They used to use part of the Sharp Talking Time announcement as the opening 
of the English broadcast from Radio Japan.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Kutsch, KY2D" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: February 25, 2015 08:33
Subject: Re: Sharp Talking Clock


> Phil,
> I still have mine in the nightstand drawer. It works great.
>
> Back when I was first licensed in the 1960s, we had a 10 meter repeater in
> Wheeling, West Virginia. At some point, it was upgraded to a 2 meter
> repeater. The repeater owner mentioned at a radio club meeting that he
> wanted a time announcement. I showed him my Sharp talking Time. He bought
> one, disassembled it, and interfaced it with the local repeater. For 
> several
> years  we had hourly time announcements on the repeater in the Sharp 
> voice.
>
> 73, Jim
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Phil Scovell
> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2015 1:22 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Sharp Talking Clock
>
> Anybody remember the Sharp Talking Clock that came out years ago?  I = 
> still
> have mine but with a cell phone and the atomic talking clocks we = have in
> the house, plus my atomic wrist watch, I've just found little = purpose to
> use the old Sharp.  I got it out and changed the dead = batteries and
> fiddled around with it and have it set to tell me the time = on the half 
> our
> and on the hour.  Plus, I'm using it as a timer when = riding my 
> stationary
> exercise bike.  I got to figuring about when I got = mine and it turned 
> out
> to be 34 years ago.  The thing is still working = great.  That was around
> the time Mount Saint Helens blew.  That is = related to an interesting ham
> story on 20 meters sideband I'll tell = next.
>
> Phil.
> K0NX