MSF radio clock to 'tick-on' until 2017

The MSF standard-frequency and time signal is one of the most widely used sources of time in the UK. It is transmitted on behalf of the National Physical Laboratory by BT plc from its Rugby Radio Station on a frequency of 60kHz.

The current contract to broadcast the signal finishes at the end of March 2007, and recently the Department of Trade and Industry has commissioned studies to consider the longer-term future of the signal. As a result of this work, DTI has given the go-ahead for NPL to procure the MSF broadcast for a further 10 years. It is anticipated that there will be no interruption to the MSF service, whatever the outcome of the contract negotiations.

It is possible that MSF operation will need to be transferred to another site within the UK, but if that proves to be the case, a key aim will be to ensure that the reception of the signal is the same or better than it is at present over the whole of the UK

Source: GB2RS News - Courtesy of the RSGB

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