Re: [HCDX]: FW: Radio Time Signals

[WA1ION@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

On 04/20/99 23:44:19 you wrote:
>
>Anyone on the list that can help this gentleman?
>
>Ludo
>
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>From: JEFLS@xxxxxxx
>To: tdp@xxxxxxx
>Subject: Radio Time Signals
>Date: vri, 16 apr 1999 22:05
>
>
>Good Day:
>     I am searching for a source for shortwave radio transmissions of time 
>signals in or near Morocco. I will be traveling there in mid-june for the 
>purpose of performing a archaelogical survey and determination of true
>north. 
>I will be making solar observations for that purpose, and need time signals 
>for correlation of the sun's position. 
>Can you please advise me of a source, frequency, and possible manufacture of
>
>small receivers.
>Thank you,
>Jim Franklin
>e-mail   JEFLS@xxxxxxx
>Candia, New Hampshire, USA

Wouldn't a GPS receiver work for this ?

Also, the GPS receiver could give coordinates for
two nearby locations; due north could then be figured
through geometrical calculations from the GPS-provided
coordinates.

Mark Connelly, WA1ION

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