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From: acsgjjp@sunybcs.UUCP (Jim Poltrone)
Newsgroups: net.tv.drwho
Subject: Re: Dr. Who on shortwave radio
Message-ID: <2730@sunybcs.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 14-Jan-86 13:41:46 EST
Article-I.D.: sunybcs.2730
Posted: Tue Jan 14 13:41:46 1986
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Reply-To: acsgjjp@sunybcs.UUCP (Jim Poltrone)
Organization: SUNY/Buffalo Computer Science
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Keywords: drwho, shortwave, episodes, frequencies
Summary: Frequencies in MHz?

In article <1257@vax135.UUCP> hpk@vax135.UUCP (Howard Katseff) writes:
>....  Here is the
>schedule, and frequencies on which the BBC should be audible in North
>America...
>
>DAY	TIME	FREQUENCIES
>
>Mon	0445	6120, 6175
>Tue	2100	6175, 15260
>Wed	1115	5965, 6195, 11775

I assume that these frequencies are in kilohertz; i.e. 6120 translates
into 6.120 MHz, which is very much within the shortwave range.
Now if I can only pick it up on my little-used shortwave radio....
 
>Times are in UTC, or what the BBC fondly calls "Greenwich Mean Time."

UTC = Universal time coordinate.  This is the time the atomic clocks keep --
the signals are broadcast constantly at 5 MHz, 10 MHz, 15MHz, and 25 MHz.
Great for synchronizing your watch.  (On a sidenote, CBS is the only 
American network that broadcasts tones for the hour and half-hour:  one tone
(A=440?) at 00:00 and tones at 30:00 and 30:02).  If only the Doctor's TARDIS
could be so accurate... :-)
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