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Hi,
When you change the battery(s) make sure you replace all of them. Some
watches have two batteries.
73
Howard #3
----- Original Message -----
From: "richard watson" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 11:45 AM
Subject: Re: Atomic Watch Is No Longer Radio Active.
> Hi Martin,
> I would have the battery replaced. The voice doesn't always stop when
> battery issues are present. I get about that time out of a battery.
> thanks
> rick
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> On 9/17/12, Jerry Handel <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> My watch updates regularly unless I'm on a boat or if it's
>> too
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>> close to my c pap machine.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Martin G. McCormick
>> Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2012 6:10 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Atomic Watch Is No Longer Radio Active.
>>
>> I have one of the Atomic Talking Watches that updates
>> itself via WWVB at 60 KHZ or at least it did until about a week
>> ago.
>>
>> It otherwise seems to be working. Is anybody else who
>> has one of these watches having any trouble with it? The button
>> that lets you set the alarm, etc, is supposed to say, "U S A updated"
>> but now it always reports "U S A not updated."
>>
>> On September 4-6, NIST briefly conducted some tests of a
>> new type of modulation system which may be used one day, but
>> they appear to be back to normal now.
>>
>> The watch actually does its update procedure starting
>> around 3 in the morning and retries at 4, 5 and 6 until it gets
>> a good reading. It is trying each time, but no longer receiving a
>> setting from Ft. Collins.
>>
>> What do these watches do when the battery starts to run
>> down? I've had this one for about 18 months and have been pretty
>> nice to it as in not dropped it or gotten it wet.
>>
>> It doesn't sound funny yet but it sure isn't getting
>> WWVB any more.
>>
>> If nobody else is having trouble with their atomic
>> watch, then this one has probably had a partial melt-down. If
>> others are having trouble, then there may be something about the
>> signal now that is confusing the receiver.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Martin WB5AGZ
>>
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