"Stephen M.H. Lawrence" wrote:

"elg110254" wrote in message
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| Another source for WWV archival audio is the original Star Trek episode
"All
| Our Yesterdays", where the late 60s-era WWV atomic clock provides the
"voice"
| of Sarapeidon librarian Mr. Atoz' Atavachron. Even though it's been 35
years, I
| can still remember watching that N.B.C. episode on my bud Mel's RCA color
tv
| console. Whilst Kirk, Spock, & McCoy expressed interest in Atoz' library
time
| transportation device, Mel & I both exclaimed "WWV" in unison upon hearing
the
| Atavachron's oscillations! This second to last original series episode is
also
| remembered fondly for Mariette Hartley's character, Zarabeth, coercing
vegan
| Spock into eating meat!!!

Audio from CHU can be heard in one of the Star Wars flicks,
though I forget which episode.

73,

Steve Lawrence

I did the same thing when I heard the WWV sound effect on the old Star
Trek episode back then. They used a sample of the WWV binary code which
was transmitted during the third minute of every five minute interval.
It was used to syncronize special clocks which had the capability of
decoding it.

BTW- Did your friend's RCA color TV have the 21" round picture tube
(21FP22) which was masked at the top and bottom to make it look more
rectangular? It was used with the CTC-16 chassis, circa 1966.