Re: [time-nuts] Greetings from Australia

2015-06-30 Thread David J Taylor
Hi Guys :) I thought I’d say thanks for the add to the group and introduce myself. [] I have a question… Is the reason most amateur radio people care about accurate frequency mostly about operating at higher radio frequencies? I imagine if a bunch of radio enthusiasts aligned their HF radios

[time-nuts] Greetings from Australia

2015-06-29 Thread Brek Martin
Hi Guys :) I thought I’d say thanks for the add to the group and introduce myself. I’m only starting to get compulsive about time and frequency. My findings so far are that only the timing of the next second matters because it’s too late to worry about the current second by the time you have the

Re: [time-nuts] Greetings from Australia

2015-06-29 Thread Michael Perrett
Alex, Brek - the Doppler effect is primarily an effect of the ionosphere moving. A 24 hour measurement of WWV on 20 Mhz shows as much as +/- 800 mHz movement, all due to Doppler. Note that if you run the measurement over several days at the same time of year the measured frequency will strongly

Re: [time-nuts] Greetings from Australia

2015-06-29 Thread Mark Spencer
Hi Brek. In my experience the perceived frequency difference from Doppler shift is of little or no relevance for amateur HF communications. For amateurs involved in activities such as the frequency measurement test I believe it could be at times relevant at HF. There might be a mode where

Re: [time-nuts] Greetings from Australia

2015-06-29 Thread Bob Camp
Hi On Jun 29, 2015, at 12:33 PM, Brek Martin bmar8...@bigpond.net.au wrote: Hi Guys :) I thought I’d say thanks for the add to the group and introduce myself. I’m only starting to get compulsive about time and frequency. My findings so far are that only the timing of the next second

Re: [time-nuts] Greetings from Australia

2015-06-29 Thread Alex Pummer
Not exactly Brek, as long as the position of the two stations, which are in contact with each other, does not vary in the time, you don't have to worry about Doppler effect, also if you are trying to get in touch in SSB mode in the 13cm band, you rather have a precise frequency reference and