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WWVB is a time signal radio station near Fort Collins, Colorado and is operated by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). [1] Most radio-controlled clocks in North America [2] use WWVB's transmissions to set the correct time. The normally 70 kW ERP signal transmitted from WWVB uses a 60 kHz carrier wave derived from a set of ...
A radio clock or radio-controlled clock (RCC), and often colloquially (and incorrectly [1]) referred to as an " atomic clock ", is a type of quartz clock or watch that is automatically synchronized to a time code transmitted by a radio transmitter connected to a time standard such as an atomic clock. Such a clock may be synchronized to the time ...
The master clock (bottom center), controlled by a temperature-compensated mercury pendulum, is wired to slave clocks throughout the building. In addition to wall clocks, it also controls time stamps that are used to stamp documents with the time, and a turret clock used in a clock tower. The "program clock" is a timer that can be programmed ...
Time standards. An atomic clock is based on a system of atoms which may be in one of two possible energy states. A group of atoms in one state is prepared, then subjected to microwave radiation. If the radiation is of the correct frequency, a number of atoms will transition to the other energy state. The closer the frequency is to the inherent ...
Radio-controlled clock: NIST list of receivers; AC-100-WWVB Time Receiver; AC-500-MSF Time Receiver; ClockWatch Radio Sync; F6CTE's CLOCK; WWV: 2.5, 5, 10, 15, and 20 MHz AM Voice with modified IRIG-Hformat time code on 100 Hz sub-carrier (CCIR code) HF radio and antenna (plus software if automatic updating of computer time is desired)
A time signal is a visible, audible, mechanical, or electronic signal used as a reference to determine the time of day . Church bells or voices announcing hours of prayer gave way to automatically operated chimes on public clocks; however, audible signals (even signal guns) have limited range. Busy sea ports used a visual signal, the dropping ...
The time from an atomic clock onboard each satellite is encoded into the radio signal; the receiver determines how much later it received the signal than it was sent. To do this, a local clock is corrected to the GPS atomic clock time by solving for three dimensions and time based on four or more satellite signals.
Digital clock. Basic digital alarm clock without a radio. The mark in the top-left of the display indicates that the time is 4:00pm (16:00), not 4:00am. A digital clock displays the time digitally (i.e. in numerals or other symbols), as opposed to an analogue clock . Digital clocks are often associated with electronic drives, but the "digital ...