NationMaster - Encyclopedia: MSF time signal

The MSF time signal is a broadcast from the VLF transmitter Rugby near Rugby, Warwickshire based on time standards maintained by the British National Physical Laboratory. The transmitted signal has an ERP of 15 kW, on a frequency of 60 kHz, the same frequency used by WWVB.

MSF is a radio callsign, and not an abbreviation. 'M' is one of the prefixes allocated to the United Kingdom, and the letters 'SF' were randomly allocated. However, Post Office staff that operated the station in 1951 insist that the name derives from the Modulated Standard Frequency scientific reference transmissions started in that year.

Time signal stations

BPM | CHU | DCF77 | JJY | MSF | RWM | VNG | WWV | WWVB | WWVH | YVTO

External links

http://www.npl.co.uk/time/msf.html
The Official History of Rugby Radio Station (http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/sites/r/rugby_radio/indexr69.shtml)

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NTP Time Server MSF Timing (256 words)
	The MSF time signal is broadcast from Rugby, central UK, the coverage of the MSF signal is the whole of the British Isles.
	However, the MSF time signal can also be received throughout much of Western Europe, including Ireland and the Channel Islands.
	The big advantage of MSF over GPS is that generally a good signal can be received by the time server indoors close to the host computer or time server.

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