WWVB transmits on 60khz.  I have a talking atomic clock that picks up that
signal and it works great as long as the face of the clock faces either east
or west.  I live in southwest Michigan.  The clock is sold at
www.shoplifestyle.com and I think its still on sale for $39.95 if anyone is
interested.
Bob Tinney, [log in to unmask], K8LR
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, September 03, 2001 10:52 AM
Subject: Question About WWV


A comment and a question.  Living in Denver, you would think that we have
perfect access to WWV but during the day time hours, sometimes it is
impossible to hear WWV on any frequency well enough to copy.  Fortunately, I
can use the telephone to call their direct line when I can't hear them.  I
live about 50 miles from their transmitter so you can see how some of the
frequencies during the day time are too high, while others are too low, for
50 miles.  Anyhow, here is my question.  Does WWV have a frequency below 500
KHZ or somewhere down there?  A ham friend of mine told me recently he
purchased an atomic watch.  He asked me if I had heard of them.  I said I
had heard of the atomic clock for about 100 dollars and I just assumed it
received all the frequencies of WWV and that was how it kept its time
listening to the low PL tone used to keep clocks on time.  He said he read
in the instructions for his watch that it worked by listening to a WWV
frequency some place below 500 KHZ so he dialed it up on his rig to see if
we could hear it in Denver being just down the road, sort of speak, from the
station.  He could not hear it, of course, but frankly, unless you have a
better antenna, it is hard to hear below 500 KHZ.  I am sort of a Low
Frequency LF buff and I keep a log of V O R signals I hear below 500 KHZ.
Anyhow, my friend could not recall the WWV frequency below 500 KHZ so has
anybody ever heard of this?  If so, do you know the frequency?

73,
Phil,
k0nx
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