"Absolutely Correct"

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 31, 14 February 1930, Page 5

"Absolutely Correct"

‘Time Signals from 2YA OMMENCING from Friday, February 14, 2YA will broadcast scientific time signals twice daily from the Dominion Observatory, Wellington. The times at which the signals will be broadcast will be 4, 4.1, 4.2, 7, 7.1, and 7.2. The signals will be of three seconds’ duration. It is, of course, the practice of 2YA to relay the striking of the clock in the Wellington Post Office, and while this time is correct for all ordjnary purposes, there is a certain section of listeners, particularly those scientifically inclined. who require the time to within a second’s error. The signals to be broadcast from 2YA will be superimposed on the ordinary broadcast, but will hardly be noticd by listeners unless specially on the "lookout. The new signals will in no way interfere with the present system, followed by 2YA of broadcasting the G.P.O. chimes, which is a particularly pleasing way of opening a broadcast programme. The new signals will, however, be scientifically correct, and as such will be very much valued by those listeners who require the extreme accuracy. For the last eight years the Observatory has been sending out time signals through the Wellington Radio Station on ‘a wave-length of 600 metres, the sending key at the radio station being automatically operated by the Obser\vatory clock: This service has been greatly valued by shipmasters.