[Towertalk] MFJ 890

[Jim Lux]

All the internet techniques are, of course, quite standard, but don't help
if you want to build a standalone box.  Say you're running out at a remote
location where you don't have network connectivity.  I figured that since
you've already got the receiver hooked up to the computer, it should be
straightforward to tune and decode the 100 Hz subcarrier (and to calibrate
your receiver tuning, as well).


----- Original Message -----
From: "Pete Smith" <n4zr@contesting.com>
To: <jimlux@earthlink.net>
Sent: Friday, June 14, 2002 6:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Towertalk] MFJ 890


> At 01:58 PM 6/14/02 -0700, you wrote:
> >The only tricky part is that your PC has to be properly synchronized (to
a
> >few tenths of a second) to UTC.  If you have a TAC/GPS interface this is
> >trivial, otherwise, a steady hand on the mouse click and a receiver tuned
> >to WWV would work.  (I think it would be cool to modify the BeaconSee
> >program to tune to and listen to WWV and demodulate the time code and
> >synchronize the PC automatically...)
>
>
> There are also a number of programs that will synchronize your PC with
> various standard time sources on the Internet.  I use Dimension 4.
>
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
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