[time-nuts] Advice on good reception for radio clocks

[Brooke Clarke]

Hi Tony:

The loopstick antenna has a pattern with a couple of nulls so the orientation is important.
Also during the daytime there's probably too much noise to receive a good signal so best to listen around local midnight.

Have Fun,

Brooke Clarke
http://www.PRC68.com
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Tony Finch wrote:
> Are there any basic steps I should take to improve the reception quality
> of a radio clock? I have a cheap and cheerful DCF77 receiver for
> connecting to some GPIO pins, but its PPS output is basically noise with
> maybe a one-second period. Perhaps it's just cheap and nasty.
>
> I am in Cambridge.
>
> Tony (armchair time nut).