Mastodawn

So Long, CHU, and Thanks for All the Time Signals

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/05/27/so-long-chu-and-thanks-for-all-the-time-signals/

So Long, CHU, and Thanks for All the Time Signals https://hackaday.com/2026/05/27/so-long-chu-and-thanks-for-all-the-time-signals/
#RadioHacks #Radioclock #Shortwavebroadcasts #Timesignal

So Long, CHU, And Thanks For All The Time Signals

In the long ago, pre-internet days when your clock project wasn’t an ESP32 getting its timing via NTP over WiFi, it was still possible to build a wirelessly-updating clock. All you needed was…

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bananabob

🇺🇦 🇵🇸Apr 11, 2025

Powerful programming: BBC-controlled electric meters are coming to an end

Fascinating!

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/04/powerful-programming-bbc-controlled-electric-meters-are-coming-to-an-end/

#ArsTechnica #BBC #UK #TimeSignal #PowerSupply

Powerful programming: BBC-controlled electric meters are coming to an end

Customers are being pushed to smart meters that have their own signal problems.

Ars Technica

GeekProjects News Oct 13, 2023

Canada Abruptly Ends Official Time Signal https://hackaday.com/2023/10/13/canada-abruptly-ends-official-time-signal/ #RadioHacks #timesignal #News

Canada Abruptly Ends Official Time Signal

In a sudden move that was noted not only by Canadian media, but also international media channels, the National Research Council Time Signal that was broadcast by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation …

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L.A.Oct 12, 2023

I hope they won't follow the example here and turn the signals off too. Those sequences of beeps every 30 minutes are how I keep track of the time in the morning so that I can leave home on time and not miss the train. #Radio #TimeSignal

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/12/canada-official-time-signal-ends

‘Like missing a series finale’: Canada abruptly ends official time signal

Country’s public broadcaster announces termination of longest-running radio program in country’s history, taking Canadians by surprise

The Guardian

Zazzoo 🇨🇦Oct 12, 2023

Nobody needed it but, dammit, I'll miss it.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/12/canada-official-time-signal-ends?utm_source=press.coop

#CBC #TimeSignal

‘Like missing a series finale’: Canada abruptly ends official time signal

Country’s public broadcaster announces termination of longest-running radio program in country’s history, taking Canadians by surprise

The Guardian

Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸Oct 10, 2023

The beginning of the long dash indicates 10AM Pacific Daylight Time.
Or at least it did for 80 years... until yesterday. It makes sense why they decided it was time... to stop.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/cbc-stops-broadcasting-national-research-council-long-dash-time-signal-1.6988903

And yes, out of pure serendipity, I tried to send this at exactly 10:00:00AM :)

My laptop clock is within a second of the NRC web clock :)

https://nrc.canada.ca/en/web-clock/

#Canada #CBC #Time #TimeSignal