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[email protected] · March 25th 08, 11:24 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.moderated

Ivor Jones wrote:

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: wrote:
: On Mar 23, 9:53???pm, Klystron wrote:
: ???Paul W. Schleck " wrote:
: ??? ???Wouldn't it make more sense to include
: WWV and WWVH along with WWVB?
:
: snip
:
: Such a system requires connectivity to the internet.
: WWVB does not; just requires a receiver.
:
: As does a GPS based time sytem.
:
: Both WWVB and GPS require decoding of the time
: information by something.
:
: Then, there is the
: matter of GPS, which has a time capability that is
: incidental to its navigation function.
:
: GPS can only be used where the satellites can be "seen"
: by the receiver.
:
: Which is the entire planet.

Those bits of it with an uninterrupted view of the sky, anyway. Doesn't
work too well in my basement office. Or under the canopy of trees on the
road outside my house.

Neither do any of the traditional time and frequency stations without
a working antenna.

--
Jim Pennino

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