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Default (OT?) 60kHz MSF Radio time signal

Malcolm Stewart wrote:
For quite a few years I've had reliable time around my home based on
domestic clocks using the Rugby 60kHz MSF transmitter. Last April the MSF
transmitter was moved to Cumbria, and since then I've noticed glitches in
the delivery of accurate time. e.g. This morning my lounge clock was
precisely1 hour ahead of correct time, and a few weeks ago only the seconds
figure was running correctly. A relative in the Huntingdon area has also
reported problems. (And we're not living in electrically screened
buildings - just normal bricks and mortar houses)

Just wondering how others are getting on? (Direct me if there's a better
newsgroup for this ...)

My watch doesn't have any trouble picking up MSF in Bristol - supposedly
it's fussy about which way up you put it but it doesn't seem to mind if
I put it the "wrong" way up. Radio controlled clocks in work are often
wrong through - slow seems to make sense (battery on the way out, can't
catch up) but as often as not they're up to a couple of minutes fast, so
I assume aren't getting a decent signal, but they can set themselves
when you put in a new battery.

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