Of possible interest. A lot of my clocks use the grid as a reference.
http://goo.gl/KhgtQ
carl
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I was just logging in to mention this as well.. uh oh.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5giHrMC9wYlOzOkUg9wNC2jVKugkw?docId=371623ab59694aef9f0a02fe83faca8a
I wonder if I will be designing crystal controlled 60hz AC signals to bodge
into my clocks sometime soon. :(
On Fri, Jun 24
Sounds like that's going to screw with my nixieneon clocks;-(
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On Jun 24, 2011, at 18:21, Adam Jacobs wrote:
> I was just logging in to mention this as well.. uh oh.
>
> http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5giHrMC9wYlOzOkUg9wNC2jVKugkw?docId=371623ab59694aef
This does suck in a lot of ways.
I like how they say it will be a lot harder to control not with things like
wind and solar. I don't see why, I suspect most of these will end up going to
or starting out as DC then being converted to 60HZ. If they could do this with
massive turbines and physica
Glad I live off the grid and don't use the mains for timing my clocks. I
won't notice a thing...
Jonathan
Of possible interest. A lot of my clocks use the grid as a reference.
http://goo.gl/KhgtQ
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Personally, I do not understand what the benefit is of using the mains
frequency. I always use a 4.194304MHz Quarz and so far all my clocks'
accuracies are very satisfactory.
Best regards,
Jens
Am 25.06.2011 19:57, schrieb Jonathan Peakall:
Glad I live off the grid and don't use the mains for
The mains "frequency", at least here in the U.S. is always being
corrected for small variances that occur in the frequency during the
day. Therefore the overall error is none over a years time. Clocks are
therefore always accurate and never need resetting, unless of course
there is a power fa
Maybe you missed this earlier piece of info:-
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5giHrMC9wYlOzOkUg9wNC2jVKugkw?docId=371623ab59694aef9f0a02fe83faca8a
john k.
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The mains "frequency", at least here in the U.S.
I agree. I wonder what is REALLY behind this?? Something smells
rotten with this.!!!Ira.
On 6/25/2011 6:05 AM, Joe Croft wrote:
This does suck in a lot of ways.
I like how they say it will be a lot harder to control not with things like
wind and solar. I don't see why, I suspect most of
Hello John,
YES!! I did read it , and for the life of me I can NOT figure out
what the REAL TRUTH is behind doing this. My comment was meant to be
past tense. Thanks, Ira.
On 6/25/2011 1:45 PM, JohnK wrote:
Maybe you missed this earlier piece of info:-
http://www.google.com/hostednews/
On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 5:11 PM, Instrument Resources of America
wrote:
> Hello John,
> YES!! I did read it , and for the life of me I can NOT figure out what
> the REAL TRUTH is behind doing this. My comment was meant to be past tense.
> Thanks, Ira.
>
I think it's a conspiracy by the quar
On 11-06-25 02:01 PM, jb-electronics wrote:
Personally, I do not understand what the benefit is of using the mains
frequency. I always use a 4.194304MHz Quarz and so far all my clocks'
accuracies are very satisfactory.
The benefit WAS that the Hydro Utilities always averaged out the
frequency
My mother in law handed me an article today about this from their local paper
and asked if my "funny tube clocks" are still going to work. WIth the exception
of my MOD6 clocks, I'm all GPS over here but I'd be a bit bummed that the
masters of 60Hz have unilaterally decided to screw with that "to
I wonder if an adaptation of my GPS time system mught work. I have a central
clock that reads the GPS and then sends it to the other clocks via RF. What
about a central clock that sends out a 60/50 hZ beat via RF? RF receivers
are fairly cheap, and then you only have to calibrate one xtal or wha
Are the RF receivers cheaper than the GPS receivers at this point?
Sparkfun sells some pretty small GPS receivers for about $25.. Course,
if you're into WWVB, digikey has a WWVB receiver & antenna for $10..
although for my clock, I needed to replace the original tuned loop
antenna with a larger
This clock
http://www.sgitheach.org.uk/atomic.html
has two timekeepers - one from the Rb oscillator and one from mains
frequency. I set the clocks using a GPS receiver. I can display the
time difference between the two clocks and idly watch the difference
wobble backwards a forwards. The
Way cheaper. Check these out.
http://www.google.com/products/catalog?rlz=1T4GGLL_enUS328US328&q=sparkfun+rf&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=11913633787621706539&sa=X&ei=MCgKTtCoL4e6sQOqwrGcCQ&ved=0CCcQ8wIwAw#
Are the RF receivers cheaper than the GPS receivers at this point?
Sparkfun sells some pr
Very good price, but that isn't a GPS/WWVB.
I guess you could attach that to another and connect to a WWVB/GPS for
remote location of the receivers instead of a long antenna wire.
Maybe have it connected to your garage door so the clock can open/close the
door depending on the time of day.
Still, that's a pretty neat piece of kit. I might have to find an excuse
to put one in my next project.
-Adam
On 6/28/2011 12:23 PM, micha...@aol.com wrote:
Very good price, but that isn't a GPS/WWVB.
I guess you could attach that to another and connect to a WWVB/GPS for
remote location of th
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Very good price, but that isn't a GPS/WWVB.
I guess you could attach that to another and connect to a WWVB/GPS for remote
Make sure to buy the 315mhz version instead of the 433mhz.. 433mhz is
smack in the middle of the 70cm band and is used for linking repeaters.
Also, unless you're a licensed amateur, transmitting on 433mhz is
limited to part 15.231 which authorizes "Intermittent Control Signals
and/or Periodic T
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