55°43′36.73″N38°12′29.39″E / 55.7268694°N 38.2081639°E /55.7268694; 38.2081639RWM is thecallsign of ahigh frequency (shortwave) standard frequency andtime signal radio station in Moscow, Russia. It is controlled byAll-Russian Scientific Research Institute for Physical-Engineering and Radiotechnical Metrology, and operated byRussian Television and Radio Broadcasting Network. Transmitting frequencies are 4.996 MHz with 5 kW and on 9.996 and 14.996 MHz with 8 kW.[1]
The frequencies are very close to those ofWWV andWWVH. Because of this, RWM is very difficult to receive in North America with simple receivers of low selectivity, due to interference from these said stations.
The mode of transmission isN0N andA1A (CW). Between 0 and 8 minutes past the hour, RWM transmits a straight unmodulatedcarrier wave. At 9 minutes past, RWM identifies itself inMorse code. Between 10 and 20 minutes past the hour, RWM transmits a pulse of carrier every second, with the difference betweenUT1 andUTC in units of one-fiftieth of a second encoded onto the once-per-second pulses. Between 20 and 30 minutes past the hour, RWM transmits 10 carrier pulses each second. This transmission cycle is repeated every half-hour.[2][3]
RWM does not transmit the time of day, only standard time intervals.
| Minute | Duration | Signal | |
|---|---|---|---|
| :00 | :30 | 07:55 | Unmodulated carrier |
| :08 | :38 | 01:00 | Transmitter off |
| :09 | :39 | 00:55 | Morse code station identification: "RWM RWM RWM..." |
| :10 | :40 | 09:55 | 1 Hz pulses. Minute pulse 500 ms, others 100 ms, doubled withDUT1 code. |
| :20 | :50 | 09:55 | 10 Hz pulses, 20 ms each. 40 ms on the second, 500 ms on the minute. |
The 1 Hz pulses begin on the second, and are doubled (a second pulse transmitted from 200–300 ms past the second) to encodeDUT1 and dUT1. Using these values, UT1 may be computed as:
DUT1 may vary between −8 and +8. The number of double pulses sent during seconds 1–8 of each minute encode positive values; if DUT1 = +5, then pulses 1 through 5 will be doubled. Doubling pulses 9–16 encodes negative values similarly.
dUT1 varies from −4 to +4. Positive values are encoded by double pulses during seconds 21–24 of each minute. Negative values are encoded during seconds 31–34.[4]
The 10 Hz pulses are widened in a pattern similar to that of theBeta time signal: Most pulses are 20 ms, but ones sent on the second are 40 ms, and ones sent on the minute are 500 ms.[4]
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