DCF77 is a German longwave time signal and standard-frequency radio station. It started service as a standard-frequency station on 1 January 1959. In June 1973, date and time information was added. It
The low frequency T-aerial antennas of DCF77 in Mainflingen
The DCF77 time signal is used by organizations like the Deutsche Bahn railway company to synchronize their station clocks.
The Mainflingen transmitter uses isolated guyed lattice masts to elevate the DCF77 antennas.
A time signal is a visible, audible, mechanical, or electronic signal used as a reference to determine the time of day.
DCF77
…DCF77 is a German longwave time signal and standard-frequency radio station. It started service as a standard-frequency station on 1 January 1959. In June 1973, date and time information was…
These automatic signal clocks were synchronized by telegraphy in 1905 before the widespread use of radio
A RBL 40-pounder Armstrong gun being fired as "the one o'clock gun" on Woolwich Common, circa 1905
The time ball on the roof of Greenwich Observatory, London