My Watch

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Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2007 15:24:39 -0500
From: Thomas F. Droege <droege@fastmail.fm>
To: tass@tass-survey.org
Subject: My Watch

Rob was surprised that my watch sprang forward.  It is a Casio that
listens for a time signal each night at Midnight, 1 and 2 AM.  It then
averages the times and corrects itself.  I think it also computes a
drift rate and learns how to apply it.

The great thing about this watch is not that it keeps great time, but
that it tells you that it is working.  There are markings on the dial
face that tell you that it was successful in receiving the three
signals.  So you can look at the clock face ank know that it made the
corrections successfully last night.

Apparently the folks that send out the signal (NTST Bolder CO?) did the
corrections for the new DST.  The clock radio with I thought used the
same service did not correct the hour.  Hmmm!  Technology is great.

Tom Droege
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  Thomas F. Droege
  droege@fastmail.fm