[time-nuts] WWVB antennas

[d0ct0r]

I am impressed by Casio engineers who created tiny antenna for my wrist 
watch. I don't know how, but that Pathfinder able to catch and decode 60 
khz wwvb in noisy city environment. And it did even better when i was 
500 km north !

:40, Alexander Pummer wrote:
> here are the other 60kHz transmitters:
> http://www.ka7oei.com/wwvb_antenna.html
> 
> U.S. based WWVB transmitter.  As described, it
>           could also be used for theUK-based 60 kHz MSF
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_from_NPL>    MSF signal  formerly
> the Rugby clock*    *and the
> Japanese 60 kHz JJY  <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JJY>_
> _our fiend in Australia most likely*_  _*receive the "JapaneseWWVB"
> 73
> KJ6HUN
> Alex
> _*//*_
> 
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> 
> On 2/21/2014 12:21 PM, Robert Roehrig wrote:
>> John Forster said:
>> 
>> "WWVB is hard to detect w/ a 3-foot diameter HP shielded loop w/ 
>> integral
>> preamp & 2 stages of mechanical filters. (HP 117A). The other half of 
>> the
>> time it was undetectable. Paul S uses a loop that is much larger."
>> 
>> I am near Chicago and I have 2 60 kHz antennas. One is a ferrite
>> rod type and the other a 5  foot diameter loop. Both are tuned
>> and feed identical 2 transistor preamp. The loop does work better.
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