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In article <a1296u$6kp$1@eskinews.eskimo.com>, mzenier@eskimo.com says...
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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.


Yes, that was the one I referred to a few posts ago, that I have in German. 
I didn't know if Elektor published in English.

Bob.