RTZ is the callsign of the

time signal A time signal is a visible, audible, mechanical, or electronic signal used as a reference to determine the time of day. Church bells or voices announcing hours of prayer gave way to automatically operated chimes on public clocks; however, a ...

transmitted on 50 kHz with 10 kW from a large transmission centre near Irkutsk,

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. It is controlled by All-Russian Scientific Research Institute for Physical-Engineering and Radiotechnical Metrology, operated by Russian Television and Radio Broadcasting Network, and situated at . The transmitter is active 23 hours per day, from 22:00 to 21:00 UTC, except for the 3rd and 4th Monday of each month between 00:00 and 08:00 UTC, when it is switched off for maintenance. The station sends time signal similar to RBU. — official signal specification, in russian. RTZ covers the area in

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between 80 and 120 degrees east.

References

External links

* http://www.irkutsk.com/radio/tis.htm Radio stations in Russia Time signal radio stations {{Russia-radio-station-stub