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Re:Casio G-Shock time sync radio by toomuchtodo on Wednesday August 16, 2023 @03:53PM (#37152750)
Related thread with local transmitters of time signal: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27769403

https://github.com/hzeller/txtempus (A DCF77, WWVB, JJY and MSF clock LF-band signal transmitter using the Raspberry Pi)

ios and mac app: https://forum.audiob.us/discussion/49109/pips-a-radio-time-s...

(time sync over rf is super cool)

Re:Casio G-Shock time sync radio by gregsadetsky on Wednesday August 16, 2023 @04:12PM (#37153044)
Thanks for those references! I wanted to see what an SDR radio time signal detector would look like, and looking for "DCF77 sdr python" pointed me in the right direction -> [0] and [1]

A bit unrelated question: there are many web SDRs that let you listen to radio frequencies/stations such as [2]. Are there web / Emscripten SDR decoders that run in-browser? i.e. a full browser listening + decoding experience? For example, decoding a DCF77 time signal, or even just morse code?

[0] https://www.nist.gov/time-distribution/radio-station-wwv/wwv...

[1] https://github.com/henningM1r/gr_DCF77_Receiver/tree/main/py...

[2] http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/

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Re:Casio G-Shock time sync radio by gregsadetsky on Thursday August 17, 2023 @05:00PM (#37167979)
Amazing, exactly what I was looking for! I've had luck on http://carinthia.proxy.kiwisdr.com:8073/ (the link you posted seems busy right now)

I was able to use the FSK decoder, it worked really well. For those curious, the C-based decoder extensions are here [0]

[0] https://github.com/jks-prv/Beagle_SDR_GPS/tree/master/extens...

Re:Casio G-Shock time sync radio by jowood on Wednesday August 16, 2023 @04:17PM (#37153111)
Re:Casio G-Shock time sync radio by ggm on Thursday August 17, 2023 @01:30AM (#37157616)
I run this for my Citizen Skymaster on a picoPi. It works. Being within receiving distance of JJY in Yokohama IETF, and in Frankfurt near the german transmitter was wonderful, but I have an NTP synced dummy at home with a copper loop antenna and it works fine.

Using the HDMI lead interferes with the rPi GPIO signal being used to supermodulate the RF. As long as you don't drive the HDMI, its fine. I think its possible HDMI is an RF radiator.

The java/javascript trick with headphones works too.