I tried posting this earlier but it didn't show up. My apologies if it does. On the Christmas theme, here's a nice Christmas gift for Time-Nuts fans.
I recently bought two Casio WWVB watches on sale. They work extremely well. http://www.nywatchstore.com/wv58a1av.html I live in Midland, Ontario, about 2104 km from Fort Collins, on a bearing of 094 degrees magnetic. Here is a map showing the distance and direction: "http://ca.distancescalc.com/calculate?from=Midland%2C+ON%2C+Canada&to=Fort+Collins%2C+CO%2C+United+States"; Here is the map showing the readability of the WWVB code. Midland is much further than LaCrosse, Wisconsin: http://tf.nist.gov/tf-cgi/wwvbmonitor_e.cgi The building I live in has aluminum siding on the west and south sides, which I assume would reduce the signal strength. More significant is the 24 hour flourescent lighting which blanks out the entire AM broadcast band and the low shortwave bands. I have to go about 100 meters away from the building before I can start to pick up shortwave broadcasts. Despite this, the Casio watches still pick up the WWVB broadcasts and lock on the first try at midnight. As a long-time amateur radio operator and Time-Nuts fan, I am very impressed with this performance. It is an outstanding example of good design on both ends. There's still time to get one for Xmas. For $24, it's a nice backup for your H-Maser. Mike _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
