[GreenKeys] Frequency deviations in Continental Europe including impact on electric clocks steered by frequency

[Bob kb8tq]

Hi

Most schools / factories / train systems, even back in the 1950’s ran on a “master clock”
system rather than a bunch of independent clocks. The issue was not so much line 
frequency as a power outage. Going around to a bazillion clocks to re-set them all to the
correct time cost a lot of money. 

Back when I was in school (yes school had been invented that far back) the ham radio club
guys noticed that WWV and the wall clock had an interesting relationship. The wall clock 
drifted during the day and between 4 and 5 pm went faster (or I suppose slower) to eventually 
match up with WWV by 5 pm. The largest deviation that I recall seeing was around 30 seconds. 

Bob

> On Mar 6, 2018, at 10:01 AM, Nick <creativegardening at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I talked to my sister in Hamburg, Germany this morning. Yes, some clock systems are affected but everything else is running smoothly. 
> 
> Just wondering how airports, train stations, governments, etc. are handling the situation. Also wondering about high-tech time clocks in large factories and so forth - there is a possibility that the timing problem could reflection on payrolls. Are workers screwed now?
> 
> Who knows  !
> 
> Nick  -  N0NCQ 
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> -------- Original message --------
> From: Paul Heller <paul0926 at comcast.net> 
> Date: 3/6/18 3:55 AM (GMT-05:00) 
> To: Greenkeys <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net> 
> Subject: [GreenKeys] Frequency deviations in Continental Europe including impact on electric clocks steered by frequency 
> 
> It seems power in Europe is fluctuating. Has anybody’s teletypes in Europe been affected?
> 
> https://www.entsoe.eu/news-events/announcements/announcements-archive/Pages/News/Frequency-deviations-in-Continental-Europe-including-impact-on-electric-clocks-steered-by-frequency.aspx <https://www.entsoe.eu/news-events/announcements/announcements-archive/Pages/News/Frequency-deviations-in-Continental-Europe-including-impact-on-electric-clocks-steered-by-frequency.aspx>
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> 
> Paul
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