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Old July 19th 09, 09:44 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave
ChrisCoaster ChrisCoaster is offline
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Default Shortwave Time Signals - Where have they gone?

On Jul 19, 3:31*pm, wrote:
On Jul 19, 3:08*pm, ChrisCoaster wrote:





Acc to *http://www.dxinfocentre.com/time.htm, I should be able to
pick up time signals at at least SOME of those shortwave frequencies.


Since 2002, they have become harder & harder to pick up. *Are they
being replaced by the internet??


My receiving equipment? Don't laugh: old-school boomboxes, which all
had SW1 & 2 bands on them covering from 2.5kHz up to 22 - 25kHz.
Don't say it's my boomboxes, because I still get plenty of BBC, VOA,
other broadcasts in every language imaginable, and enough religion
that I need never step near a church(!). *The only thing missing:
those beepin' time signals.


Any clues where the signals have gone?


-ChrisCoaster


Sorry, but it is the boomboxes that you're using. *WWV doesn't have
nearly the signal strength of those stations you mentioned. *Factor in
time of day and overall conditions, you may get a signal every now and
then but certainly not on a regular basis.

I also had a big Aiwa boombox back in the 80's and while I also got
the BBC and VOA with it, that was all I got with it.- Hide quoted text -

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Well, I actually do pick up a LOT on them - just can't name every
program that I turn the dial past, so only the obvious come to mind
here. Sometimes the material I get is so bunched together I need to
use the fine-tune knob on those boxes that have it, just to pick out
all the stations ontop of each other.

That still doesn't explain the very conspicuous absence of those time
signals.