[Elecraft] OT: WWV/WWVH Closure

Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft eric at elecraft.com
Mon Aug 20 14:48:43 EDT 2018


Folks -
Please see my prior posts. The WWV thread has been closed.

Eric
Moderator
/elecraft.com/

On 8/20/2018 11:43 AM, Phil Kane wrote:
> On 8/20/2018 9:10 AM, John Harper wrote:
>
>> The clock/watch argument in the age of GPS, network and cellular time
>> sync is a valid argument only to geeks, of which I am one, thanks (in
>> part) to my Casio watch.
> Neither GPS signals nor the 60 kHz WWVB signal are receivable inside my
> apartment (yes, I tried).  I briefly looked into a wall clock that used
> an Ethernet connection to a NTP time server and had the look of what I
> wanted but the cost of the clock approached the cost of the computer
> that it would talk to.
>
> Back to not-all-that-obsolete quartz regulated clocks and watches that
> need readjustment from time to time.  That's where the analog WWV signal
> is essential.
>
> 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
> Elecraft K2/100   s/n 5402
>
>  From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest
> Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon
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