[CW] Ship Radio Room clock

[Richard Knoppow]

    Probably a little early. -hp- was experimenting with atomic 
clocks in the 1960s when  I worked for them. I think we had a 
quartz crystal clock in our facility as a standard for counters, 
etc. Ours was checked continuously against WWVB using a chart 
recorder to indicate continuous phase. I am not sure what WWVB 
was using as a standard then but think an atomic clock. Could 
look all this stuff up instead of relying on my somewhat rusty 
memory.

On 1/9/2022 8:32 PM, Hans Brakob wrote:
> We’re talking about back in the 60’s.
> 
> The radio clock WAS the crypto clock (we’re talking about old 
> Gearing and Sumner class destroyers), and one of the watch-change 
> “check-offs” was “Compared Clock to WWV”, or an explanation why not.
> 
> *73, de Hans, KØHB*
> 
> “Just a Boy and his Radio”™
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> *From: *Richard Knoppow <mailto:1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com>
> *Sent: *Monday, January 10, 2022 03:52
> *To: *cw at mailman.qth.net <mailto:cw at mailman.qth.net>
> *Subject: *Re: [CW] Ship Radio Room clock
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>      Different clocks for different purposes. The clock for crypto
> 
> was probably an atomic clock or at least a crystal clock of some
> 
> sort, while the radio room clock is a reference clock and does
> 
> not require high precision. Same for navigation, I suspect atomic
> 
> clocks have been used for decades, at least prior to satellite
> 
> clocks which are virtually absolute.
> 
> On 1/9/2022 4:58 PM, Hans Brakob wrote:
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>  > Maybe so in merchants, but military online crypto systems needed
> 
>  > precise time for synchronization with their partners.
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>  >
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>  > 73, de Hans, KØHB
> 
>  > “Just a Boy and his Radio”™
> 
>  > Master Chief Radioman, US Navy (Ret)
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>  > *From:* cw-bounces at mailman.qth.net <cw-bounces at mailman.qth.net>
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>  > on behalf of Richard Knoppow <1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com>
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>  > *Sent:* Sunday, January 9, 2022 6:34 PM
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>  > *To:* cw at mailman.qth.net
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>  > *Subject:* Re: [CW] Ship Radio Room clock
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>  > Clocks used for navigation purposes must be as accurate as
> 
>  > possible but radio room clocks are not used for navigation, only
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>  > log keeping.
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