(meteorobs) Re: Leap Second

[Thomas Ashcraft (via Lew Gramer)]

Joe and all,

I was able to audio record WWV at the moment of Leap Second and have put 
the specimen here.

http://www.heliotown.com/Leap_Second.html

By the way, I had thought the Leap Second had a connection with the Leap 
Year but this second is inserted as necessary periodically. Sometimes a 
second is also taken back.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_second

Thomas Ashcraft


Skywayinc at aol.com wrote:


>> At 6:59:00 UTC I started counting off the seconds while listening to 
>> WWV at 10 MHz and watching my "home" atomic clock.  When the extra 
>> second ticked-off, the display held on "59" for an additional second, 
>> then proceeded to "00".  Pretty neat!
>>
>> Happy 2006 to all!
>> -- joe rao