On Fri, 25 May 2007 14:05:36 +0100, Steve Pardoe wrote:

Sorry to be OT, but I just wondered whether there were others who
were now experiencing problems since the relocation of the MSF
transmitter up north to Anthorn from Rugby. I can get sync with one
clock in one room (but not the room I need it!), but with a home made
one, it seems to be less sensitive and its a no go now.

My LaCrosse w/s has a built-in MSF and it seems still to be in sync,
though (as before) not 24/7. I have some interest in this, because in
the early eighties (getting even further OT, but, hey, it's nearly the
weekend) I designed a single-chip MSF decoder which drove an
alphanumeric LCD, quite a novelty back then, and was the first of its
kind (I was even invited to the NPL to talk about it). I'm afraid that
there are so many other accurate time sources available now (GPS for
one, internet timeservers for another) that MSF is probably only of
domestic / novelty interest, and few of any influence will complain if
it's not as reliably received as it used to be.

Steve P

My LaCrosse w/s is no longer in sync (and worse it has gained over a
minute already) - I had not noticed so thanks for the warning (I'll have
to update my software to keep it in sync instead). Every cloud has a
silver lining at least I'll be able to force the w/s to stay on gmt time
without changing the timezone. An oregon clock upstairs is still in
perfect sync ...

Bob
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