T&T: Atomic watch

[David Hart]

I get the WWV signals on a portable shortwave radio at night in upstate NY. 

Dave Hart
Lake Ontario

--- On Fri, 9/26/08, Lawrence Zeitlin <lrzeitlin at aol.com> wrote:
From: Lawrence Zeitlin <lrzeitlin at aol.com>
Subject: Re: T&T: Atomic watch
To: trawlers-and-trawlering at lists.samurai.com
Cc: "Lawrence Zeitlin" <lrzeitlin at aol.com>
Date: Friday, September 26, 2008, 7:58 PM

The National Geographic Xmas gift catalog advertises an "Atomic" clip 

watch for $60 that sets the time to a thousandth of a second accuracy  
by receiving the WWV transmissions form Colorado. While I don't use  
my sextant for navigation any more, 30 years ago a watch of this  
precision would have been a welcome replacement for much more  
expensive chronometers.

What I would like to know is how far the WWV signal carries. I can  
receive WWV on a cheap shortwave receiver in upstate NY. Could I get  
it in Hawaii or in Europe? I know that there are broadcast time  
reference signals all over the world but I don't know if any
"Atomic"  
watches pick them up.

All this is just for curiosity. I'm satisfied with the accuracy of my  
old Timex and I don't intend to give up my GPS.

Larry Z
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