My wall clock is showing four hours slow. I can't imagine how MSF is allowed to go down, with thousands (perhaps hundreds of thousands) of clocks and now watches relying on its "one second in a million years" accuracy. Any comments? David Brierley > FYI - Max > > Hence one of the reasons why it is not listed in the BAA Handbook! > > MSF Time and Frequency Station Closing for Essential Maintenance > > The MSF 60kHz Time and Frequency signal broadcast from the BT Rugby radio > station will be closed down from 9.00am on Monday 20 September 2004 until > 9.00am on 4 October. The interruption to the transmissions is required to > allow maintenance work to be carried out in safety. The service will be > restored overnight whenever possible, but this will not always be feasible > as extensive work is required on the aerial masts. > > The MSF transmitter has an estimated equivalent monopole radiated power > (EMRP) of 15kW and the horizontal radiation pattern is substantially > omni-directional. The signal provides a field strength exceeding 100 > microvolts/metre throughout the UK, and it can be satisfactorily received > throughout much of north and west Europe. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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