[time-nuts] WWVB receivers obsolete!?

[Magnus Danielson]

Corby,

As have been discussed before, you need to upgrade them to have a Costas 
loop to wipe off the phase-modulation code. If you dig the archives, you 
can find the references.

I agree that it's a bit silly to ask big bucks for a box which at best 
needs a modification to operate. It's not off the shelf mod either. Nice 
machines, but... well...

Cheers,
Magnus

On 02/18/2015 07:14 PM, cdelect at juno.com wrote:
> Am I wrong or are all the older WWVB frequency standard receivers
> obsolete?
> My understanding was that since the transmitted format changed the
> receivers wont lock.
> I asked an eBay vendor about that since they are still asking big bucks.
> The reply was "Ive heard that before, but certain people still use it,
> and need replacement for there though it is technically obsolete."
>
> I know the ones with internal standards can at least be used as a stand
> alone Quartz standard but what can you do with ones like the 8163 that
> have no standard?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Corby
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