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Time signal radio station in China

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 34°56′54″N 109°32′34″E / 34.94833°N 109.54278°E / 34.94833; 109.54278, 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.

BPL broadcasts LORAN-C compatible format signal from 5:30 to 13:30 UTC, using an 800 kW transmitter covering a radius up to 3,000 km.

References

National Time Service Center
Time Signals (PDF), BIPM, p. 78, retrieved 2011-04-20
"Facilities - National Time Service Center (NTSC), Chinese Academy of Sciences".
"长波授时 (Longwave time signal)". National Time Service Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 10 January 2013. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
"科研成果 (Research achievements)". National Time Service Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 March 2013.

长波授时 (Longwave time signal), from the National Time Service Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences

v t e Time signal stations
Longwave	BPC BPL BSF Beta DCF77 JJY RBU RTZ TDF time signal Time from NPL WWVB
Shortwave	BPM CHU HD2IOA HLA JN53DV ROA Time RWM WWV WWVH YVTO
VHF/FM/UHF	Radio Data System
Satellite	BeiDou DORIS GLONASS Galileo Global Positioning System IRNSS Quasi-Zenith Satellite System
Defunct	BSF HBG NAA OLB5 OMA Radio VNG WWVL Y3S

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