> As a backup, is it possible to buy radio-controlled clocks > controlled by the > DCF77 transmitter in the UK? Yes. > Indeed, is it possible to pick up a signal strong enough from Germany to > control a clock? My feeling is that it is possible, at least in Southern > England. I remember picking up time signals from DIZ (?) in Nauen on HF > back in the 1980s with no problems, but that was probably a more powerful > signal. And yes again. I've built quite a number of hardware "hobby" projects over the years that use MSF to keep a clock. However, from the first time I implemented one, I also maintained an internal rtc (real time clock) as the spec clearly stated (back then) that the service was subject to standard maintainence outages of more then two weeks during the summer months. With that in mind, the sat obs system I am deploying uses GPS as it's timing standard. Specifically GPS modules with teh "microsecond aligned pps" output. I think that's they way to go, esp since receiver modules are now nearly as cheap as MSF/DCF modules. --Ak ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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