[Hallicrafters] OT Atomic Watch

[MICHAEL TALLENT]

I retired 18 years ago, what is a watch?

Mike  W6MXV  in KY

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Harmon" <k6xyz at sbcglobal.net>
To: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2011 5:40 PM
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] OT Atomic Watch


> Normally, that would be ok but the only thing that really means anything 
> is
> what time the bidding site says it is.
>
> Dave Harmon
> K6XYZ[at]sbcglobal[dot]net
> Sperry, Ok.
>
>
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> manualman at juno.com
> Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2011 3:34 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] OT Atomic Watch
>
> Some Atomic Watches are solar powered and some run on a battery.
> Generally, unless you live your life in a metal box all the time, the WWV
> time signal will get to your watch at least once a day or more, to keep
> the watch calibrated with accurate time, especially when micro seconds
> are important to you. Those last 10 seconds of bidding time can be very
> important.
>
> Pete, wa2cwa
>
> On Sat, 19 Feb 2011 14:38:07 -0500 "Duane Fischer, W8DBF"
> <dfischer at usol.com> writes:
>>
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Question: What powers the so called "Atomic Watch"? Is it solar
>> powered? Or?
>>
>> Supposedly it calibrates itself when placed in a window overnight
>> once a
>> week. Is it using a WWV signal or is it using some GPS signal?
>>
>> Nobody seems sure exactly what powers these things! Does anyone know
>> for
>> sure?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Duane, W8DBF