Greenwich Time Signal
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The Greenwich Time Signal, popularly known as the pips, is a series of six short tones broadcast at one-second intervals by many BBC Radio stations to mark the precise start of each hour. The pips wer
The machine used to generate the pips in 1970
Time from NPL (MSF)
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The Time from NPL is a radio signal broadcast from the Anthorn Radio Station near Anthorn, Cumbria, which serves as the United Kingdom's national time reference. The time signal is derived from three
Greenwich Time Signal
…stations are timed relative to UTC, from an atomic clock in the basement of Broadcasting House synchronised with the National Physical Laboratory's Time from NPL and GPS. The broadcast pips' usefulness for time calibration is diminished by the time lags involved in digital broadcasting. The BBC compensates for…
The trideco antenna of the VLF transmitter at Anthorn Radio Station
Received, at Lesvos Island, during the transfer from Rugby to Anthorn
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