Fort Collins? Well, NE of FoCo, at WWVB?
November 5, 2026 at 4:46 AM
Fort Collins? Well, NE of FoCo, at WWVB?
I was listening to WWVB on a Collins 651S1 we got fixed yesterday, possibly at the same time. ;-)
November 6, 2026 at 6:05 PM
I was listening to WWVB on a Collins 651S1 we got fixed yesterday, possibly at the same time. ;-)
Oh man, I'd be geeking out soo hard there... what with the million pound weight, WWVB and the rest.
November 6, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Oh man, I'd be geeking out soo hard there... what with the million pound weight, WWVB and the rest.
In North America that's almost certainly WWVB, NIST's longwave station near Fort Collins, Colorado: 60 kHz, timed by atomic clocks on site, one bit per second. NIST put the clocks and watches listening to it at over 50 million back in 2011. Your dad would have approved.
November 7, 2026 at 12:07 AM
In North America that's almost certainly WWVB, NIST's longwave station near Fort Collins, Colorado: 60 kHz, timed by atomic clocks on site, one bit per second. NIST put the clocks and watches listening to it at over 50 million back in 2011. Your dad would have approved.
WWVB is a low enough frequency that it can be played by most conventional speakers (albeit at a somewhat low volume) and so i think it would be really funny to have a 24/7 WWVB livestream on youtube called something like "wwvb lofi - chill beats to sync radio clocks to"
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November 2, 2026 at 4:32 AM
Having radio-controlled clocks is awesome. I've only had to change the time on my bedside alarm clock and the microwave and oven in the kitchen.
In this house, we stan WWVB
In this house, we stan WWVB
November 1, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Having radio-controlled clocks is awesome. I've only had to change the time on my bedside alarm clock and the microwave and oven in the kitchen.
In this house, we stan WWVB
In this house, we stan WWVB
WWVB is plenty :-) Or GPS.
My microwave clock reads 00:00 because it's right next to the stove and having them not quite in sync is really annoying.
My microwave clock reads 00:00 because it's right next to the stove and having them not quite in sync is really annoying.
November 1, 2026 at 2:18 AM
WWVB is plenty :-) Or GPS.
My microwave clock reads 00:00 because it's right next to the stove and having them not quite in sync is really annoying.
My microwave clock reads 00:00 because it's right next to the stove and having them not quite in sync is really annoying.
Alarm clock I bought a year of so ago was supposed to auto-set the time when it powered up (don't know if it used WWVB or cellphone signals), and has time zone and DST switches on the bottom. It doesn't, but the other buttons are easy to use.
October 18, 2026 at 4:35 AM
Alarm clock I bought a year of so ago was supposed to auto-set the time when it powered up (don't know if it used WWVB or cellphone signals), and has time zone and DST switches on the bottom. It doesn't, but the other buttons are easy to use.
dead serious WWVB at 60khz was a solid S9 on my 100 foot doublet
September 29, 2026 at 2:00 AM
dead serious WWVB at 60khz was a solid S9 on my 100 foot doublet
@NNN BTI (before the Internet), I used to set my watch to the chime at the beginning of CBS radio's hourly news.
Of course, WWVB was the gold standard, but you needed a tuner that could pick up 60khz.
Now, it's easy for time-keeping devices to periodically sync with a time server somewhere.
Of course, WWVB was the gold standard, but you needed a tuner that could pick up 60khz.
Now, it's easy for time-keeping devices to periodically sync with a time server somewhere.
September 24, 2026 at 3:37 AM
@NNN BTI (before the Internet), I used to set my watch to the chime at the beginning of CBS radio's hourly news.
Of course, WWVB was the gold standard, but you needed a tuner that could pick up 60khz.
Now, it's easy for time-keeping devices to periodically sync with a time server somewhere.
Of course, WWVB was the gold standard, but you needed a tuner that could pick up 60khz.
Now, it's easy for time-keeping devices to periodically sync with a time server somewhere.
Do you need to use GPS time?
WWVB would work.
And you could probably do FSK.
WWVB would work.
And you could probably do FSK.
September 4, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Do you need to use GPS time?
WWVB would work.
And you could probably do FSK.
WWVB would work.
And you could probably do FSK.
About 10 years ago I built a WWVB time server for our office, because corporate IT wouldn't open an NTP port for us. (Glad to be out of the loop now.)
August 31, 2026 at 10:50 PM
About 10 years ago I built a WWVB time server for our office, because corporate IT wouldn't open an NTP port for us. (Glad to be out of the loop now.)
היום למדתי שאפשר לייצר שידורי רדיו על ידי ניגון אודיו מתאים ברמקול, אפילו קטן כמו באוזניות, וזה יוצר שידור חלש אבל מספיק בשביל שעונים שמאזינים לתחנות שידורי זמן שלא נקלטות בישראל, וכך אפשר לכוון את השעון במדויק.
chuanjin-su.github.io/web-multiband/
chuanjin-su.github.io/web-multiband/
Web Multiband Simulator
Sync your radio-controlled watch directly from your browser using audio harmonics. Supports WWVB, DCF77, BPC, MSF, and JJY global time signals.
chuanjin-su.github.io
August 20, 2026 at 3:15 PM
היום למדתי שאפשר לייצר שידורי רדיו על ידי ניגון אודיו מתאים ברמקול, אפילו קטן כמו באוזניות, וזה יוצר שידור חלש אבל מספיק בשביל שעונים שמאזינים לתחנות שידורי זמן שלא נקלטות בישראל, וכך אפשר לכוון את השעון במדויק.
chuanjin-su.github.io/web-multiband/
chuanjin-su.github.io/web-multiband/
The old WWVB clocks had a propagation delay function, so you could get close (+/- 10 milliseconds when locked onto WWVB).
Certainly closer than you can get pushing a button.
BTW, GPS also has to correct for relativistic effects.
Certainly closer than you can get pushing a button.
BTW, GPS also has to correct for relativistic effects.
August 18, 2026 at 8:47 PM
The old WWVB clocks had a propagation delay function, so you could get close (+/- 10 milliseconds when locked onto WWVB).
Certainly closer than you can get pushing a button.
BTW, GPS also has to correct for relativistic effects.
Certainly closer than you can get pushing a button.
BTW, GPS also has to correct for relativistic effects.
A direct binary-coded decimal time code is added to the WWVB 60 kHz carrier wave on July 1, 1965 for the express purpose of allowing automated time decoding.
www.nist.gov/pml/time-and...
www.nist.gov/pml/time-and...
Radio Station WWVB
Station InformationNIST radio station WWVB is located on the same site as NIST HF radio stat
www.nist.gov
August 18, 2026 at 7:57 PM
A direct binary-coded decimal time code is added to the WWVB 60 kHz carrier wave on July 1, 1965 for the express purpose of allowing automated time decoding.
www.nist.gov/pml/time-and...
www.nist.gov/pml/time-and...
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I've been wanting to set up a Stratum 1 server for a while, but on hard mode, using WWVB as a reference instead of GPS. I'm very close to the WWVB transmitter in Fort Collins so I want to use that 😅
May 9, 2026 at 4:44 PM
I've been wanting to set up a Stratum 1 server for a while, but on hard mode, using WWVB as a reference instead of GPS. I'm very close to the WWVB transmitter in Fort Collins so I want to use that 😅
I just noticed that my radio-controlled wall clock has obtained a time signal from NIST via WWVB. Now with all these severe cutbacks to the funding of science in the US by this regime, I wonder how soon the signal from WWVB and shortwave stations WWV and WWVH go silent forever?
July 17, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I just noticed that my radio-controlled wall clock has obtained a time signal from NIST via WWVB. Now with all these severe cutbacks to the funding of science in the US by this regime, I wonder how soon the signal from WWVB and shortwave stations WWV and WWVH go silent forever?
Amen!! I don’t have the faintest clue. This cannot be more than a $5 assembly.
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March 10, 2024 at 9:11 PM
Amen!! I don’t have the faintest clue. This cannot be more than a $5 assembly.
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okay, i'm having a really strange issue. i posted a few months ago about interference on the WWVB signal. fine, no problem, that happens all the time. but no, that interference is happening on basically ALL BANDS. both 2.4 and 5GHz wifi barely make it […]
okay, i'm having a really strange issue. i posted a few months ago about interference on the WWVB signal. fine, no problem, that happens all the time. but no, that interference is happening on basically ALL BANDS. both 2.4 and 5GHz wifi barely make it […]
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April 15, 2026 at 10:17 PM
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okay, i'm having a really strange issue. i posted a few months ago about interference on the WWVB signal. fine, no problem, that happens all the time. but no, that interference is happening on basically ALL BANDS. both 2.4 and 5GHz wifi barely make it […]
okay, i'm having a really strange issue. i posted a few months ago about interference on the WWVB signal. fine, no problem, that happens all the time. but no, that interference is happening on basically ALL BANDS. both 2.4 and 5GHz wifi barely make it […]
You don't need wifi, the internet or bluetooth to sync your clocks automatically. All you need is 1950s radio tech.
All our wall clocks are synced via a big antenna in Colorado. WWVB does all the work. Atomic accurate.
(one guess which pres tried to kill these stations recently)
All our wall clocks are synced via a big antenna in Colorado. WWVB does all the work. Atomic accurate.
(one guess which pres tried to kill these stations recently)
November 3, 2025 at 3:19 AM
You don't need wifi, the internet or bluetooth to sync your clocks automatically. All you need is 1950s radio tech.
All our wall clocks are synced via a big antenna in Colorado. WWVB does all the work. Atomic accurate.
(one guess which pres tried to kill these stations recently)
All our wall clocks are synced via a big antenna in Colorado. WWVB does all the work. Atomic accurate.
(one guess which pres tried to kill these stations recently)