Hi Charlie,
This is an exact quote from page NIST-25 of the proposed FY2019 NIST budget: < www.osec.doc.gov/bmi/budget/FY19CBJ/NIST_and_NTIS_FY2019_President 's_Budget_for_508_comp.pdf> "NIST will discontinue the dissemination of the U.S. time and frequency via the NIST radio stations in Hawaii and Ft. Collins, CO. These radio stations transmit signals that are used to synchronize consumer electronic products like wall clocks, clock radios, and wristwatches, and may be used in other applications like appliances, cameras, and irrigation controllers 73 Frank W3LPL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charlie T" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, August 20, 2018 4:45:13 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] WWV/WWVH Closure Yeah, I'd miss them, BUT, my little Elecraft hand-held XG3 sig gen is pretty handy for that too . Also, I don't believe funding for the 60kHz sig was ever at risk and THAT's what your (antique) watch uses. 73, Charlie k3ICH -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Wayne Burdick Sent: Monday, August 20, 2018 11:53 AM To: Elecraft Reflector <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] WWV/WWVH Closure Personal note.... Ever since I home-brewed my first receiver when I was 15, I've used WWV at multiple frequencies as a source of reliable on-air test signals. My early receivers used simple direct-conversion schemes based on JFETs (remember the MPF102?). Get the details wrong, and you'd hear WWV whether you were tuned to it or not, thanks to what I now know was IP2 (AM breakthrough). Do it right, and you'd be rewarded with those undulating time-tones: minimalist, almost musical. Something Phillip Glass would pipe into his sensory-deprevation tank. Oh, and you could set your watch to it. These days I still tune into WWV to check VFO calibration, set clocks in the field, and get an approximation of the MUF (Maximum usable frequency). When propagation is good, even the 20.000000 MHz signal soars across the aether, a faithful and tireless chronological savant. Losing it would be a tragedy, but a nerdy one, not Greek. Wayne N6KR ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
