"p4o2" wrote in message
...
The other day I noticed that our atomic wall clock was running
with
all the hands going round and round and not stopping. I guess it
was
searching for the correct time but I am not sure? Thking oout the
barrery and pressing the buttob for ET I did it to the right time.
Anyone have this happen?

Danger - Danger !!
This happens when there is a radioactive isotope leak. The clock
should be disposed of in accordance with hazardous material
instructions.

Sorry, couldn't resist. I hate the name of atomic clock. Thhey are
no more atomic than a roll of toilet paper.

Bob-tx

Bob wrote:
"p4o2" wrote in message
...
The other day I noticed that our atomic wall clock was running
with
all the hands going round and round and not stopping. I guess it
was
searching for the correct time but I am not sure? Thking oout the
barrery and pressing the buttob for ET I did it to the right time.
Anyone have this happen?

Danger - Danger !!
This happens when there is a radioactive isotope leak. The clock
should be disposed of in accordance with hazardous material
instructions.

Sorry, couldn't resist. I hate the name of atomic clock. Thhey are
no more atomic than a roll of toilet paper.

Bob-tx



luckily, they are being labeled radio clocks these days.
now, if i'm just not killed from the low frequency electro
magnetic fields they use. never mind, that's only in Califunia.

-- larry / dallas

The "atomic" reference is perhaps a bit strong, but these clocks do derive
their accuracy from the NIST/National Bureau of Standards atomic clock in
Colorado, and thus have the same intrinsic accuracy (but not the precision)
as their source. They therefore do not display or measure time to the .1
nanosecond per day precision of the source (the NIST Cesium clock in
Boulder) but they do maintain accuracy to the same NIST standard except for
small propogation errors due to the radio connection.

Smarty


"Bob" wrote in message
...

"p4o2" wrote in message
...
The other day I noticed that our atomic wall clock was running with
all the hands going round and round and not stopping. I guess it was
searching for the correct time but I am not sure? Thking oout the
barrery and pressing the buttob for ET I did it to the right time.
Anyone have this happen?

Danger - Danger !!
This happens when there is a radioactive isotope leak. The clock should
be disposed of in accordance with hazardous material instructions.

Sorry, couldn't resist. I hate the name of atomic clock. Thhey are no
more atomic than a roll of toilet paper.

Bob-tx

Smarty wrote:

The "atomic" reference is perhaps a bit strong, but these clocks do
derive their accuracy from the NIST/National Bureau of Standards atomic
clock in Colorado, and thus have the same intrinsic accuracy (but not
the precision) as their source. They therefore do not display or measure
time to the .1 nanosecond per day precision of the source (the NIST
Cesium clock in Boulder) but they do maintain accuracy to the same NIST
standard except for small propogation errors due to the radio connection.

Smarty


"Bob" wrote in message
...


"p4o2" wrote in message
...

The other day I noticed that our atomic wall clock was running with
all the hands going round and round and not stopping. I guess it was
searching for the correct time but I am not sure? Thking oout the
barrery and pressing the buttob for ET I did it to the right time.
Anyone have this happen?


Danger - Danger !!
This happens when there is a radioactive isotope leak. The clock
should be disposed of in accordance with hazardous material instructions.

Sorry, couldn't resist. I hate the name of atomic clock. Thhey are no
more atomic than a roll of toilet paper.

Bob-tx


Hi,
Via radio signal such as WWV. If the clock is located poorly it can
receive the signal.

larry wrote:
Bob wrote:
"p4o2" wrote in message
...
The other day I noticed that our atomic wall clock was running
with
all the hands going round and round and not stopping. I guess it
was
searching for the correct time but I am not sure? Thking oout the
barrery and pressing the buttob for ET I did it to the right time.
Anyone have this happen?

Danger - Danger !!
This happens when there is a radioactive isotope leak. The clock
should be disposed of in accordance with hazardous material
instructions.

Sorry, couldn't resist. I hate the name of atomic clock. Thhey are
no more atomic than a roll of toilet paper.

Bob-tx

luckily, they are being labeled radio clocks these days.
now, if i'm just not killed from the low frequency electro
magnetic fields they use. never mind, that's only in Califunia.

-- larry / dallas

There's really little wrong with the common usage of "atomic" here. Nobody
says or thinks that they are "atomic powered". Everyone knows what the term
means.

Rick Brandt wrote:

larry wrote:

Bob wrote:

"p4o2" wrote in message
...

The other day I noticed that our atomic wall clock was running
with
all the hands going round and round and not stopping. I guess it
was
searching for the correct time but I am not sure? Thking oout the
barrery and pressing the buttob for ET I did it to the right time.
Anyone have this happen?

Danger - Danger !!
This happens when there is a radioactive isotope leak. The clock
should be disposed of in accordance with hazardous material
instructions.

Sorry, couldn't resist. I hate the name of atomic clock. Thhey are
no more atomic than a roll of toilet paper.

Bob-tx

luckily, they are being labeled radio clocks these days.
now, if i'm just not killed from the low frequency electro
magnetic fields they use. never mind, that's only in Califunia.

-- larry / dallas


There's really little wrong with the common usage of "atomic" here. Nobody
says or thinks that they are "atomic powered". Everyone knows what the term
means.




Hi,
No synchronized to Cesium based atomic clock. It should be able to
receive signal. It does synching once a day. If it lose signal for some
reason, it will sych when signal is available. I wear a watch. In the
night when synch. time comes you can watch it synching moving second
hand forward of backward. I synch. other time pieces in the house
listening to WWV radio signal usually at 10 MHz.

"Smarty" wrote in news:T%w1k.14999$jX.9888@trnddc04:

The "atomic" reference is perhaps a bit strong, but these clocks do
derive their accuracy from the NIST/National Bureau of Standards
atomic clock in Colorado, and thus have the same intrinsic accuracy
(but not the precision) as their source. They therefore do not display
or measure time to the .1 nanosecond per day precision of the source
(the NIST Cesium clock in Boulder) but they do maintain accuracy to
the same NIST standard except for small propogation errors due to the
radio connection.

Smarty


"Bob" wrote in message
...

"p4o2" wrote in message

...
The other day I noticed that our atomic wall clock was running with
all the hands going round and round and not stopping. I guess it was
searching for the correct time but I am not sure? Thking oout the
barrery and pressing the buttob for ET I did it to the right time.
Anyone have this happen?

Danger - Danger !!
This happens when there is a radioactive isotope leak. The clock
should be disposed of in accordance with hazardous material
instructions.

Sorry, couldn't resist. I hate the name of atomic clock. Thhey are
no more atomic than a roll of toilet paper.

Bob-tx



But did you know they check the atomic clock with a cat? Cats are more
accurate with time than anything on this planet. Ask any long time cat
owner.

Tony Hwang wrote:
Hi,
No synchronized to Cesium based atomic clock. It should be able to
receive signal. It does synching once a day. If it lose signal for
some reason, it will sych when signal is available. I wear a watch.
In the night when synch. time comes you can watch it synching moving
second hand forward of backward. I synch. other time pieces in the
house listening to WWV radio signal usually at 10 MHz.

I have a wall calendar and manually synchronize it once a month.

The system works pretty well.

"HeyBub" wrote in
m:

Tony Hwang wrote:
Hi,
No synchronized to Cesium based atomic clock. It should be able to
receive signal. It does synching once a day. If it lose signal for
some reason, it will sych when signal is available. I wear a watch.
In the night when synch. time comes you can watch it synching moving
second hand forward of backward. I synch. other time pieces in the
house listening to WWV radio signal usually at 10 MHz.

I have a wall calendar and manually synchronize it once a month.

The system works pretty well.



Awesome! Where does one get such a device? Inquiring minds want to know.

Tony Hwang wrote:

I synch. other time pieces in the house
listening to WWV radio signal usually at 10 MHz.

I have found sales and closeouts on radio clocks for $2-$10
and now have nothing but radio clocks. Except for the
rolling stock, and I'm working on that. Paid for themselves
in ebay sniping wins ;-)

- larry/dallas

larry wrote:
Tony Hwang wrote:

I synch. other time pieces in the house listening to WWV radio signal
usually at 10 MHz.


I have found sales and closeouts on radio clocks for $2-$10 and now have
nothing but radio clocks. Except for the rolling stock, and I'm working
on that. Paid for themselves in ebay sniping wins ;-)

- larry/dallas
Hi,
This radio clocks are made for NA, EU and Asia. So my watch is no good
if I travel outside NA.

"Red Green" wrote in message
I have a wall calendar and manually synchronize it once a month.

The system works pretty well.



Awesome! Where does one get such a device? Inquiring minds want to know.

Save your money. Most of them wear out in a year or so. Talk about planned
obsolescence.