Hello Shipmates,
As per a previously received suggestion, I hunted the short-wave bands here in the Philippines to locate other time signals... of which there were none found. However, something peculiar is happening here in this part of the world. On the same frequencies as WWV I found a secondary signal that compliments WWV time hacks without the other tones and voice information. This additional signal, of which I can hardly guess the origin, ticks along with the hard to hear WWV stations and then mimics the on-the-minute time hack. Sometimes there is a Morse code identifier - BPM - repeated several times. In south asia this other hack is much easier to hear and seems to be accurate - or at least ticks in unison with WWV. Any ideas? I Google searched BPM and WWV but all I can find is a Beats Per Minute reference.
May your sails be filled
joe
As per a previously received suggestion, I hunted the short-wave bands here in the Philippines to locate other time signals... of which there were none found. However, something peculiar is happening here in this part of the world. On the same frequencies as WWV I found a secondary signal that compliments WWV time hacks without the other tones and voice information. This additional signal, of which I can hardly guess the origin, ticks along with the hard to hear WWV stations and then mimics the on-the-minute time hack. Sometimes there is a Morse code identifier - BPM - repeated several times. In south asia this other hack is much easier to hear and seems to be accurate - or at least ticks in unison with WWV. Any ideas? I Google searched BPM and WWV but all I can find is a Beats Per Minute reference.
May your sails be filled
joe