Coordinates: 55°43′36.73″N 38°12′29.39″E / 55.7268694, 38.2081639 RWM is the callsign of a shortwave time signal radio station in Moscow, Russia. RWM transmits on 4996 kHz with 5 kW and on 9996 and 14996 kHz with 8 kw.1
The mode of transmission is N0N and A1A (CW). Between 0 and 8 minutes past the hour, RWM transmits a straight unmodulated carrier wave. At 9 minutes past, RWM identifies itself in Morse code. Between 10 and 20 minutes past the hour, RWM transmits a pulse of carrier every second, with the difference between UT1 and UTC in units of one-fiftieth of a second encoded onto the once-per-second pulses. Between 20 and 30 minutes past the hour, RWM transmits 10 carrier pulses each second. This transmission cycle is repeated every half hour.
RWM is also an acronym for Romford Wholesale Meats (RWM Food Group) Ltd, combined abattoir and meat processing plants based in Yetminster, Dorset and Langport, Somerset, UK. Among others, the facilities supply Somerfield supermarkets and serve as primary distribution centres for the South of England.
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