[time-nuts] JJY 40, Fukushima

[paul swed]

I have picked this station up numbers of years ago. Extremely weak.
I actually had no idea it was stil on the air

On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 9:50 AM, David <t_list_1_only at braw.co.uk> wrote:

> I've not seen it mentioned but VLF time stations are on topic here. I saw
> that the  Mount Ootakadoya VLF (40kHz) transmitter in Fukushima prefecture
> is off air :
>
> "Time Signal. 50kW. Transmission is stopped since 10h46 UT on March 12,
> 2011 because of the evacuation of the area around the Fukushima Nuclear
> Power Station damaged by the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami JJY-40."
>
> (http://sidstation.loudet.org/stations-list-en.xhtml)
>
> Although inland, the station is close to the Fukushima Daiichi power plant
> so it's going to be down for a while, best wishes to the folk who operate
> the transmitter.
>
> http://www.tele.soumu.go.jp/e/sys/fees/purpose/other/index.htm
>
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