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In article <u350b12ijcc143@corp.supernews.com>,
Bob Wilson <rfwilson@intergate.nospam.bc.ca> wrote:
>I just thought I'd elaborate on what a Funkuhr is, because I thought most 
>people here in North America who have never heard of such a thing, would 
>find it rather interesting. I also it was a good wake up call for those 
>here, who have never been anywhere else, and have the nonsensical idea that 
>we are ahead of everone else, and the rest of the world is trying to catch 
>up with us. 

Actually we have, but it's buried under the standard level of crap
marketing that any consumer electronics item gets here.  Check out the
backs of the slick magazines like New Yorker, Smithsonian or Atlantic
Monthly for mail order ads for "Atomic" clocks and suchlike.  You read
the fine print and they're what you're talking about.

>By the way, there was an interesting article in the June 2001 issue of 
>Elector that went into some detail on the theory and construction of 
>Funkuhren. The copy of Elector I have is in German (the title of the article 
>is "Moderne Funkuhren; Aufbau und Funktionsweise), but I don't know if there 
>is a copy of the magazine available in English. Fascinating, though!

There's an article, "Radio Controlled Clocks", in the July/August 2001 
of the UK edition.

http://www.elektor-electronics.co.uk
It's up to US$80 a year for a North American subscription of the UK edition.
There used to be a US edition, but that quit after a couple of years, back
around '93.

Mark Zenier  mzenier@eskimo.com  Washington State resident