Howard Winter wrote:
> On Sat, 21 Jul 2007 23:49:21 -0600, Robert Rolf wrote:
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>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_from_NPL
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> Well there's my "You learn something new every day" item for today - I didn't know that MSF had moved from Rugby!  
>
> I'm a tad surprised, because it was pretty-much in the centre of Britain where it was, and now it's way up North.  I had noticed at Rugby (which has 
> hundreds of aerial masts which you can see as you drive past on the motorway) that the VLF transmission towers, 12 of them in an oval about half a 
> mile across, had been taken down some time ago, but I never did know which of the rest was MSF.
>
> I have to say that the move (at least 100 miles further away) doesn't seem to have affected any of my clocks, so presumably the signal strength is 
> still very good.  I do find that interference can stop them, though - too near a CRT television is a good one!
>   
yes, motor noise and signals from cellphones seem to cause some signal loss.

My solar tracker will ONLY obtain a time/date fix in the middle of the 
night; i.e. NO tracking system movement or charger noise.
That is accurate enough.

--Bob Axtell
> Cheers,
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> Howard Winter
> St.Albans, England
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