RadioBanter - View Single Post - NOW THEY WANT TO SCREW UP OUR 60 CYCLE LINE FREQUENCY

John Smith[_8_] · July 18th 11, 06:00 AM posted to rec.radio.shortwave

On 7/17/2011 8:23 PM, wrote:

...
Whatever they do with the 60Hz standard is NOT going to fly
unnoticed . Synchronized power grid has worked for many , many years
and many different machines (besides the alarm clocks) are dependent
upon a stable , reliable frequency source . If something works so well
-- then why would somebody want to mess it up ?

Actually, timing clocks by the freq of the nations power source seems
like an idea whose time has come and gone, to me.

You computer could not function if it used the time source from the
powerlines, at least it would produce erroneous results, at best.

Holding all power plants in sync just for the purpose of clocks seems a
no go, especially if you can just adjust the frequency for phasing
plants together on the fly.

There is always wwv, the time component in GPS, phone, web, etc. which
provide better or at least equal accuracy.

But hey, like I say, I am no expert.

Do they even manufacture a clock which is dependent on the syncing
signal from the power line, any more?

The clock in my car has not been adjusted in over a year, it is still
within 1 minute of the clock in my laptop (probably dead on, actually)
.... I suspect it stays in sync by using the GPS time component of the
equipment in the car ...

Regards,
JS