[time-nuts] 60 KHz Receiver

[Chuck Harris]

It is a pulse transmitter.  It makes short bursts of 10 or 12 pulses,
and then waits one GRI, and then does it again.  I would think the
actual continuous power draw is around 10Kw.

The floor is open to anyone that wants to make the calculation.

-Chuck Harris

shalimr9 at gmail.com wrote:
> "There's the minor issue of getting the power company to put in a cable to the house for your 1 Mw (capital M not
> lower case M) transmitter."
>
> I can't resist citing a personal anecdote regarding power distribution. A few years back, I was working on a proposal
> for a high power (1MW) power supply system. Our building currently has about 750kW service, so I asked the facility
> engineer to call the power company to find out how much it would cost and how long it would take to get another MW in
> our building. He called me back quickly. He was told that because he called after 2PM, they could not do it that day
> and the soonest we could have it would be the next day. He was laughing so much, he never got to ask how much it
> would cost...
>
> Didier