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Loggings => Longwave Loggings => Topic started by: Robot Matrix on February 03, 2025, 0610 UTC

Title: 60 kHz 0605UTC 3 FEB 2025
Post by: Robot Matrix on February 03, 2025, 0610 UTC
Kind of surprised to pick up WWVB on my new homebrew mobius loop. I made the 1:1 balun with a mix 43 toroid since I didn't have a small 31 mix. Here it is:

https://jmp.sh/s/JmlOSG3YA9trFYwEqHxE
Title: Re: 60 kHz 0605UTC 3 FEB 2025
Post by: NQC on February 04, 2025, 2059 UTC
Hey Robotmatrix,

WWVB does a good job to most of the U.S.

A bit tougher catch here in E . MA, but I have heard the audio on VLF radios on and off plenty of times over the years.

I have two identical Radio Shack clocks that I run side by side.

At times they work better in the window ( which is NOT open to Colorado) but they usually lock up over the course of a day or three.

I actually like to leave them in the crummy location to “ gauge “ how well VLF has been doing.

NQC
Title: Re: 60 kHz 0605UTC 3 FEB 2025
Post by: Robot Matrix on February 04, 2025, 2301 UTC
Yeah I had to reorient my weather station I got for Christmas because it wasn't picking it up to set the time. Turned it 90 degrees and within a min all good! LOL