Re: [amsat-bb] (bad experiences with) WWVB clock time

[John W Wilson <z004391b@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I keep one by my bed as a backup for the main alarm clock.  It is always 
correct.  There is an indicator that displays whether or not it has 
gotten a good time 'fix' in the last couple of days.  It only turns on 
the radio at night for a short period, and that is enough to get it 
cought up if necessary.  The only thing that is a bit awkward is the 
yard-long antenna wire with plastic piece at the end.  I check it 
sometimes with WWV at night and it ticks right along with the WWV 
beeping.  Super-accurate for the human being.


John W. Wilson, KN4HX
z004391b@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us


On Thu, 4 Mar 1999, Franklin Antonio wrote:

> At 10:28 PM 3/3/99 -0600, Mike Murphree wrote:
> >These are also made by Oregon Scientific.  I bought one at Fry's Electronics
> >in Anaheim, CA  a month or so ago for $30 on sale.
> 
> I won one of the Oregon Scientific WWV clocks in a raffle at a convention 
> last month.  To my surprise, it is a Most Inaccurate Clock.  When it 
> receives a signal, it often jumps to the wrong time.  If I look at it a few 
> hours later, it is often off by a different amount of time.
> 
> My sundial is more useful.
> 
> WWV clocks have never worked well.  I had one 15 years ago that was also 
> flaky.  Most people have trouble with fading or weak signals on the WWV 
> frequencies while using a little antenna.  Seems like now that we have so 
> many other good ways to get time (internet, GPS, etc), maybe its time to 
> just forget about WWV.
> 
> 
> 
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