JJY 40 kHz reactivated again

National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) sent "a suicide corps", wearing nuclear protective suits, on May 9 to recover the Mt.Ootakadoya JJY transmitting site - located 17km from dangerous Fukushima No.1 nuclear power station - which was destructed by lightning on April 25. After the recovering works 40kHz time signal was temporally reactivated at 0408UT on the day. The transmission is remote-controlled and may be temporally stopped in case of bad weather condition.

(Takahito Akabayashi, Japan via DXLD List)

Japan Nuclear Crisis - JJY Ootakadoyayama stops txn

JJY Ootakadoyayama station on 40 kHz was stopped at 1946 JST(1046UTC) on March 12, 2011. They did so due to the evacuation order concerning Fukushima nuclear plant. The expectation of restoration is uncertain.

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(Tooru Gouhara)