On Sat 2019-02-02T18:32:25+ Michael Deckers hath writ:
> The DCF77 service started on 1959-01-01 and sent astronomically
> determined signals for UT2 or UTC until 1970-04-01 when the
> signals of DHI stopped. The PTB used Cs clocks since 1962,
> and the PTB time signals in DCF77 used steps but
On 2019-02-01 17:56, Steve Allen wrote:
The PTB-controlled broadcasts were pure SI
seconds thus making those broadcasts a form of Stepped Atomic Time
which was approved as experimental by CCIR Rec 374-1 in 1966.
The DCF77 service started on 1959-01-01 and sent astronomically
The story about the German time broadcasts of DCF77 is in Bulletin
Horaire. The story about the German decision that the old rubber
second UTC form of coordination was not legal after CGPM adopted
the cesium second is in the proceedings of the CCDS, and it is
also indicated in several popular
