DCF77 contract with Media Broadcast extended by another 10 years.
Even though today many institutions check their exact time via the
internet or Refer to mobile radio, the reliable transmission on the
Longitudinal wave 77.5 kHz continues to be justified. From the kitchen
clock to to the station clock, from the energy supplier to the world
clock on the Berliner Alexanderplatz - they all get their exact time
from DCF77, the Longitudinal wave transmitter in Mainflingen near
Frankfurt, Germany.
Like the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt in Braunschweig recently
announced, the contract with Media Broadcast GmbH for the Transmission
of time signals extended until 2031. The reception of the Time
information on a highly precise frequency is almost Europe-wide without
"wiring" possible with inexpensive receivers.
Media Broadcast GmbH has already announced that it will have one next
year to build a second remote controllable high-performance transmitter.
The facility services will then be completely duplicated on site, so
that the repeated short-term downtimes can be further reduced can. Also
the control devices operated by the PTB on site and the surveillance in
Braunschweig is continuously modernized.
<https: www.vfdb.org/rundspruch.pdf>
(VFDB broadcast 11/21; via DARC WRS BaWue Nov 28, 2021)
