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Review Summary For : LaCrosse Technologies
Reviews: 25MSRP: 20 - 50
Description:
Atomic Wall Clock with Moon Phase
MSRP: $39.95

• Radio controlled time (hour, minute, second)
• Radio controlled date (month, date, year, day)
• Indoor temperature (°F or °C)
• Moon phase (8 phases)
• Time alarm
• Snooze for alarm
• Day can be displayed in English, French, or Spanish
• Dual LCD screens
• Wall Hanging or Free-standing (fold out stand)
• 12 or 24 hour time mode
• Time Zones from GMT to –12 GMT
• Three letter identification for US time zones

Actual Size: 11.5 x 1 x 7.5"
Product is in production
More Info: http://www.lacrossetechnology.com
# last 180 days Avg. Rating last 180 days Total reviews Avg. overall rating
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NV0U Rating: 2006-01-05
Awesome! Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
I have been searching for years for an atomic clock that does UTC. This thing is just the ticket. I got one of the La Crosse weather stations so the thing will serve dual duty here in the shack. It is finally nice to have the time accurate *and* see it as UTC instead of having to convert it myself. Hats off to La Crosse!
W0QU Rating: 2005-06-16
GMT Atomic Clock Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
I've been looking for an atomic clock with a 12/24 hour digital display and a selectable GMT zone setting ... and I just found it at Best Buy.

Google shows it for sale at other places such as Universal Radio ($38.95) and Amazon.com ($34.95), but being able to grab it off the shelf and take it home was worth paying an extra $5 ... which I probably would have spent for shipping from Amazon or Universal.

With extras like wireless outdoor and indoor temperature, moon phase, calendar display, Alarm and snooze functions, Daylight Savings Time ON/OFF option, 4 languages, 12/24 hour time display I'm very happy to have found this atomic clock for my ham shack!

The LaCrosse web site whill show you both retail and online merchants and online product support at
http://www.lacrossetechnology.com/
K9YNF Rating: 2005-05-28
Perfect Accuracy! Time Owned: more than 12 months.
I have been a DXer for over 40 years and have owned just about every kind of shack clock. I purchased the model WS-8157U from Atomic Time in Oakbrook,IL, after studying ALL the La Crosse models. My model features an atomic clock with outdoor temperature and weather forecast, housed in a beautiful oak-trimmed flat black case. It has a very handy rear swing-out leg so it can be free standing or wall-mounted.

Without a doubt, this digital clock is the best for a ham station, having UTC readout capability and it is NEVER wrong (I like to see the minute digit roll over exactly when WWV's does)! I set all my house clocks and my watch with this La Crosse clock!
WB4M Rating: 2005-05-24
Great Hamshack Clock Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
I was looking for an atomic clock that would read UTC, and most atomic clocks will only work in the 4 USA time zones. I ran across the La Crosse website, and looked at several that they offer. I did not want the wall clock, but instead a smaller one to sit on my desk. I ended up buying the WS-8056U model.
The clock displays UTC in large numerals, day, date and month, and also indoor and outdoor temperature. You can select 3 languages, 12/24hr format, and temperature in either C or F.
It is also an alarm clock with nice blue backlighting. Both the clock and remote sensor for the outdoor temperature run on 2-AA batteries.
Setting the clock up is a snap and the little manual is very clearly written. When I first put the batteries in, I thought the clock was not going to sync with WWV, but the manual says to just let it sit over night and it will try to sync once each hour. Sure enough, the next morning, the time, day, and date were set and the clock was on the money when I checked it against WWV on 10mhz.
I found the best price for it from Amazon.Com, $29.98. Other stores were selling it from $35.00 to $43.00. If you take advantage of Amazon's Visa Card offer, you can get this clock for only 2 (two) cents! Yes, 2 cents. Check it out! (I am not affiliated with Amazon in any way). Email me if you have any questions about this nice clock.
KB3DVS Rating: 2003-12-29
Spiffy Clock, great service. Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
I bought the WS-8007 wall clock with moon phase and indoor thermomitor.
Actually I purchased a different clock first but when I found out the inane fact that 80% of atomic clocks can't be set to GMT, then I looked some more and found the LaCrosse clock. I bought it at radio shack for $14 with box damage but the clock was perfect. It looks nice, offers a commanding view of the room and receives WWVB in Philadelphia, PA, USA.

It was a nice comparison to the first clock which could ONLY be set to the four continental time zones. So if you want UTC on your atomic clock, you almost can't get it. At first I though I could just cheat the time zone, but I quickly realized that it takes the atomic time and resets itself. Duh. Back to the store it went.

The LacCrosse clock handles times zones from London to Hawaii. !!!
You wouldn't be able to receive the WWVB signal in England (see the NIST web site for propagation info) but you can set this clock to receive the time and then apply the apropriate offset to give UTC. Plus it offers 24 hour time to boot (many clocks don't.)

Setup was easy. I first put in the all the right info and then hung it over my radio. It didn't seem to be able to hear WWVB. So I removed the batteries per the instructions, put them back in and set it on my windowsill. Later that day I came back and all the info was displayed properly. I then rehung it over the radio and it indicates that it's hearing the atomic signal just fine. I turn my radio on WWV and the clock changes the minute right on the money.

So the performance of the clock has been perfect. It was also WAY easier to program than the first one. Not only does the item you are setting blink, but in another part of the display, it tells you what you are setting (date, time, etc.) I've never had a more helpful digital clock.

It has an alarm, but snooze is a button on the back, so it's really designed as a wall clock. But if you have a regular schedule to keep, that could be handy.

Lastly, but certainly not leastly, is the reason I'm writing the review.
Their customer service (in December 2003) blew me away.

I thought the light/dark design of the moon phase should be reversed- a light moom on a dark background- like we see it in the sky. I went to their web site and them wrote an e-mail about my preference, expecting the same service I get from many web sites- little to none.
I got a call from LaCrosse Technologies the very next day. He left a message.
I called him back. We spoke. He explained their reasoning. I still disagreed but I accepted it. I got a response. A fast response. A direct response.

So they demonstrated to me that they care about their products and the customer.
So because of excellent product AND excellent service, I heartily recommed LaCrosse products.