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BPM (time service)

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BPM is the call sign of the official short-wave time signal service of the People's Republic of China, operated by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, broadcasting from CAS's National Time Service Center in Pucheng County, Shaanxi at, roughly 70 km northeast of Lintong, along with NTSC's long-wave time signal BPL on 100 kHz. [1]

12 relations: BPL (time service), China, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Coordinated Universal Time, Hertz, Lintong District, Pucheng County, Shaanxi, Time in China, Time signal, Universal Time, WWV (radio station), WWVH.

BPL (time service)

BPL is the call sign of the official long-wave time signal service of the People's Republic of China, operated by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, broadcasting on 100 kHz from CAS's National Time Service Center in Pucheng County, Shaanxi at, roughly 70 km northeast of Lintong, along with NTSC's short-wave time signal BPM on 2.5, 5.0, 10.0, and 15.0 MHz.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a unitary one-party sovereign state in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around /1e9 round 3 billion.

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Chinese Academy of Sciences

The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), with historical origins in the Academia Sinica during the Republic of China era, is the national academy for the natural sciences of the People's Republic of China (PRC).

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Coordinated Universal Time

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Hertz

The hertz (symbol: Hz) is the derived unit of frequency in the International System of Units (SI) and is defined as one cycle per second.

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Lintong District

Lintong District is one of nine districts of Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi province, China.

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Pucheng County, Shaanxi

Pucheng County is a county of Weinan, Shaanxi, China.

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Time in China

The time in China follows a single standard time offset of UTC+08:00 (eight hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time), despite China spanning five geographical time zones.

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Time signal

A time signal is a visible, audible, mechanical, or electronic signal used as a reference to determine the time of day.

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Universal Time

Universal Time (UT) is a time standard based on Earth's rotation.

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WWV (radio station)

WWV is the call sign of the United States National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) HF ("shortwave") radio station located near Fort Collins, Colorado.

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WWVH

WWVH is the callsign of the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology's shortwave radio time signal station in Kekaha, on the island of Kauai in the state of Hawaii.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BPM_(time_service)

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