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I am still itching to realize an old project idea:

Around here, radio controlled clocks pick up DCF77 signals, broadcast from Frankfurt am Main at 77,5 kHz. We are so far away, signals so weak that it really doesn't take that much to drown them out.

High quality sound cards are capable of handling a sample rate of 192 kHz. That is enough to generate a 77,5 kHz sine wave. Pick the right stereo amp, and at least it claims to handle a frequency range to 100 kHz or even more. The DCF77 signal format is slightly more complex than morse dih and dahs, but not much.

Assume that I make a small program on my PC to generate an output on my sound card which is a 77,5 kHz signal formatted similar to the DCF77 time signal, but maybe off by an hour or two. I feed the signal into my stereo amp, and hook up an antenna wire to the speaker output. The wire could be stretched out in my attic; wood walls wouldn't dampen the signals that much.

I'd be curious to see if I could confuse the radio clocks of people in my neighborhood. I don't know how common such clocks are around here, but you can buy them in lots of different stores.

I believe that is is this simple, given a good sound card and a modern amp: All it takes is to write a small program to generate a properly formatted 77.5 kHz DCF signal. That shouldn't be too hard. Smile | :)
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