[GreenKeys] Western-Union time service

[brooke at pacific.net]

Hi Joe:

Yes, Western Union used the clocks made by the Self Winding Clock Co.
See:
http://www.prc68.com/I/SWCC.shtml
http://www.prc68.com/I/SWCC2.shtml

I have some ideas how to synchronize the clocks to WWVB and how to get
correct DST changes.

It seems a shame to do something that would not allow them to be setup
anywhere and run on batteries.

Have Fun,

Brooke Clarke
http://www.prc68.com

amourdutigre wrote:
> Hi...
>
> I recently saw a Western-Union clock on e-pay, and noticed that it had
> two terminal screws on the back. I mentioned this to an old friend of
> mine that thought that he had heard in his youth about Western Union
> offices all had a special "wire" that was connected to a central office
> that every hour on the hour would send a signal to those clocks and
> cause the minute hand to automatically set to the 12:00 position.
> Someone else said that major businesses and public entities could also
> subscribe to this service so that there would be a standardized time.
>
> Has anyone heard of this? I would be interested in finding out. Now the
> idea...if a bunch of folk could find such clocks, wouldn't it be cool to
> have a web site that would send a signal every hour on the hour, and be
> able to hook your computer to some interface that would mimic that clock
> signal? Now that would be really neat for the QTH...
>
> Best and 73,
>
> Joe KB0TXC
>
>
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