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My dad was a HAM radio operator, and as a kid I used to tune in WWV on some of his radios. There was just something wonderfully magical about that -tock- -tock
by pugworthy 5y ago
My dad was a HAM radio operator, and as a kid I used to tune in WWV on some of his radios. There was just something wonderfully magical about that -tock- -tock- -tock- sound and the voice. It was at its best when the signal was kind of weak and hard to tune in perfectly.
- LVB 5y agoI liked it enough to make this a couple of years ago, when there was an growing risk of WWV being shut down: https://wwv.mcodes.org https://wwv.mcodes.org. Alas it won’t give you your weak reception vibe, though there have been requests for that!
- 8bitsrule 5y ago"When the signal was kind of weak" ... yeah it was something magical. And (almost) always there. Morever, the known-constant signal is a useful way to check propagation conditions at those different frequencies, and to those different locations.