Re: 'Official' TiPS elsets are very accurate (followup)

Leigh Palmer (palmer@sfu.ca)
Tue, 19 Aug 1997 17:38:21 -0700

>I haven't ever tried it (I assume it is available
>on the $5000 communications receivers I can only dream about), but I would
>assume that a narrow band audio filter would really make those second
>ticks stand out from the background noise that so often plagues HF
>reception.

Narrow-band filters seldom sharpen wide band material, like ticks.
I've never had any trouble getting WWV on one of its frequencies
here in Vancouver. I can hear the lady in Hawaii faintly before
that gentleman in Fort Collins comes on, too, using my C$50 Radio
Shack receiver. Just another benefit of living here in the west,
I suppose.

Leigh