[HN Gopher] Time Station Emulator
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       Time Station Emulator
        
       Author : FriedPickles
       Score  : 44 points
       Date   : 2026-01-27 20:35 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (github.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (github.com)
        
       | wrs wrote:
       | And the 2024 lateral thinking award goes to...
        
         | geerlingguy wrote:
         | Ha, there's one radio clock in my house that I still keep going
         | for sentimental reasons... it's had a rough time setting itself
         | for a few years, likely due to its placement in the house.
         | 
         | I'll have to test this out sometime, what a fun idea!
        
       | mikestew wrote:
       | _"One of the higher-frequency harmonics inevitably created by any
       | real-world DAC during playback will then be the original
       | fundamental, which should leak to the environment as a short-
       | range radio transmission via the ad-hoc antenna formed by the
       | physical wires and circuit traces in the audio output path."_
       | 
       | Sometimes I think I'm a smart guy...and then I read of people
       | doing shit like this.
        
         | eps wrote:
         | This is indeed truly incredible
         | 
         | ... assuming it actually works :)
        
       | cvoss wrote:
       | I once programmed my TI-84 calculator to do exactly this! The
       | only missing thing was a circuit to convert the audio jack output
       | voltage into the needed form for an antenna. I had the CS know-
       | how but no EE know-how, so I never got it to work. It was fun to
       | dream about confusing my high school's clocks though. (Sadly, the
       | other obstacle was that the clocks only listened for the signal
       | overnight, which improved their chances of detecting the weak
       | broadcast out of far-away Colorado.)
        
       | cantalopes wrote:
       | What? Wow
        
       | McGlockenshire wrote:
       | This is pretty darn cool, but I have to say I was somewhat let
       | down by the WWVB signal. I was expecting the entire audible range
       | instead of simply the extracted data. That being said, that's
       | also really darn cool.
       | 
       | I find the WWV/WWVB droning soothing somehow.
        
       | Chaosvex wrote:
       | Shame there's no video demonstrating it working. It's a fun idea
       | but without a demo, I'm left wondering about the efficacy.
        
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