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- From: mcovingt@athena.cs.uga.edu (Michael A. Covington)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- Subject: Re: wwv radios
- Message-ID: <1992Aug28.181123.6229@athena.cs.uga.edu>
- Date: 28 Aug 92 18:11:23 GMT
- References: <87311@netnews.upenn.edu>
- Organization: University of Georgia, Athens
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- In article <87311@netnews.upenn.edu> george@mech.seas.upenn.edu writes:
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- >alas, radio shack has discontinued their 'timecube' wwv recievers.
- >does anybody else carry these things? ( in the <$50 neighborhood.. )
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- Any cheap shortwave receiver should do.
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- >can i replace the crystals in a 'weatheradio'?
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- No. Weather is on 162 MHz; WWV is on 5, 10, 15, and 20 MHz.
- Quite a big jump. Also, weather is FM and WWV is AM.
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- + Michael Covington - Artificial Intelligence Programs - U of Georgia - USA
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