"Jack Painter" wrote in message
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"Bill Ogden" wrote
I have one of the MFJ "atomic" clocks in my basement shack (in New York)
It
will not pick up the WWV signal in the basement, but does fine when
upstairs
and placed in a vertical position. There is no external antenna
connector---that would make things too easy. Is there an accepted way to
connect an external antenna? Any experience with external antennas on
these
things? (This should be a very common problem!)

I have not taken it apart yet -- sometimes such things are easier to take
apart than to put back together. I am quite willing to take it apart if
there is a good reason for doing so.

Bill
W2WO


Hi Bill, if you do open the receiver, I would be very careful how much
signal you apply, as the front end could be extremely sensitive and might
easily be destroyed by applying an external antenna directly. You could
try
running an insulated antenna wire from some area that has reception, and
strip the insulation to fasten to the back of the clock (without opening
the
back).

If that doesn't work, here's a new hi-tech digital clock that will:

http://www.lares.dti.ne.jp/~yugo/sto.../03/index.html

Best regards ;-)

Jack Painter
Virginia Beach, Virginia



Thanks Jack, thats a great clock.. All my buddies will be getting one of
their own soon. I already have mine.

I was thinking that Bill might be able to get his other clock to pick up
WWV by the same method you suggested. But, I was wondering if he could
tolerate having a few turns of the wire from outside wrapped around the
clock on the way to a ground connection in the room.

Jerry