Happy New Year to you all, may all your dreams come true.
Two thousand and six arrived( at mid-night )two to threeseconds later at one end of our living room to the other ! Let me explain
My wife and myself haveour own television set each, one either end of the living room. MineI
Dear All,
How should a diallist see in 2006? After all, the
new year starts at midnight when there is no sun
(except in the Antarctic) and, this time, it is
new moon too so those who like moon dials (always
a disappointment in my experience) will also be
out of luck.
Well, we do have a Leap
Frank King asked:
Clocks controlled by Rugby (U.K.) and Frankfurt (Germany)
seem not to resynchronise until two or three hours
after the event. Can anyone explain why?
I'm afraid I can't explain why this is so but it is worthwile mentioning
a sundialling relevance. Some years ago, with my
Message text written by tony moss
It is a terrible thing to be 'timeless' on such occasions!.
Indeed so. My best discovery when similarly inconvenienced (it was my
watch that I thought I had calibrated before setting off - but hadn't) here
is to use the speaking clock via one's mobile phone.
Hi Frank:
The radio controlled clocks may not always be listening for the time
code, but rather may only listen once per hour.
The received signal may be so weak at some times of day that the clock
can not get a lock.
The U.S. WWVB signal has a couple of bits for leap seconds and a smart
