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Re: Speaking of WWV time
From: Steven Wepster
Date: 2001 Jun 27, 5:38 AM
From: Steven Wepster
Date: 2001 Jun 27, 5:38 AM
> 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