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DennisN Tired Old Man
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Posted: Sat May 03, 2014 4:25 pm Post subject: |
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My DAB radio just does it by magic. Power cut last Tuesday (well, blown fuse, same difference). When the power came on again, the clock told the right time. Amazing. _________________ Dennis
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Guivre46 Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Sat May 03, 2014 6:20 pm Post subject: |
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Mind you the Greenwich time signal on a DAB radio is three seconds behind the actual time due to the dab signal delay.... _________________ Mike R [aka Wyvern46]
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DennisN Tired Old Man
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Posted: Sat May 03, 2014 8:28 pm Post subject: |
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Y'mean I keep missing the bus for a simple little reason like that? _________________ Dennis
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Guivre46 Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Sat May 03, 2014 9:49 pm Post subject: |
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They all add up.....better get a radio controlled wristwatch _________________ Mike R [aka Wyvern46]
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DennisN Tired Old Man
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Posted: Sat May 03, 2014 10:07 pm Post subject: |
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I've got a radio in the van. But it's the Renault R-Link TomTom, and it randomly changes channel of its own accord from AM to FM. _________________ Dennis
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Guivre46 Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Sat May 03, 2014 11:30 pm Post subject: |
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Does the R in R-link stand for Random then? _________________ Mike R [aka Wyvern46]
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DennisN Tired Old Man
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Posted: Sun May 04, 2014 8:34 am Post subject: |
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R = Rubbish (the worst TomTom satnav I've ever used). Come to think of it, it does also stand for random - pleases itself when to acquire HD Traffic (and it's NOT pleased where HD Traffic is concerned), pleases itself when to retain satellite lock or wander off on a side street. And various other pleasures. _________________ Dennis
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Bob_W Regular Visitor
Joined: Jul 24, 2005 Posts: 66 Location: Cheshire
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Posted: Fri May 09, 2014 11:36 pm Post subject: |
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M8TJT wrote: | Ah, but if you had one of these new fangled watches, you wouldn't have to do that. Just have to change the battery four times a year instead |
Hi,
I am also one of these people who loves new technology, I had the first digital watch in the UK so the company told me back in 1975 and cost me £248.40. I had it imported into the UK direct from the company that made it in Canada, I had to go to their UK office and collect it. The watch was an LED watch and when I pressed the button to see the time, anyone sitting near who noticed, made a grab for my wrist, it was like being James Bond! Then, the watch would do a round of the pub, cost me a fortune in battteries, I still have the watch and it is still working and keeping good time!
At the moment I have three radio controlled watches, a very old Junghans Mega 1. This was one of Junghan's first radio controlled watches. I also have a Junghans Mega Solar, this is all Ceramic and is very light. My latest watch is a Citizen Eco-Drive Skyhawk AT which is all titanium, which never needs a new battery as it is solar powered, so no changing batteries x times per year. The watch I would like is the Citizen GPS Satellite Wave-Air titanium Watch, the only problem is the cost of £1795, so with all these other watches my wife is not too happy for me to spend that sort of money .
Bob. _________________ TTGO 6000 World maps, Free Lifetime maps and speed camera updates. |
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Bob_W Regular Visitor
Joined: Jul 24, 2005 Posts: 66 Location: Cheshire
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Posted: Fri May 09, 2014 11:50 pm Post subject: |
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Philip wrote: | Otherwise just setting the time is not a great asset, unless you live somewhere like Australia, Russia, or parts of America where the radio controlled signals don't reach. |
Hi Philip,
I think you are a bit behind the times, the new radio controlled watches do update in Australia and America. I have a Citizen Eco-Drive Skyhawk AT which is all titanium, it never needs a battery as it is solar powered and updates in Australia and the US.
Bob. _________________ TTGO 6000 World maps, Free Lifetime maps and speed camera updates. |
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DennisN Tired Old Man
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Posted: Sat May 10, 2014 6:57 am Post subject: |
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Bob_W wrote: | I am also one of these people who loves new technology, I had the first digital watch in the UK so the company told me back in 1975 |
What about those that we could buy from Eagle comic or the Daily Mail back in the days before you lot were born? A Dan Dare watch, or a Mickey Mouse one? I never had one, but I'm sure they were digital - at least they had numbers instead of dials?
But I bought the first electronic calculator in 1975 for my office. It did addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. At around £250 it worked with illuminated wires and if you divided something by zero it went bananas and the only way to stop it was to unplug it. _________________ Dennis
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Guivre46 Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2014 10:11 am Post subject: MSF signal strength |
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This thread is exploring the borders of off-topic, but would like to use it to ask if anyone is experiencing a loss of signal strength after the last long maintenance period[June]? Three of my four clocks no longer pick up the signal on my bedside table after years of working fine there. Two of them get the signal if I place them near the bedroom window. _________________ Mike R [aka Wyvern46]
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