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Nat From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, 2009 February 04 13:41 To: U.S. Metric Association Cc: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:42875] Re: my search continues for a U.S. 24-hour clock radio Most power supplies these days are switching.....thus, only the plug is different. It's a trivial thing to buy an adapter...thus you could source anywhere. Only issue is the 9Mhz vs 10Mhz spacing for FM channels....but that could be a minor annoyance. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [USMA:42874] Re: my search continues for a U.S. 24-hour clock radio From: Michael Palumbo <[email protected]> Date: Wed, February 04, 2009 10:27 am To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> I think I suggested this once in the past, but Bose wave radios can be easily set to 24 hour time, it's listed directly in the manual. You can find older models on craigslist/ebay if the new models are too expensive. They have excellent features, nice wake & sleep timers, good controls, a clear display, etc. I've never had an issue with mine in over 6 years of ownership. While I wouldn't recommend Bose for home theatre components, the wave radio is exceptional. Regards, -Mike Paul Trusten wrote: > Now that we're talking "meridiem," I renew my quest for a 24-hour > clock radio that can be plugged into U.S. house current. > > Yes, there are some appliances, other than bedside clock radios, > available in the U.S. that can be switched to 24-hour time format (my > microwave and my portable LCD alarm clock read in 24 h format right > now), but try to find a U.S.-ready Sony Dream Machine, or a Panasonic, > that you put on your bedside table and plug into the wall, and get its > LED readout to tell you it's 20:34, and they don't exist, AFAIK. > > A friend of mine wanted to get up at 04:00. Having a "ante/post > meridiem" alarm clock like the rest of us Americans, he set his alarm > clock to the fourth hour, all right----the wrong one, actually 16:00. > Of course, he overslept. > > With so many time-telling appliances now switchable to 24-hour format, > why not clock radios? I know that my German friend had to ask me what > AM/PM /means. /If she moved to the U.S., why should our traditions > necessarily prevent her (or me, for that matter) from having a clock > radio that reads logically? Like the FPLA amendment, it would be > optional--there's a switch. > > I repeat my stipulation that I want this on a bedside clock radio. I > don't want to have to send away to Recondite Scientific, Inc., for an > LED readout surplus clock that came off the first space shuttle. I > seek an ordinary clock radio (Sony, GE, Toshiba, Panasonic, Emerson, > etc.). > > This is relevant to metric in the sense that many metric countries use > the elegant logic of 24-hour time format. In fact, any institution > that want to avoid time confusion uses this time format. > > > Paul Trusten, R.Ph. > Public Relations Director > U.S. Metric Association, Inc. > www.metric.org <http://www.metric.org> > 3609 Caldera Blvd. Apt. 122 > Midland TX 79707-2872 US > +1(432)528-7724 > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected] <> >
