[GreenKeys] Off topic you say? Here's your off topic!

[Christian Gauger-Cosgrove]

On 21 April 2013 22:00, Larry Tighe <larryradio at att.net> wrote:
> The correction pulse comes from an ESE master clock.  I seet it every few
> months from WWV.  The master is good for about a second every 4 months.
>
Speaking of radio time standards... has any one made a "standard"
receiver for CHU? For those going "Quoi?" (See what I did there?) CHU
is the Canadian time standard. Doesn't cover western Canada (one need
use WWV, WWVB or WWVH there), but that's not a problem for someone in
Ontario (like myself).

Also, any other Canadians here that religiously set their wristwatches
to the NRC Time Signal on CBC Radio One every day?


> We combine the WU clocks with the AP Model 15 that uses HeavyMetal to get
> the AP headlines on the hour.
>
That sounds like a cool setup. Does your radio station actually
broadcast the hourly news with the Model 15 chattering away in the
background? Or are they like my local AM talk station that seems to
like having The Intensely Annoying Jingle in the background before
cutting to EXTREMELY COMPRESSED commercials every femtosecond?


Also, audio compressors/limiters. Any one else here loathe the fact
that the music and broadcast industries have discovered their
existence? In terms of the former, it's gotten a little bit better. In
terms of the latter... well read the above about my local AM talk
station. One second it's "interview which is at a less legible
volume", quickly cutting to "EXTREMELY COMPRESSED COMMERCIALS WHICH
TEND TO MAKE THE EVERYTHING CATCH FIRE" and then back to "the
illegibly quiet interview". Especially prevalent in broadcast TV,
where when watching a slightly older TV program (any Star Trek except
Enterprise, I... dislike... Enterprise; or M*A*S*H, or Hogan's Heroes,
or...) the station then goes to the very compressed commericals which
make you have to play with the TV's volume control constantly.


Cheers,
Christian Gauger-Cosgrove