[NCLUG] E-Ink Signs in Ft. Collins?

Evelyn Mitchell efm at tummy.com
Wed Sep 25 17:23:45 MDT 2002


* On 2002-09-25 23:15 Michael Dwyer <mdwyer at sixthdimension.com> wrote:
> ObSysadminStory:  At my last job, my Sams Club atomic clock was hanging 
> on the wall in my office/server room.  The RF noise in that room was SO 
> bad, that the clock was unable to set itself, despite being probably 
> less than ten miles from the 50kW transmitter...  Kinda scary, no?

The instructions on the clock Sean got his grandmother said that it only
tries to sync between midnight and 6am because the signal is stronger (more
likely less RF interference at night, combined with some Ionosphere
bounce.)

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