If you can look at the output of a DCF77 demodulator you should see a nice clean set of 100ms/200ms pulses every second. All you need is a CRO, or you could just use a LED to indicate the state.
On 2 January 2013 01:00, George Race <geo...@mrrace.com> wrote: > Hi Anthony, is there any possibility that you have a source of local > interference that started up in your home or area? > From time to time, I have had everything from power line arcing noise to a > new computer power supply that was generating a high level of interference > blocking signals on different frequencies. > > If you have a spectrum analyzer available that will cover the frequency > range of DCF77, it may not hurt to look around and see what you can find. > > George > > -----Original Message----- > From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On > Behalf Of Anthony G. Atkielski > Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2013 7:40 AM > To: time-nuts@febo.com > Subject: [time-nuts] Is there anything wrong with DCF77? > > For the past several days (now thirty hours straight), none of my > radio-synchronized clocks has been able to synchronize with DCF77. Is > there a problem with the transmitter, or maybe a geomagnetic storm or > something that could explain it? I've been looked at the transmitter > Web site and searching for news and information on any disturbances > that would affect reception, but I haven't found anything. I'm about > 500 km from the station. The only thing I have that will sync is my > wristwatch, and it will only do it if I stand outside in an open area. > > -- > Anthony > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > -- Tom Harris <celephi...@gmail.com> _______________________________________________ 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.
