[time-nuts] HBG swiss time transmitter shutdown

Azelio Boriani azelio.boriani at screen.it
Wed Oct 12 22:40:27 UTC 2011


Great idea, to receive the last cycles of the HBG... I'll try to do this. I
have an old Wandel&Goltermann SPM3 selective level meter to test the signal
level here.

On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 12:16 AM, J. Forster <jfor at quikus.com> wrote:

> Every time I hear of another time/frequency service being shut down by
> shortsighted governments, putting more and more eggs into fewer and fewer
> baskets.
>
> I wonder how long it will be before the only remaining basket of will
> suffer a catastrophic fall.
>
> :(
>
> -John
>
> ================
>
>
>
>
> > On 12/10/11 17:33, Azelio Boriani wrote:
> >> Yes, they (the Swiss federal authorities) say it costs too much.
> >
> > Considering that GPS receivers are plentiful and provides similar or
> > better performance it comes as no surprice.
> >
> > Maybe th RF oriented nuts shall capture the last cycles out of these
> > transmitters as they finally shuts down. A bit like capturing leap
> > seconds.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Magnus
> >
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