I got one of thise a couple years ago from Blind Micemart.  It never did work
very well and after a month or so the clock even stopped setting to WWV.
Another problem I had is that the batteries in the probe only lasted a couple
days.  Even if I used those expensive long life batteries I never got more than
a month out of them.

I found the max range on the probe to be about 50ft and that was on a good day.

Tom


Tom Brennan  KD5VIJ, CCC-A/SLP
web page http://titan.sfasu.edu/~g_brennantg/sonicpage.html

On Thu, 27 Dec 2012, Phil Scovell wrote:

> Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2012 22:54:47 -0700
> From: Phil Scovell <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: OT.  Weather indoor & outdoor atomic clock question
>
> Anybody have one of these from blind mice?  We, meaning my wife and I, =
> got one for Christmas and it all works fine except the outdoor probe.  =
> By that I mean, I put the batteries in and the main clock unit isn't =
> getting a signal, apparently, and it is good for 150 feet.  I have it =
> less than 10 feet away out the window.  Unfortunately, Blind Mice has a =
> 14 day return policy so you don't get much time to test it when it was =
> saved a few days for a Christmas gift.  I just thought before trying to =
> return it, maybe somebody on this list has one and knows about the =
> probe.  I was a little concerned upon opening it at Christmas because =
> there were no instructions but even a blind man can figure this one out =
> so I'm wondering, the way it wasn't packaged, that is, not shrink =
> wrapped and no instructions, if it had already been returned once =
> before.  I bought a staple gun at a big hardware store once and when I =
> got it home, I could see the way the box was torn, it had at least been =
> opened and when I started using it, it wouldn't work right half the time =
> so I returned it and next time checked the packaging closer before =
> leaving the store.
>
> Phil.
> K0NX
>