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OMA (time signal)

In the land of Czech, there was a station, OMA was its name, a time signal sensation. With transmitters at RKS Liblice 1, It synchronized clocks, oh what fun! On 50 kHz in the LF band, With 7 kW of power, it would grandstand. And on 2500 kHz in the HF band, With 1 kW, it would make time expand. Radio controlled clocks it would sync, With its transmit time protocol, no time would wink. But decoding was done in hardware discrete, No integrated receiver, oh what a feat! Synchronized by a Cesium Reference clock, Run by CSAV Czech Academy, a timekeeping rock. Secondary references were made, oh so rare, With single transistor oscillators, they did share. Though OMA shut down in '95, you see, There are calls to resurrect it, for all to agree. For resilience and importance, it's still in demand, Oh OMA time signal, please come back, oh so grand! Random page: IMAX theatre at Telus World of Science Edmonton