La Crosse Technology WIRELESS WEATHER STATION Instruction Manual page 15

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Section 4 - OUTDOOR TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY
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Display the outdoor temperature and humidity of the currently selected channel.
Section 5 - DAILY OUTDOOR MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE
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Display the daily outdoor minimum and maximum temperature of the currently selected
channel.
DCF-77 RADIO CONTROLLED TIME:
The time base for the radio controlled time is a Cesium Atomic Clock operated by the
Physikalisch Technische Bundesanstalt Braunschweig which has a time deviation of less than
one second in one million years. The time is coded and transmitted from Mainflingen near
Frankfurt via frequency signal DCF-77 (77.5 kHz) and has a transmitting range of approximately
1,500 km. Your radio-controlled Weather station receives this signal and converts it to show the
precise time in summer or wintertime. The quality of the reception depends greatly on the
geographic location. In normal cases, there should be no reception problems within a 1,500 km
radius around Frankfurt.
Once the outdoor temperature is displayed on the Weather station after initial set-up, the DCF
tower icon in the clock display will start flashing in the upper left corner. This indicates that the
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