Most of the "atomic clocks" update around midnight and don't try again for 24 hours or so, to save power the receiver is off most of the time. My spectracom 8165 needs hours of good signal to work. Except for good conditions it is rare to keep tracking around local sun rise and sun set.
Stanley ----- Original Message ---- From: Jim Palfreyman <jim77...@gmail.com> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement <time-nuts@febo.com> Sent: Sat, December 4, 2010 3:34:45 PM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] wwvb signal strength I receive the Japanese low frequency signal here in Tasmania. I get it on a simple travel clock placed up high on a wooden bookshelf. Still figuring out which times of the year are best. Jim On Sunday, 5 December 2010, Stanley Reynolds <stanley_reyno...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Past week wwvb propagation has been very good here in Alabama may be a good >time > to play with some of your wwvb discipline oscillators. > > "Winter is, of course, the time of best ground-wave propagation from WWVB, so > this is about as good as it’s ever going to get." from link : > > http://softsolder.com/2010/01/06/wwvb-reception-quality/ > > Stanley > > _______________________________________________ > 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. _______________________________________________ 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.
