From: Christopher J Baddiley (cj.baddiley_at_email.domain.hidden)
Date: Thu Apr 10 2003 - 03:22:01 EDT


Yes, Still off topic ,
Impressive that you can get the Rugby transmitter so far away.

I think the permanently 1 hour ahead radio clock uses Frankfurt. I bought it on Alderney, Channel Islands, my mistake !. My other one sticks to UK time as it uses the Rugby transmitter.
Unfortunately neither transmitter gives good reception. To get a reasonable signal to occasionally synchronise them, I have to move both radio clocks to one particular location in the house... on a window ledge. The only location to get a signal, but then I cannot read them !

It might be a local interference pattern problem; we have the Malvern hills just 1 Km West of us. That and the housing estate is why I have no West to North horizon.Trees block South to near overhead too, while Worcester skyglow and more trees fill in the East !

Finding objects to observe is very restrictive !

Chris
  That happens because you bought a model that synchronizes with a german transmitter of radio signals, so it will set for german time.
  I think there is also a transmiter like that in england that operates in other radio frequency, I know that because I live in Portugal and we can pick the British transmitter but not the German one (more that 1500km).

  Best regards
  José Rola