"Mark" wrote in message
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How do these Radio controlled clocks supposed to work? I today bought a
cheap LCD rc alarm clock from Littlewoods but can't get the clock to
automatically update to the correct time. The instructions say the clock
updates itself at certain times of the day from the the signal via a
transmitter in Rugby. There's also a manual "receive" button to start
receiving the signal immediately if required (or as soon as the
batteries are inserted). The "receive" indicator will flash for about 8
minutes but then goes out without updating the clock. I thought perhaps
I may have bought a faulty clock so took it back and swapped it for
another one but the same thing is happening. It's been about 3 hours now
and still no correct time. Any ideas welcome?

The MSF Annual Maintenance Period in 2003
The MSF 60 kHz transmitter system at the BT Rugby Radio Station will be shut
down for maintenance for the following period:

From 0800 UTC Monday 6 October 2003 to 0800 UTC Monday 20 October 2003.

Please note that the scheduled outage for maintenance on Tuesday 7 October
2003 falls within this period.

Usually during annual maintenance periods it is likely that the service will
be interrupted, although these outages will be kept to a minimum. The
service is restored overnight between 2000 BST and 0800 BST whenever
possible.