Mr. Langley-Excuse my interjection. I worked two sun-sights, (one upper limb and one lower limb), using an Astra III B and my handy-dandy Atomic, Solar, Quartz, Giez wrist-watch in an attempt to verify my electronic position. My running-fix was 1.1 nm. from my KP. I really like my new watch!! And, it has a rubber strap. Not cheap, but , like the chinese waiter said, "Good fish not cheap-Cheap fish not good"-J.I. Whitson
> Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:31:33 -0300
> From: lang@unb.ca
> To: NavList@fer3.com
> Subject: [NavList 4922] Re: Time and cel nav, a stupid question
>
>
> There is no Canadian LF time signal broadcast akin to WWVB. Only shortwave. So
> no Canadian "atomic clocks." The WWVB signal here in New Brunswick is weak
> but usable.
> -- Richard Langley
>
> On Wed, 23 Apr 2008, Fred Hebard wrote:
>
> >
> >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 <billyrem42@earthlink.net>
> >> 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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