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We study the time synchronization problem for large-scale wireless sensor networks in the high-density regime. Our interest in this problem arises from a sensor networking application, where a large number of power-constrained radio transmitters coordinate their access to a Gaussian multiple access channel to cooperate in generating a waveform stronger than any individual node would be able to generate. In a companion paper to this one, we study theoretical aspects of a time synchronization mechanism that is optimal in the limit of asymptotically high network densities. In this work we summarize those results, and explore practical implementation issues of that mechanism in the context of networks with large, but finite, numbers of nodes. Through simulations, we find that the synchronization mechanism performs very well for finite (and relatively small) networks, maintaining tight clock synchronization indefinitely.