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Re: Time and cel nav, a stupid question
From: Bill B
Date: 2008 Apr 23, 03:14 -0400
From: Bill B
Date: 2008 Apr 23, 03:14 -0400
Lu Abel wrote > Wait, I forgot that I also have one of those digital clocks that > synchronizes itself to the low-frequency time signal broadcast by WWVB. > It appears to be between 0.3 and 0.5 seconds slow as compared to the > www.time.gov display on my computer. On the other hand, considering > that it cost me all of $6, I have to wonder whether its time display is > more or less accurate. I have a unit marketed under the Sharp brand that I picked at Wal Mart. More than $6 dollars. It claims to poll once a day, about 1 am local time. It has failed to make an automatic connection for over two years. Positioned as directed, and manually triggered at the recommended time as well as other times, it has made a connection twice in over 500 tries. A sailing acquaintance with more money than common sense (center cockpit 42' sailboat) has a wristwatch that cost several hundreds dollars and claims to poll the clock six times a day. He is not sure how well it functions as the plastic band it came with broke the first month and he has not bothered to replace the watch band. For what it is worth. Thanks Bill --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Navigation List archive: www.fer3.com/arc To post, email NavList@fer3.com To , email NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
