Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/27

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Interview on Zeiss Ikon
From: jdos2 at mindspring.com (Jeff Sumner)
Date: Wed Oct 27 11:28:10 2004

60 KHz signals go a LONG way.


> From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
> Reply-To: "Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>" <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 13:57:25 -0400
> To: 'Leica Users Group' <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: Interview on Zeiss Ikon
> 
> Well then obviously I am wrong in thinking that these watches can serve
> as chronometers, unless one always remains within the broadcast range.
> ;-)
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
> Glen Staufer
> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 12:45 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Interview on Zeiss Ikon
> 
> 
> On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 12:13:10 -0400, B. D. Colen <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
> wrote:
>> You may well know more about this than I, Bob, but I thought the
>> "atomic" watches and clocks are continually being reset by satellite,
>> and thus can be reached, and remain accurate, no matter how remote the
> 
>> area.
> 
> The consumer clocks use the NIST radio broadcasts.  I don't know which
> of the clocks are multi-national, but I believe the time broadcasts are
> only available in the US, Canada, Germany, the UK, and Japan with each
> country having independent broadcast services.
> 
> There are always GPS units.  The system offers the capability of great
> time accuracy though individual units vary.  There are firms that sell
> units specifically designed for time synching.
> 
> Glenn
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