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|    Carlos E.R. to Retirednoguilt    |
|    Re: The dreaded time change    |
|    04 Nov 25 15:18:56    |
      From: robin_listas@es.invalid              On 2025-11-04 14:59, Retirednoguilt wrote:       > On 11/3/2025 5:18 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:       >> On 2025-11-03 14:34, Ed P wrote:       >>> My GPS for navigation knows where I am within about 10 feet, the local       >>> radio station can be tuned for miles.       >>       >> My car radio has has RDS, which means my car can get the time       >> automatically. It is useless, the stations have wrong time by hours and       >> minutes.       >>       >> I have a desktop RDS receiver. It says it is now 18:43, when it is       >> actually 23:17. On one of the important national wide radio networks.       >>       > My Sangean desktop weather alert radio uses RDS to set time. Works       > perfectly, including changes from daylight saving to standard time and       > vice versa.              So, you live in a country where the stations do set the RDS clock       correctly. I don't.              --       Cheers, Carlos.       ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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