This one runs on German time. Works just fine.
Good reception in the evening as usual.
bought it at Class Olsson in Stockholm.
Just push on a button for a couple seconds and it syncs up.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Monday, September 8, 2008
Atomic clocks
What is atomic time? There are a few radio stations around the world that send out time based on an atomic clock. There are two in Europe (UK and DE), on in Colorado, USA, and a third one somewhere in Japan.
On my nightstand I have an oregon scientific clock. It picks up the time automatically from a radio signal from Germany DCF (Frankfurt, Germany). I pick that up in Stockholm, Sweden. The radio station is called DCF. Don't ask me how it got that name.
No problem. Every night when I go to sleep near midnight I see it picking up the signal.
I bought a wrist watch as well which picks up an atomic signal. The signal comes from the UK though. I wondered at first if I could pick up the signal in Stockholm. But no problem. My watch which can pick up the signal from either Germany or the UK prefers the UK signal. I was surprised and impressed.
The UK signal comes from anther station called MFS in Anthorn, Cumbria. It started transmitting from Anthorn in April of 2007. Before that it was Rugby.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthorn_transmitting_station
I read that the Anthorn signal has a better range than the original Rugby signal. In any event, I pick it up in Stockholm.
On my nightstand I have an oregon scientific clock. It picks up the time automatically from a radio signal from Germany DCF (Frankfurt, Germany). I pick that up in Stockholm, Sweden. The radio station is called DCF. Don't ask me how it got that name.
No problem. Every night when I go to sleep near midnight I see it picking up the signal.
I bought a wrist watch as well which picks up an atomic signal. The signal comes from the UK though. I wondered at first if I could pick up the signal in Stockholm. But no problem. My watch which can pick up the signal from either Germany or the UK prefers the UK signal. I was surprised and impressed.
The UK signal comes from anther station called MFS in Anthorn, Cumbria. It started transmitting from Anthorn in April of 2007. Before that it was Rugby.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthorn_transmitting_station
I read that the Anthorn signal has a better range than the original Rugby signal. In any event, I pick it up in Stockholm.
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