[time-nuts] wtd: WWVB info

Bob Camp kb8tq at n1k.org
Wed Aug 5 19:36:06 EDT 2015


Hi

It will work as a direct conversion radio. As with any of these, the practical result 
will be a tone at a lower frequency. You will convert 60 KHz to 600 Hz by using a 60.6 KHz
local oscillator. The big question is: Does this really help out or not?

Bob

> On Aug 5, 2015, at 3:41 PM, Donald <donvukovic at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On 8/4/2015 9:36 PM, Hal Murray wrote:
>> kb8tq at n1k.org said:
>>> So far there have not been any home brew design radios show up that will
>>> demodulate and lock to the new data format. There is plenty of info on the
>>> transmit format. The demodulation approach is not crazy hard. That said,
>>> there’s still a lot of work to get a receiver running.
>> Has anybody looked into a software approach?  What sort of front end would
>> you want?
> 
> I have been looking at building a "Tayloe Detector".
> 
> I have not seen any sites that have shown a 60Khz receiver based using a Tayloe Detector tho.
> 
> If anyone has experience with this type of direct conversion receivers, please share any experiences.
> 
> don
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