Okay gang, what am I doing wrong?  I can't seem to figure out where to click
to here the tick.  It says click the clock but I find no link where the time
is displayed.  Lou, grinning sheepishly

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From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 8:36 PM
Subject: WWV


> Hi, everyone.
>
> Check out this funny story and internet link  about WWV from this week's
> Handiham e-letter.
>
> Enjoy!
>
> 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ
>
> Fake WWV audio is a hoot!
> Tick, tick, tick... 1, 2, 3, 4... Every second counts at WWV.
>
> It's funny how I find stuff to put in the e-letter. This one came about
> because Jerry had mentioned to me that he heard a rumor about WWV
> discontinuing its HF transmissions, which, as far as I know, is a rumor
> without any substance. Anyway, as I was researching WWV, I started with a
> Google search.  Seeing a link to WWV on Wikipedia, another of my favorite
> web resources, I decided to see what the popular online encyclopedia had
to
> say. There is, as I expected, a wonderful overview of station WWV on
> Wikipedia, and no truth to the closing down HF rumor.  But there was a
> bonus: a link to a satire page - a fictitious website presents what WWV
> would be like if it were purchased by a commercial radio broadcasting
> conglomerate and privatized. The format change would include prerecorded
> snappy patter amid the time clicks, and the station would be called "The
> Tick":
> http://www.lownoiserecords.com/wwv_the_tick.html
>
> Well, I suppose people are used to hearing about things getting
> "privatized", so I guess rumors will be rumors!
>
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