Spectracom 8182 WWVB Clock - NetClock/2

The NetClock/2 receives and demodulates the WWVB 60 KHz time signal. Once the signal is decoded, the NetClock/2 provides accurate and traceable time data. Or did...

 

Above is an historical picture, clock locked to WWVB on April 1, 2012.

 

WARNING: Spectracom receivers extract the carrier from WWVB using a PLL to discipline a local oscillator. The new phase modulation scheme, to be activated by NIST in July, 2012, does not allow carrier extraction... and impacts Spectracom's WWVB products ability to decode time-of-day reliably.

 

Translation: Netclock/2 will fail. It will unlock from "time sync" and begin freewheeling when the change is initiated. It will become a boat anchor.

 

The good news: cheap consumer clocks will work better.

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Uploaded on April 1, 2012
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