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I couldn't even get it on the West Coast. When I owned a wristwatch that synced to the time signal, twice a year I'd have to put it in on the windowsill the nig
by TMWNN 5y ago
I couldn't even get it on the West Coast. When I owned a wristwatch that synced to the time signal, twice a year I'd have to put it in on the windowsill the night of the daylight savings change; otherwise, it never received the signal.
- jmcphers 5y agoIt's kind of miraculous that wristwatches can pick it up at all given how little space they can dedicate to an antenna. I live at the very outer Northwestern edge of WWVB's coverage, in the Seattle area, and my similarly equipped wristwatch reliably gets the signal -- but only at night, and, curiously, only if I'm wearing it! My theory, which I've never done any research on, is that the conductive metal backing of the watch allows some of my own body to serve as an antenna.
- FredPret 5y agoI'm in the same boat - my WWVB wristwatch needs a nightly spot near a window to make it work