ya, ya
as an old Cdn AF Nav plus an astro-physicist, I'll stick with WWV! Ron VA6RL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fred Jensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Elecraft Reflector" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 4:28 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Atomic Clocks and Aluminum Siding > > And, if anyone wants, I will send them a picture I took of two > > identical model atomic clocks, both showing that they are "locked" > > and showing different times (nothing doctored in the picture, time > > zones the same, etc.). > > Hmmm...I wonder why they call them "Atomic Clocks?" Other than being > made of atoms like everything else, there is nothing "atomic" about any > of them. All the atomic things are in Ft. Collins, Hawaii, and on GPS > spaceships. I think my clock (which I won at the radio club raffle) > syncs to WWVB on 60 KHz, which I can hear on the left-coast at night, > but not in the daytime. > > I volunteer at the Blood Center, and since the FDA requires that they > keep a series of times for each of the various blood donation steps for > each donor, they got us three "Atomic Clocks," two Sony's and a Seiko, > so all the times would be consistent. My job was to hang them on the > walls, and when they were laying together on the table, I noticed that > they all differed from each other by as much as 10 seconds. I took in > my K2, and they all differed from WWV too. So much for "atomic time," > my Pulsar watch does better than that. > > 73, > > Fred K6DGW > Auburn CA CM98lw > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [email protected] > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
