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Re: Speaking of WWV time


Subject: Re: Speaking of WWV time
From: Steven Wepster (wepster@XXX.XXX)
Date: Wed Jun 27 2001 - 07:37:30 EDT


> Any idea why I can't hear anything from Sunnyvale, CA? I tried all
the
> frequencies listed by the NIST on my Sony ICF-SW7600 radio (and
checked I
> wasn't in SSB) and only got noise. Shouldn't I be able to get that
using any
> SW radio?

I can't receive WWV at home in Rotterdam, Netherlands, but I did
receive them in spring Eastern N. Atlantic, on 5 and 10 MHZ. I think
it's a matter of antennas: at home it's hardly anything at all, while
on board I rigged the Sony transistor to my insulated back stay.

_Steven





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