At 21:46 07-01-97 +1000, you wrote:
>Hi all
> Just remembered that: On the clocks mailing-list someone said
>that there is a new quartz watch that now has a receiver built inside it
>to receive WWV or WWW (don't know which). The receiver is used to set
>the watch to the correct time. The only problem is that it will not work
>in Australia. If anyone is interested I will ask the clocks mailing-list
>where this watch can be obtained from.
>
>Roderick Wall.
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>Roderick Wall
>E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Melbourne Australia.
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>
Those watches are available in Europe and they are tuned to the DCF77
timesignal transmitter. This transmiiter is located in Germany (near
Frankfurt am Main) and is using a frequency of 77.5 kHz and has ca. 20kW
power. Because of this low frequency the station can reach an area of ca.800km.
I have no experience with these watches.
There are many models of table/alarm clocks using DCF77 available in Europe.
The brand name of Jungerhans is a well known one. I even saw the chips for
receiver and decoder in a catalog.
Thibaud Taudin-Chabot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
