ago - cost about GB=A360 (US$120) i=
f I =

> remeber rightly!  I now have several clocks around the house which use MS=
F (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=
 receives reliably in the front of the house - I assume the signal is a bit=
 weak =

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

I purchased one online about 14 months ago. It still has the same 1.5V =

battery, and is placed in the jacuzzi room so I know what time it is, so =

I won't be late in the morning. Very accurate.

BUT, the problem with MSF/DCF/WWVB is that each time code protocol is =

slightly different. So my main controller sends the time code box a =

command for the correct time code station.
The time code decoder is a small PIC (PIC12F629) but has enough space =

for the 5 different types. The customer will specify which station is to =

be used, and I will install the  correct fixed
receiver. But I have only extracted WWVB; I need to get a recording of =

the others in order to develop the code. I am thinking that I can ask =

some PIClisters to record the audio output from
their clocks and I can process it here into I/O.

Any interest? I need MSF, DCF, and the high freq Japanese station recorded.

Unless somebody has already done that...maybe I should ask the time =

stations?

--Bob A
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