(OT?) 60kHz MSF Radio time signal
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 ...) -- M Stewart Milton Keynes, UK -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
(OT?) 60kHz MSF Radio time signal
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Stewart scribeth thus 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 ...) -- M Stewart Milton Keynes, UK As an NPL time user there have been quite a few complaints from people in built up areas of the south, whereas people north of the border report better reception.. Which is hardly surprising!.. http://www.npl.co.uk/time/msf/ -- Tony Sayer |
(OT?) 60kHz MSF Radio time signal
In message , Malcolm
Stewart writes 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 ...) Yeah - I've had a number of occasions when the clock in the living room displays a completely wrong time, or suddenly goes through its acquisition sequence. There was a thread about this several months ago in UKRM -- geoff |
(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. IN one of my jobs we used to use the Rugby clock, TBH it was almost completely bloody useless and we changed to a much better way of checking the time (NTP) since when there have been no problems. |
(OT?) 60kHz MSF Radio time signal
On Sun, 16 Sep 2007 12:26:42 +0100, "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 Oh whoopy-do. That explains that then. :((( Cheers. I suppose they could have put it in the Hebrides or somewhere even more convenient. |
(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 ...) I just use NTP instead. Easier. |
(OT?) 60kHz MSF Radio time signal
On Sep 16, 2:12 pm, geoff wrote:
In message , writes On 16 Sep, tony sayer wrote: As an NPL time user there have been quite a few complaints from people in built up areas of the south, whereas people north of the border report better reception.. Which is hardly surprising!.. http://www.npl.co.uk/time/msf/ I get excellent results using the German transmission, Yup, I have one which is tuned to the german signal - no problems Mine uses the German transmission and once in a while it reads incorrecrtly by exactly an hour. Robert |
(OT?) 60kHz MSF Radio time signal
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RobertL scribeth thus On Sep 16, 2:12 pm, geoff wrote: In message , writes On 16 Sep, tony sayer wrote: As an NPL time user there have been quite a few complaints from people in built up areas of the south, whereas people north of the border report better reception.. Which is hardly surprising!.. http://www.npl.co.uk/time/msf/ I get excellent results using the German transmission, Yup, I have one which is tuned to the german signal - no problems Mine uses the German transmission and once in a while it reads incorrecrtly by exactly an hour. Robert Which I suppose it would be CET -v- GMT and BST and all that!... -- Tony Sayer |
(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. -- Spamtrap in use To email replace 127.0.0.1 with btinternet dot com |
(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 ...) I have two radio clocks. The digital one seems to be better since the change despite being in London it doesn't loose the signal (though I have just noticed it has lost the signal today for the first time in many months. On the other hand the analogue clock always seems to reset itself around 01:10 each night. Cheap enough from TLC that as the Chinese manufacturer doesn't seem to understand the difference between centigrade and Fahrenheit scaling very well, I supposed the erratic time signal synchronisation was another misfeature. http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Images/P..._3/CKAP002.JPG -- djc |
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