Update. The Junghans Mega is approx 100ms late updating its display. And it's pretty cold, sitting in the outside shed so the LCD is a bit sluggish. It looks like the designers of that tried to do the job properly.
Andy www.g4jnt.com On Sun, 27 Dec 2020 at 14:54, Andy Talbot <[email protected]> wrote: > I've just had a look around the house, and actually have four MSF clocks > and an old wristwatch minus its strap (antenna is a small ferrite rod > inside). Forgot I had an old Junghans one as well - that is sitting out in > the shed as it requires a stronger signal than the more modern ones, and > seems to get better reception out there. It's the only one that shows MSF > outages as it updates every hour - and the battery seems to last forever! > I never checked to see how close that is to GPS; if they implement proper > timing or just a simple delay bodge. > > Andy > www.g4jnt.com > > > > On Sun, 27 Dec 2020 at 14:02, Peter Vince <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hello Andy, >> >> I have an old Maplin digital LCD clock for MSF, and that is always >> about a second slow, but the Coopers analogue clocks are MUCH closer, as >> is >> the Junghens DCF digital LCD clock. But the Junghens DCF clock always >> misses one or other of the DST changes! >> >> Peter >> >> >> On Sun, 27 Dec 2020 at 12:11, Andy Talbot <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > With this talk of Radio Controlled clocks... >> > I have three domestic RC clocks here, receiving the UK 60kHz signal, >> MSF. >> > However, I notice that when compared against a GPS clock, timed from >> the >> > 1 PPS signal & NMEA output, they all are a few hundred milliseconds >> fast, >> > ie the display changes just before the GPS derived time. >> ... >> ... >> > I only ever have digital display clocks, so wouldn't know if the same >> > happens with round ones with hands. Anyone else using domestic MSF or >> > DCF77 clocks who have observed this? >> > >> > Andy >> > www.g4jnt.com >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, go to >> http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com >> and follow the instructions there. >> > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com and follow the instructions there.
