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Thread Number: 85412
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What time is it? |
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Post# 1099552 , Reply# 1 12/6/2020 at 11:48 (1,235 days old) by kenwashesmonday  (Carlstadt, NJ) |
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If your atomic clocks are getting a signal, they should be correct.
Does the time shown at the link below match the time on any of your clocks? CLICK HERE TO GO TO kenwashesmonday's LINK | ||
| Post# 1099563 , Reply# 2 12/6/2020 at 12:27 (1,235 days old) by qsd-dan (West) | ||
Does anybody know what time it's, does anybody really ca | ||
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Post# 1099566 , Reply# 3 12/6/2020 at 12:44 (1,235 days old) by jamiel (Detroit, Michigan and Palm Springs, CA) |
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| Post# 1099584 , Reply# 4 12/6/2020 at 15:29 (1,235 days old) by perc-o-prince (Southboro, Mass) | ||
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Thanks for the link, Ken! Apparently my laptop is correct!
Chuck | ||
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Post# 1099587 , Reply# 5 12/6/2020 at 16:04 (1,235 days old) by joeekaitis (Rialto, California, USA) |
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NIST atomic clock, CO: 303 499 7111 NIST atomic clock, HI: 808 335 4363 (voice of the late Jane Barbe, listen for the "Aloha" on the 59th and 29th minutes and other announcements) Naval Observatory, DC: 202 762 1401 (voice of the late Fred Covington) Naval Observatory, CO: 719 567 6742 (also Fred Covington)
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| Post# 1099593 , Reply# 6 12/6/2020 at 16:33 (1,235 days old) by qsd-dan (West) | ||
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Jane Barbe | ||
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Post# 1099645 , Reply# 7 12/6/2020 at 22:26 (1,235 days old) by RP2813 (Sannazay) |
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Post# 1099654 , Reply# 9 12/7/2020 at 02:40 (1,235 days old) by thomasortega (El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora de Los Angeles de Porciúncula) |
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Here I trust that nosey lady.. ... the same lady that used to put Gas-x on my amazon shopping cart every time I farted... The video is self explanatory | ||
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Post# 1099708 , Reply# 11 12/7/2020 at 14:10 (1,234 days old) by kb0nes (Burnsville, MN) |
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Post# 1099715 , Reply# 12 12/7/2020 at 15:44 (1,234 days old) by SudsMaster (SF Bay Area, California) |
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Back in the early 60's, a friend and I discovered we could communicate via the time number. If we both called to find the time, and then shouted into the telephone, we could hear each other over the phone (we were in separate houses). Eventually the phone company got tired of that and must have disconnected the mouth/ear pieces at the time machine end. But it was fun while it lasted.
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Post# 1099804 , Reply# 14 12/8/2020 at 09:12 (1,233 days old) by polkanut (Wausau, WI ) |
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Post# 1099877 , Reply# 15 12/8/2020 at 18:31 (1,233 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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 The greatest thing about retirement is who cares what time it is.
I've always sort of had an affinity for clocks of all types. Wristwatches never.. I got through 30 year working at the railroad and never wore a watch and for the most part no one even noticed.
I've had a few, still have one, of those Oregon Scientific clocks. The only one still working is the traditional dial face model, looks like the ones we had in school classrooms. I haven't wound any of my clockwork clocks in years. Nowadays if I want to know what time it is I just ask Alexa if I'm not in sight of one of the wall clocks.. I use Alex in the bedroom now instead of an alarm clock. | ||
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Post# 1099899 , Reply# 17 12/8/2020 at 21:30 (1,233 days old) by whirlykenmore78 (Prior Lake MN (GMT-0500 CDT.)) |
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my Galaxy S20+5G says: | ||
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Post# 1099920 , Reply# 18 12/9/2020 at 02:29 (1,233 days old) by SudsMaster (SF Bay Area, California) |
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I picked up an old grandfather clock locally about two years ago. I set it in a convenient location in the living room and have never wound it. I'm assuming it will need some repair so I didn't want to get into it until I had more time (lol).
Well, I imagine this winter I'll have more time for it, so I might connect the weights etc and give it a whirl. What's the worst that can happen. Oh yeah, it's got chimes. | ||
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Post# 1099939 , Reply# 19 12/9/2020 at 08:36 (1,232 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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I've noticed lately that you cannot find WWV streaming on the internet anymore apparently because "signals are often delayed as they stream over the internet". But the last time I checked my windows computers were all within less than 1/2 second of being correct to the WWV beep.
When I was a kid I always listed to WWV being broadcasted on short wave radio from Fort Collins, CO. | ||
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Post# 1099944 , Reply# 20 12/9/2020 at 09:25 (1,232 days old) by kb0nes (Burnsville, MN) |
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WWV
As an amateur radio operator I have had long history with WWV. In the pre-internet days it was how I always set my clocks for timing. Some exchanges are timed to within seconds and tracking amateur satellites needed a good time standard also. WWV is also used as a common frequency standard reference.
I looked into the history of WWV a number of years ago and learned that when I was born the station was actually located on the USDA land in Greenbelt, MD not far from Beltsville. I managed to get the original Lat/Long of the station from the NIST folks and while in the area for the last Beltsville Wash-In I went to see if the original building was still there. The location where the building was appears to be part of the Goddard Space Flight complex now. Photo shows the Greenbelt WWV building which was used till 1966 when they relocated to Colorado. For those that listen to the time standard signal on shortwave, 5 & 10Mhz most commonly, it's interesting to listen for both WWV and WWVH. WWVH is the station in Hawaii. Right before the top of the minute, if you hear a female voice announce the time, that is the Hawaiian station. There was a funding scare for NIST in 2019 when there was a suggestion that WWV/WWVH/WWVB would be shut down. Luckily funding was preserved, I have a hunch the loss of the WWVB signal that syncs all our 'atomic' clocks may have been the saving grace.
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