Re[2]: [Elecraft] Way WAY OT: Atomic Time ET-31B clock performance
coca
coca <[email protected]>
Sun Sep 28 06:02:54 2003
Hello Vic,
Sunday, September 28, 2003, 2:09:47 AM, you wrote:
VR> [email protected] wrote:
>> I received an Atomic Time ET-31BD digital radio controlled clock as a gift,
>> but I'll be dog-goned if I can get the thing to receive WWVB for love or
>> money.
VR> I have one of these. I live in California, so obviously the situation
VR> isn't the same, but I had a hard time finding a spot in my shack where
VR> it would work and I could still see it. I finally mounted it high on
VR> the wall, near the ceiling, over my operating position. I hung it so it
VR> would be about 45 degrees from vertical (so I could read the digits).
VR> Now it manages to set itself almost every day, but I definitely could
VR> not get it to work in more conventional locations.
That's one of the benefits of living in s small country. Here in the
UK we can buy radio clocks that will sync to our Rugby Radio (MSF) & we
can also buy them that will sync to other countries (Frankfurt DCF77)
:-)