That is due to the wonders of HF propagation. WWV is in Ft Collins WWVH is in Hawaii so coverage is largely restricted to Asia/Pacific region somewhere on NIST's site there is a propagation prediction for all the stations.
On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 1:40 PM, Brad Stockdale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all, > > Thank you to everyone that has helped (and some that continue to > help) me with my GPSDO equipment post... I've got a few leads out > there and hopefully I'll be able to get ahold of some of these units > soon... I really am looking forward to getting to work with some other > GPSDO's. > > Anyway, on to the reason for this post... I'd like to get some > receivers so I can HEAR and USE the WWVB, WWV, and WWVH signals... I > know that HEARING them may not be a 'normal' request, but I just > would like to monitor the audio as well as being able to decode the signals... > > I guess the first thing to take care of is receiving the signals. > Can anyone recommend decent receivers for these stations? I guess the > list of frequencies would be: > > o WWVB = 60 KHz > o WWV = 2.5 MHz, 5 MHz, 10 MHz, 15 MHz, or 20 MHz > o WWVH = 2.5 MHz, 5 MHz, 10 MHz, or 15 MHz > > Hmm, I just noticed that WWV and WWVH overlap... How in the heck > do you differentiate between the two stations if they broadcast on > all the same channels? > > Anyway, I wouldn't mind a kit type of project that would let me > receive these signals... Maybe I'll check out Ramsey Electronics, > Rainbow Kits, Velleman, et al. Surely one of them has kits for these > broadcast ranges. > > Can anyone suggest a kit, or project listed online with > schematics and parts lists, or I guess even reasonably priced commercial > units? > > If I can't get radios that have built in decoders for these > stations, I'd be happy just receiving their audio and then trying to > build my own decoder using a PIC or something... > > Thanks for any advice. > > Brad > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.