Sunday, August 29, 2010

Which clock should I get?

A seriously geeky clock:



We need to get a new clock for the table across the room in the
bedroom. It would be best if it was readable at night without my
glasses (my vision isn't that bad, but a lighted display is essential)
and if it reset itself using radio broadcasts (refered to as a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_clock">radio-controlled
clock) as we have so many power outages. More features would be
nice (weather, AM/FM/Scanner, etc), but I don't want a cluttered
display. What to people recommend?

NIST has a list of manufactures of time and frequency receivers

I'd like to spend less than $100.
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4 comments:

  1. Kurt SchwehrAugust 29, 2010 at 5:08 AM

    I kind of leaning towards the La Crosse WT-5120U.

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  2. AnonymousAugust 29, 2010 at 2:30 PM

    If you feel like a kit clock, Lady Ada has the Ice Tube with the GPS add-on for time sync.

    http://www.ladyada.net/make/icetube/mods.html

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  3. peaboyAugust 29, 2010 at 8:24 PM

    Not really what you're looking for but you might like to check out the clocks at http://longnow.org/

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  4. Kurt SchwehrOctober 27, 2010 at 5:00 AM

    Ended up getting the cheapest sony clock. Not exciting and doesn't do radio time keeping, but it works.

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