Weird things occurring with the Speaking Clock

[ree_]

In an attempt to sort out my timekeeping I'm resetting all my clocks, watches, mobiles, etc. So I called the BT Speaking Clock to sort it out and found that both my watch and mobile were out by ten minutes. Fair enough, I thought and reset it

Comments

[cx650]

I set all of my clocks by the BBC teletext service. If I am wrong? At least I am consistent with being wrong and by how much. :-)

[christiffer]

The radio 4 pips can be wrong as well - if you have, say R4FM in one Room and R4DAB in another, and stand in the middle, there's a gap of about 8-10 seconds.

[christiffer]

From wikipedia:

Newer digital broadcasting methods have introduced even greater problems for the accuracy of use of the pips. On digital platforms such as DVB, DAB and the Internet, the pips - although generated accurately - are not received by the listener exactly on the hour. The encoding and decoding of the digital signal causes a delay, usually between 2 and 8 seconds. In the case of satellite broadcasting, the travel time of the signal to and from the satellite adds about another 0.25 seconds.

[christiffer]

Time is relative. Lunchtime Doubly So (with apologies to Douglas).