[Elecraft] Atomic Clocks and Aluminum Siding

[Robert]

Dave my house has aluminum siding and my atomic clocks work just fine.
There are some areas in North America where the signal may not be strong 
enough.  Anothing thing you might try is to wind a coil around the clock in 
behind and run an open lead so that there is coupling  to the clock antenna 
and more capture area.  It should not take much.  Note you're not connecting 
the coil to the antenna but allowing the coil to be in proximity to it.

Robert VE3RPF

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David A. Belsley" <belsley at bc.edu>
To: "Elecraft Reflector" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 11:03 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] Atomic Clocks and Aluminum Siding


> Atomic Clocks are great additions to the shack.  But how, pray tell, does 
> one get them to work inside a house with aluminum siding when you can't 
> put it next to a window?  I believe WWVB is on 80KHz, which is pretty low. 
> Can one couple them to an antenna?
>
> thanks,
>
> dave belsley, w1euy
>
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