[ale] Re: WWVB to computer

[Devnull]

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On Tue, 18 Dec 2007, Michael B. Trausch wrote:

> Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:26:03 -0500
> From: Michael B. Trausch <mike at trausch.us>
> Reply-To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
> To: cfowler at outpostsentinel.com, Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
> Subject: Re: [ale] Re: WWVB to computer
> 
> On Tue, 2007-12-18 at 11:39 -0500, Christopher Fowler wrote:
>> I started doing a bit of research in ways to tie 60kHz WWVB source
>> into
>> a computer as requested on this list.  I have some devices out in the
>> filed that are dial-up only and they could benefit from this solution.
>
> I would like to get away without buying the tuner component.  I really
> want to do it "from scratch", but I lack the knowledge to know how to do
> so or even where to look to find out what I need to know to learn how to
> do so.
>
> I suppose it probably isn't something I can do, anyway.  I really want
> to have the tuner device in a small housing like a USB flash
> drive/stick.  My thoughts would be to build two of them; one for my
> server, and one that I could keep with me to use to sync computers to
> the correct time.  I think it would be kind of cool, but then again,
> that is just me.
>
> I think what I need is to perhaps find some books on electronics or
> something.
>
> 	-- Mike
>
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I really can't help you I do not know much about electronics :), but that 
sounds really cool, if you get it working, can you post some 
schematics/howtos on how you got it done, please?
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