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In New England, the Canadian time broadcast is usually clearer.
Maybe order your clock from Canada?

On Apr 23, 2008, at 8:59 AM, Marc Bernstein wrote:

> Radio-controlled clock and watch updates are very much dependent
> upon the time of the day and where you are. In NY and New England
> it is hit or miss from day to day. NIST has a nice set of coverage
> maps here:
>
> http://tf.nist.gov/stations/wwvbcoverage.htm
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 3:14 AM, Bill 
> wrote:
>
>
>
> 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
>
>
>
>
>
> >



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