I live in New Jersey and was having trouble as I always do starting in October or November getting the signal for my watch. Believe it’s an atmospheric thing. I discovered this app this morning and download it. It works great. Who knew? Now calibrating my watch is a breeze. Great video.
That's pretty weird, or should I say clever. I like it! Apparently it's using the speaker coil as a 60 kHz loop antenna, (more like an inductive coupler,) and modulating it. Certainly nothing else in the phone is designed to radiate at that low of a frequency. If it were me, I'd just build about a 3 foot diameter loop, resonate it on 60 kHz, add a FET amp, and hang it on the wall behind the clock, or run small coax outside and put the loop on a 10 foot pole. But that's just me. I live about 60 miles from WWVB now, so I don't have that problem. But when I was living in MI I built a 3 foot diameter Styrofoam loop with 35 pounds of 8 gauge copper wire on it and a big air variable cap to resonate it on 60 kHz, then followed it with a low noise FET amp to maintain the Q, followed by a current buffer to drive the coax capacitance, then put it on the floor in the basement of the old building where I had my lab, because there were no AC lines down there. Then I ran coax upstairs to my 3 stage TRF 60 kHz receiver to lock my ovenized crystal oscillator to. The signal from Ft. Collins was usually so strong that it looked like a pure larger and smaller amplitude modulated sine-wave on my 'scope, except at dawn and sunset when diurnal ground wave/sky wave effects caused phase interference problems. But I suppose it would be easier for most folks to just pay the $1.50 for the app, just not nearly as much fun. You should have seen the looks on the faces of the local hams when they saw the big multi-turn loop antenna down in the basement hauling in WWVB from 1,000 miles away as a sine wave upstairs. :)
I have a really old clock, I think it's so old it's listening on the wrong frequency, this didn't work for me. I even tried with my iPad which should have a bigger speaker than my iPhone.
I just bought a watch that can receive signals from the atomic clock. However, because the city that I live in is in a valley surrounded by mountains, the watch cannot be set. I got this app, and it works! Problem solved.
Clock wave app is the best! I too am dumbfounded that this app works! Not exactly sure what dumbfounded means, perhaps it means that I found my dumbness but this is a great app none the less.
This freaks me out. I was curious and I bought it. It works. It shouldn’t. This is ingenious manipulation of the speaker circuitry and not actual output of the speaker. Very ingenious and..... scary. 😉
Q&A Some ask, how can an "Atomic" radio clock synchronize to 1 60 KHz audio from an iPhone when they look for an RF signal. The answer is this: They do NOT use the audio. Remember that speakers have voice coils to make them work. It requires an magnetic field to move a speaker. Every alternating magnetic field has an associated electric field. So, the 60 KHz RF comes from the radiated field from the speaker voice coil. That's the only thing I can think of. The actual signal from WWVB is very weak by the time it gets to NJ and it does work for my watches. So, even though the radio waves from the speaker are very weak, they are enough to set a clock or watch.
I’m in New Jersey also and it seems when the weather turns cold my G-Shock is not receiving the signal. I discovered this app this morning and it works great. I was wondering about the whole speaker thing to generating a signal. Your explanation about the speaker coil generating an RF signal seems to be on spot and the best explanation I can find.
I found something similar for Android JJY Emulator but it didn't work on my Casio Watch. I could see it was receiving a signal but not full strength. Its to bad the app you used is only available for IOS.
@@n1kkri if you use an antenna with a 3.5mm jack on the phone and set the watch close, it will work. like so www.google.com/search?q=leather&tbm=isch&tbs=simg:CAQSmQEJ_1Q4hilw0zbEajQELEKjU2AQaBggUCAMICgwLELCMpwgaYgpgCAMSKKwdrR3yH6IGqBKuHa8Sqx23Er0GxzOlJc4gxDOMPvMyyDP8JPg88jIaMAcciqrs2F5-Z_1J_1DRkAeLUP1kxRAGCEfDWYypBoVtVuLILCQG0pDJcOOgZK9z-cbiAEDAsQjq7-CBoKCggIARIEMAUJ9Aw&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiOkNeVutneAhVTiHAKHdnEDyUQwg4IKigA&biw=2560&bih=1454
There is also for Android a DC77 emulator app. Just put your watch in the correct tinezome...put signal receiver in watch close to speakers of cellphone.....done!!play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.houryo.dcf77emulator
I live in New Jersey and was having trouble as I always do starting in October or November getting the signal for my watch. Believe it’s an atmospheric thing. I discovered this app this morning and download it. It works great. Who knew? Now calibrating my watch is a breeze. Great video.
That's pretty weird, or should I say clever. I like it! Apparently it's using the speaker coil as a 60 kHz loop antenna, (more like an inductive coupler,) and modulating it. Certainly nothing else in the phone is designed to radiate at that low of a frequency. If it were me, I'd just build about a 3 foot diameter loop, resonate it on 60 kHz, add a FET amp, and hang it on the wall behind the clock, or run small coax outside and put the loop on a 10 foot pole. But that's just me. I live about 60 miles from WWVB now, so I don't have that problem. But when I was living in MI I built a 3 foot diameter Styrofoam loop with 35 pounds of 8 gauge copper wire on it and a big air variable cap to resonate it on 60 kHz, then followed it with a low noise FET amp to maintain the Q, followed by a current buffer to drive the coax capacitance, then put it on the floor in the basement of the old building where I had my lab, because there were no AC lines down there. Then I ran coax upstairs to my 3 stage TRF 60 kHz receiver to lock my ovenized crystal oscillator to. The signal from Ft. Collins was usually so strong that it looked like a pure larger and smaller amplitude modulated sine-wave on my 'scope, except at dawn and sunset when diurnal ground wave/sky wave effects caused phase interference problems. But I suppose it would be easier for most folks to just pay the $1.50 for the app, just not nearly as much fun. You should have seen the looks on the faces of the local hams when they saw the big multi-turn loop antenna down in the basement hauling in WWVB from 1,000 miles away as a sine wave upstairs. :)
Nice concise vid. I hope WWV doesn’t go away, but glad to know I have an alternative.
Thanks for helpful vid. The app got weather station up and running.
Just bought it myself. Seattle, so very poor reception of the signal. It took 3 mins to update. Yes!
I have a really old clock, I think it's so old it's listening on the wrong frequency, this didn't work for me. I even tried with my iPad which should have a bigger speaker than my iPhone.
Very nice had my doubts but the app worked just as you said.
thanks
Just tried the app, it actually works!
thank you. works for my radio clock and watches
I just bought a watch that can receive signals from the atomic clock. However, because the city that I live in is in a valley surrounded by mountains, the watch cannot be set. I got this app, and it works! Problem solved.
Clock wave app is the best! I too am dumbfounded that this app works! Not exactly sure what dumbfounded means, perhaps it means that I found my dumbness but this is a great app none the less.
Excellent video!
Thank you very much !
This freaks me out. I was curious and I bought it. It works. It shouldn’t. This is ingenious manipulation of the speaker circuitry and not actual output of the speaker. Very ingenious and..... scary. 😉
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WWVB By Mokyuu android app worked for me.
Q&A Some ask, how can an "Atomic" radio clock synchronize to 1 60 KHz audio from an iPhone when they look for an RF signal. The answer is this: They do NOT use the audio. Remember that speakers have voice coils to make them work. It requires an magnetic field to move a speaker. Every alternating magnetic field has an associated electric field. So, the 60 KHz RF comes from the radiated field from the speaker voice coil. That's the only thing I can think of. The actual signal from WWVB is very weak by the time it gets to NJ and it does work for my watches. So, even though the radio waves from the speaker are very weak, they are enough to set a clock or watch.
I’m in New Jersey also and it seems when the weather turns cold my G-Shock is not receiving the signal. I discovered this app this morning and it works great. I was wondering about the whole speaker thing to generating a signal. Your explanation about the speaker coil generating an RF signal seems to be on spot and the best explanation I can find.
On Android I have used "Radio Watch Sync" successfully
I found something similar for Android JJY Emulator but it didn't work on my Casio Watch. I could see it was receiving a signal but not full strength. Its to bad the app you used is only available for IOS.
Thanks, I am going to check that out...
Sacramento Did you get a chance to check out JJY Emulator. Its free. I am surprised no one has written a WWV version of JJY Emulator for Android.
@@n1kkri if you use an antenna with a 3.5mm jack on the phone and set the watch close, it will work. like so www.google.com/search?q=leather&tbm=isch&tbs=simg:CAQSmQEJ_1Q4hilw0zbEajQELEKjU2AQaBggUCAMICgwLELCMpwgaYgpgCAMSKKwdrR3yH6IGqBKuHa8Sqx23Er0GxzOlJc4gxDOMPvMyyDP8JPg88jIaMAcciqrs2F5-Z_1J_1DRkAeLUP1kxRAGCEfDWYypBoVtVuLILCQG0pDJcOOgZK9z-cbiAEDAsQjq7-CBoKCggIARIEMAUJ9Aw&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiOkNeVutneAhVTiHAKHdnEDyUQwg4IKigA&biw=2560&bih=1454
@@Precivilization There now is a similar app for Android wwvb use on Play Store
Yes the app is called WWV Emulator. Works good.
Hi, is there an Android version of the app? Thx
I haven't tried it, but you can check out JJY Emulator play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.houryo.jjyemulator&hl=en_US
There is also for Android a DC77 emulator app. Just put your watch in the correct tinezome...put signal receiver in watch close to speakers of cellphone.....done!!play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.houryo.dcf77emulator
On Android I have used "Radio Watch Sync" successfully with a Citizen U600 Skyhawk
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