> I've got a WWVB nixie clock sitting on the shelf _mostly_ done. [most of the > hardware, not a lot of the software] that got shelved because I was having > real problems with receiving the VLF WWVB signal in Seattle. I'm not really > familiar with VLF, but from what I gather it propagates exclusively via > groundwave.. I assume that at night during the winter is the best time to > receive, but now that I look at my design again, I didn't have a real earth > ground. I'll pick it up again now that I actually know something about > radios. :) You're right, seems pretty simple. Basically just an AM carrier > that drops power to encode the nibbles for varying durations to identify what > kind of nibbles they are.
There's a fair amount of useful information on this in Ed. Nisely's blog: http://softsolder.com/?s=wwvb - John KG4L -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB.
