Author Topic: Atomic clocks (Read 3008 times)

Wizard · « **on:** February 28, 2010, 03:45:25 pm »

Anyone else having trouble with your atomic clock? The MSF clock appears to be working fine but twice last week my DCF clock read a different time to MSF It came to the right time on its own though

doganjo · « **Reply #1 on:** February 28, 2010, 06:27:17 pm »

Don't know what MSF and DCF are but this lady's body clock says it's teatime - see youz l8r, by teh way

dixie · « **Reply #2 on:** February 28, 2010, 06:42:08 pm »

Whats an atomic clock?

Wizard · « **Reply #3 on:** February 28, 2010, 08:24:00 pm »

No Fiona not one that leaves a Mushroom Cloud behind.It is one that is at the National Physics Lab at Anthorn in Cumbria It broadcast 59 second pulses and then a minute marker on the minute It transmits with the call sign MSF and is reputedly accurate to a second in 1,ooo,ooo years The pulse can be heard over most of Western Europe and transmitts GMT The year the month the day the hour and minute on 60 Hz which is indeed a very low frequency.The clocks at Frankfurt transmit on 60Hz with a power of 17kw and can be picked up at a radius of a 1000 miles from the transmitter.In the U.S UTC Cesium std is used and the time is transmitted world wide on 5-10and 15 mega cycles these signals can be heard by the human ear on a radio that receives in any of the bands on the hour it transmit its code in Morse WWV or .__ .__ ..._ Hope you've enjoyed your mini lec on modern time its far removed from John Harrisons clocks

doganjo · « **Reply #4 on:** February 28, 2010, 08:26:59 pm »

My laptop clock has stopped I think

It says 19:12 at the moment and my kitchen clock says 20:26
Which one is atomic?

Wizard · « **Reply #5 on:** March 01, 2010, 08:23:52 am »

Now Annie Look on your DVD player its atomic via the power supply company

doganjo · « **Reply #6 on:** March 01, 2010, 09:17:24 am »

Don't understand my laptop - it's only 10 minutes slow this morning - weird

Wizard · « **Reply #7 on:** March 01, 2010, 09:33:37 am »

Yes Annie Quartz clocks are not sure to be the right time.None atomic ones especially.

bamford6 · « **Reply #8 on:** March 07, 2010, 10:22:22 am »

you need a new batterey in youre lap top

Wizard · « **Reply #9 on:** March 07, 2010, 12:50:19 pm »

Hello Gary as every one on here knows I was outside when they shared out the computer know how but a long time ago the one I had went wrong and my friendly Guru soldered a new penny cell in That mended it Are Laptops the same Ever so frustrating He said it would be soon because it would all have collopsed