HBG,75kHz, Prangins, Switzerland

The radio station with the callletters HBG, located in Prangins, near Geneva Switzerland is the official swiss broadcaster of encoded time signals. The location of the antenna is: 46 degrees 24' North, and 6 degrees 15 ' East.
It broadcasts exactly at the frequency of 75 kHZ, and under good conditions its signal can be received at a distance of upo to 1500 kilometers, covering the bulk of continental Europe.
The signal is processed by automatic radio clocks, such as the Imhof Observatory, to display the exact time.


Information supplied on feb 21.1995 by Thomas Kuenzikuenzi@tell.ascom.ch

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