MSF is a time signal transmitter based in Anthorn, United Kingdom at 52° 22'N 1° 11'W and continuously sends with a frequency of 60 kHz, except during maintenance interruptions from 10 h 0 m to 14 h 0 m on the first Tuesday of January, April, July and October. A longer period of maintenance during the summer is announced annually.
Technical Specifications: Interruptions of the carrier of 100 ms for the second pulses and of 500 ms for the minute pulses. The signal is given by the beginning of the interruption. BCD NRZ code, 1 bit/s (year, month, day of the month, day of the week, hour, minute) from second 17 to 59 in each minute, following the seconds interruption. DUT1: ITU-R code by double pulse.
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