Radio Shack.. "Yacht Boy" digital shortwave of various models.. Mine is the one ~$100.. Derek -----Original Message----- From: seesat-l-bounces+breit_ideas=poyntsource.com@satobs.org [mailto:seesat-l-bounces+breit_ideas=poyntsource.com@satobs.org] On Behalf Of JAY RESPLER Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 4:53 PM To: seesat-l@satobs.org Subject: Re: Time ticks on a computer On 11/11/2011 12:05 AM, Scott Tilley wrote: > Hi Jay / Group > > I've watched this thread with interest. > > Most off the shelf travel shortwave receivers will do the job fine, IF > you attach an external wire as the antenna AND use the appropriate band > given the time of day and solar/ionospheric conditions. The low cost radios I checked did not get the time signals. I didn't use an external wire. That's a reason I'm looking for a computer program. It's just an aid for observing, not for accurate timing. On 11/9/2011 5:07 PM, JAY RESPLER wrote: >> Can you recommend a program for a Windows XP computer that has a voice >> to announce the time every minute and sound a tick every second, similar >> to WWV/CHU ? >> The closest program I have found does give the voice each minute but >> gives only 1 tick per minute. >> >> Thanks, -- Jay Respler 732-431-1464 -- JRespler@superlink.net SKY VIEWS& TYPEWRITERS ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA http://uweb.superlink.net/jrespler Freehold, New Jersey _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.1869 / Virus Database: 2092/4610 - Release Date: 11/11/11 _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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